Discourse Analysis In Carl Sanburg's Grass

the poem. Not only does the choice of diction determine the tone, but also the order in which

The Civil War was one of the most pivotal moments of American history. On a large scale, the Union army fought to reunite themselves with the Confederacy. On a smaller scale, at the beginning of the war, African Americans saw this as a possible way to permanently escape bondage. The abolition movement eventually pushed to the forefront of the Union agenda with the emancipation proclamation of 1863, as African Americans were at long last beginning to get their rights. One abolitionist, Alfred M. Green, called his fellow African Americans to action at the start of the war. Green persuades his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces by reflecting on how strong they are as a group, and inspiring hope.

The first and most prominent literary device used is the structure of the poem. Throughout the poem we hear both points of view (that of the father and son). We further observe that the “time of thought is constantly changed.” The audience is transported to the present as shown by,

George Szirtes article “Formal Wear: Notes on Rhyme, Meter, Stanza, and Pattern” from the Poetry Foundation opens with opinions which focus on limitations of poetic form. As a counter to these common arguments, Szirtes claims, “Verse is not decoration: it is structural. It is a forming principle and words at depth” ("Formal Wear: Notes” 2). He then develops an argument explaining, “the constraints of form are spurs of the imagination: that they are in fact the chief producers of imagination” ("Formal Wear: Notes” 2). Taking these ideas into consideration Szirtes incorporates the idea of language explaining how language connects to memory and imagination which come together to form poetic images. Additionally, when poets use form it develops

Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Good morning Ms Linton and students, today I will be informing you on why you must choose these two poems for the poetry speaking contest. The poems I have chosen are ‘The Man from Ironbark’, by Banjo Patterson as well as ‘He Started the Cycling Craze’ by myself. Narratives help the readers enjoy and understand poetry as it is a way the poets can connect to their readers by using storylines that may relate to them or something that they enjoy.

Although Sanburg uses nouns to represent the severity of the battles, he also used imperative verbs to command the humans what to do following these battles. In this case, the speaker, the grass itself, is using these verbs to tell the humans where to start cleaning up. Before Sanburg introduces another battle to the reader the word “pile”(1) is at the beginning of the line. This imperative verb also shows the amount of soldiers that have died. Likewise, the word “shovel”(2) is always used in the line following the battles, to show they need to dig a hole into the ground to bury the bodies. Only when the bodies are below the ground, and grass is able to grow over the hole, will the grass be able to hide what has happened. The other most important

A discourse community is a group of people who share common interest, values and aim to reach the same goals. For example, this English 1301 course where we’ve been assigned to write a paper with the same goal and ideas in mind. A class where we all discuss our views and passions and relate them to English and composition. I am excited to share with you what I have learned so far and the skills that I have acquired in this stimulating English course that has managed to spark my interest in writing after many years of cranking out meaningless papers with no personality or style. In this paper, I explain to you, my classmates, the process I went through in joining my discourse community, showing you just how intense and difficult it is to meet

A discourse community is a group of people or communicators who share the same common goals or interests and use different forms of communication to achieve these goals. Some of these forms of communication may range from reading, writing, the use of technology such as blogging and emailing, and even visual art such as painting and drawing. As an English major focusing on the aspect of creative writing, the discourse community I so happened to be associated with is of the English subject. The discourse community of the English literature is made up of many people, genres of literature, and even terms. The discourse community of English literature can be traced back to as early as the year C.658 with the development of Anglo-Saxon literature. Some influential eras of English literature include : Romanticism, Victorian literature, Medieval Theater, Poetry, and the Elizabethan Period. Of course with every discourse community there are a vast number of people who help to make it up. In the discourse community of English some of these people include author and playwright William Shakespeare, author Mark Twain, author and poet Jane Austen , and a slew of famous African-American authors some including Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Lorraine Hansberry, and poet Maya Angelou.

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

As noted in an article by Laura Woltag, “Connecting with texts through the study of literary devices helps readers to deconstruct these texts. Literary devices provide a conceptual framework for analysis that allows readers to interpret how these techniques affect their readings of texts” (Woltag). When reading a poem people should not read it to simply go through the motions, rather they should read it and

Another one of the most important aspects of a great poem, is it’s form. The author’s

The main point I saw in this reading was that Samberg was explaining the assumption of women being less ambitious than men in their career and personal life even though women are just as determine or better in pursuing their desires. The three passages I chose:

poem is not merely a static, decorative creation, but that it is an act of communication between the poet and

Listening to my own sensual voice, I seemed to convey a very strong knowledge of the poem, “Hunger Camp at Jaslo” by Wislawa Szymborska. I extracted the meaning of the poem and supported my assumption strongly with examples of literary technique throughout the poem. I scored myself in Criterion A, knowledge and understanding of the poem, with a 5. In terms of Criterion B, appreciation of the writer’s choices, I brought forth a wide range of literary device examples ranging from alliteration and repetition, to metaphor and diction. I awarded myself with a score of 4 in this category as although my examples were plentiful and supportable there was certainly more room for analysis. In Criterion C, organization and presentation of the commentary, I believe I left the most room for improvement while although I structured my arguments well and delivered a clear and concise message there were