Compare how visual images are used in Blessing and one other poem

many types of imagery throughout his poem that depicts more negativity than positivity, however both are present. For instance, the poet says “ The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death” (lines 1-3). This pinpoints one example of negative imagery in the poem because whiskey on his breath, dizzy, and death all provide unfavorable images in the reader’s mind. Another representation of this, is when the author states “ You beat time on my head ” (line 13). This also portrays negative imagery in the poem because it reveals an abusive image to readers. Lastly, a contrasting illustration of imagery is when the author conveys “ We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf” ( lines 5 & 6). This encourages that there also is positive imagery present in the poem because the father dancing with his child which provides love and security for the reader's mind.

Each of the poems relies heavily on imagery to convey their respective messages. Often throughout each of the poems, the imagery is that of people. However, each uses similar imagery to very different, yet effective ways to explore the same

On The other hand we have the contrast in images of life throughout the poem “Yellow Palm”. The poet Robert Minhinnick uses powerful images of religions and traditional images at the start of each verse and the negative image portrayed showing the effect of conflict. An example of this can be seen in the quote: “I heard the call to prayer and I stopped at the door of the golden mosque to watch the faithful there but there was blood on the walls and the muezzin’s eyes were wild with his despair.” Within this quote we have the positive image of prayers and golden mosques showing hope and belief met by the blood on the walls, whether metaphorically or literal, showing the destruction and chaos caused by recent history changing the society for the worse.

Through out the poem I believe the author is trying to show how humans can be so harmful and sinful compared to animals. The first stanza shows how the boy had “stolen down to the backwaters”, in which he was either not suppose to be out this late or he wasn’t suppose to go to that pond. In the beginning the boy is already disregarding his parent’s rules. During the second half of the stanza the boy “blasted the snowy egret” in the moon light. I imagine this part being very calm and gentle. As well as having a full moon in the background giving enough light to be able to see the bird without the use of a flashlight. The snowy egret is part of the calamity, staying quiet and still with it’s environment. All of a sudden the boy takes away the bird’s peaceful and pure life. Using a shotgun to scare a bird into flight was a little over the top. This action shows how the boy is still a child and thinks like one. A simple clap would’ve scared the bird into flight. In the second stanza, the gunshot wakes up his neighbor who decides to go outside and check to see if everything is alright. This stanza shows what the boy is thinking and how he feels about his wrong doing. When the neighbor comes out, the boy realizes what he has done. Instead of just running away out of fear he stays there and “says through tears he has to bury it”. Although he might be doing this just to hide his actions

The author uses imagery in the poem to enable the reader to see what the speaker sees. For example, in lines 4-11 the speaker describes to us the

Superficially, “A Blessing” appears to be a simple poem about ponies, however, Wright’s use of contrasting diction creates a baleful mood that alters the meaning of the poem as a whole. When the speaker and his friend first approach the horses, the animals’ eyes “[d]arken with kindness” (Wright 4). By contrasting the

In Julia Alvarez’s poem, On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries, she is able to use imagery, specific selection of detail and tone in order to convey the speaker’s discovery. Throughout this poem, the speaker is meerely in a bookstore and comes upon a book, “Your book surprised me on the bookstore shelf- swans gliding on a blue black lake.” There is a clear use of imagery when the speaker describes what the book looks like, “the swans posed on a placid lake.. Blurred underwater sinking to the bottom,” you can clearly imagine what it is that the speaker tells readers about what they are reading, they say “words rose, breaking the surface, shattering an old silence.”

The other section where symbolism is evident is “Small Porch in the Woods.” It is divided into several poems. In the first one, there is the mention of “unshifting star” which represents a change that is undisturbed. It is the turning point of the society. Despite the challenges communities face in their life, their ambition leads them towards achieving their objectives in life. The second poem under this section is about a heavy rain that fell in the month of April. Heavy rain is the representation of unhappy moments. The description presented by the narrator shows that it is a sad moment where everything is carried away. Throughout the poem, the rain is seen, as a lesson

The poem at first comes off as a simple poem about spring and winter, but there are many hidden meanings as well. As well as the fear of the end of the world.

Poetry is used to express several different mediums through: structure, tone, imagery and rhyme schemes. John Keats’s ode “To Autumn” and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan” or, a Vision in a Dream” will be critically analyzed, compared and contrasted to each throughout this paper to further dissected the meaning of each poem.

In the NPR interview with Abdul Ali and Shahem McLaurin, they express their views on political issues through their poetry. Poetry is unique because the readers of the poem are forced to create the image themselves instead of the image being created for them. Poets use this method to create sympathy in political issues. In the NPR interview in 2015, Ali says, "We are looking at poetry as a feel for social awareness and political change.” Poetry is the way for people to express the problems in the world and allow the poet to make the reader feel sympathetic for them and what they are going through.

The imagery in this poem is really straightforward. For example, “ the way he absorbs

The description of the tree and the birds is a metaphor for her and her ex-lovers, respectively, that reveals her feelings of helpless in the process of aging. The personification of the tree as it “stands” and “knows” confirms that the tree metaphor for the speaker’s experiences (9, 10). Just as a tree cannot control the seasons that it goes through, the speaker cannot control the process of aging and the subsequent loss of beauty she experiences with it. The poem’s use of the adjective “lonely” to describe the tree further contributes to its gloomy tone (9). The metaphor continues by emphasizing the point that the speaker never got to truly know her lovers.

Above all, the author uses imagery like light and dark to explain the difference between them. For example, she uses imagery like “I am white” and “profit from his darkness” to describe the racial difference. This poem has many racial examples to explain the fear this person feels towards this young male. The use of black and white imagery emphasize, the opposite ends of the spectrum represented

The poem “Blessing” is about an unfortunate group of people who miraculously find clean water because of a pipe bursting. This is seen as a blessing because of the inadequate amount of water they get in addition to the hot weather conditions and constant droughts. Imtiaz Dharker sets the poem “Blessing” in a shanty town near Mumbai. She starts the poem with a powerful simile describing the state of these people whilst setting the scene. “The skin cracks like a pod”. The word “skin” could demote metaphorically to the earth. Immediately an image of drought and dry soil comes to mind. The phrase “cracks” highlights how hot the country is. This is effective because it allows the reader to envision the scene. The use of onomatopoeia exemplifies the noise of the ground exemplifies the noise of the ground. On the other hand the poem. “Island Man” is about a Caribbean man who one morning woke up in London. This anonymous character is used live in the Caribbean island but wakes up every morning to the sounds and blissful memories of the Caribbean. The Caribbean Scenario that he thinks he has woken up to contrasts harshly with the reality of his existence in London. The sentence “wakes up to sounds of blue surf” proves that Island Man sees the Caribbean as a calm and relaxing location however the poet describes London as a “grey metallic soar”. This usage of language is an illusion compared to the