Down Times Skipp Poem Analysis

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

The poem “The Day is Done,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, discusses an exhausted speaker’s wish to hear the work of a simple poet with the expectation that this will relieve his tired state. The steady, calming pace and slightly wistful tone provide the perfect background for the beautiful imagery of this poem, expressed through similes and figurative language. ‘The Day is Done” includes comments on reputation, life’s struggles, and the benefits of poetry and art in general. This lovely poem’s gentle verses leave the reader soothed and care-free.

This opening drew me in because I wanted to know what she meant by this statement. The tone

❛ four days is a lot of days. ❜ arms STUBBORNLY fold over his chest as lips press together in a thin line , but he listens intently. zack doesn’t EXACTLY have a reason to know other than not wanting to feel stupid when asked what his armor was ... or when he wondered himself. the gears churn slowly in his head as jason explains , information slowly filtering into his memory. MAKES SENSE , he thinks. trini was faster than them all , kim coming in as a close second. zack likes to think he’s the STRONGEST , but he really hasn’t had the chance to prove his theory. it’s comforting to know. ❛ you guys tell the others or was it just an out of the blue conversation ? ❜

The exposition is to love life, and don’t give up just because it gets hard. The poems idea is letting you know that life might drag you down but you shouldn’t allow it to get to you. You should never harm yourself over life being difficult. There will always be bumps in the road but in the end the narrator eventually got over them. In the end he realizes that he shouldn’t have gotten so down and should've lived life to the fullest.

Hey, stop staring at my boobs…. Yeah, I have boobs so what? Like two hands, two legs, two ears. I have two boobs? Boobs are just a part of our body. When my eyes speak, you eye at my boobs. Are you biologically programmed to stare at boobs. Nature has given nipples to man and woman. You could take your shirt off and walk down on a road, post selfies on Instagram no one cares but if I do, it would be the greatest crime of the century and a lewd exposure of my body done with the intent to arouse the sexual desire of other person. Just because it’s hidden, and yours does not bloat like ours? Just because our boobs have sizes? And so male nipple never been as socially sexualized as female nipples.

I chose to analyze the poem Count-time because it speaks volumes even though it is a short poem. It is describing an important aspect of prison life for these inmates. Each day the prison guards must take a count, sort of like inventory to ensure each inmate is in their cell and presumably asleep. Baca refers to the cells as tombs where the prisoner’s lifeless body remains still in the darkest of the hour. In this moment the prisoners think about the time they have lost from the outside world and the memories that linger within them. He states “when he goes, the bodies slowly move, in solitary ritual” (Baca 5). It is interesting how Baca uses certain phrases to compare the prisoners to as if they are already dead. For example, he says “to their

Emily expresses her thoughts and feelings in her lyrical poems through her complex word use and her original punctuation style.

The poem being analyzed is entitled, “I Go Back to May 1973” by Sharon Olds. In the beginning of the poem, the image of innocence is lost but as the reader goes deeper into the heart and core of the text, the tone rapidly spirals into violence as well as resentment.

The first thing we notice is that the poem is written in three lines per stanza in iambic pentameter which means every line has ten syllables and is a sonnet (14 lines). Considering that the narrator is taking a slow and steady walk throughout the night, it gives the readers a set rhythm of his journey which also establishes a sense of desolation. As nothing changes, we begin to be get stuck in his unwavering walk of sadness as he recalls his dark emotions unable to escape this bubble of hopelessness. Even more so, by reading it outloud, we can hear how every stanza has a specific rhyme scheme. The first stanza finishes by “night”, “rain”, and “light”.

Although the only punctuation mark that finalizes the sentence is the dot at the end, the whole poem seems to be composed of three sentences, because the characteristic dashes in Emily Dickinson poem are able to separate the poem in more. With the help of enjambments, the run-on line, the sentences run over two or more verses (Meyer 47). Since the reader automatically inserts pauses while reading a poem, it’s stanzas and verses can be separated into sentences not only through the dashes, but also the sense, meaning, and sound. Identifiable were three sentences, which all relate to the topic of piety. The first stanza is simultaneously the first sentence, which involves the topic and reasoning of the anxiety of owning a body and soul and therefore

What this poem literally speaks about is a powerful storm that is quickly approaching. The speaker tells how he watched the “boughs

This week in our Writer’s Workshop we focused on composing our own poetry. Miss Hiral gave an example by composing a poem that shared her feelings and recent experience from her trip to Colorado. She explained that poems describe something in detail- a poem is a piece of writing more similar to a song than a story as they use rhyme, rhythm, and sometimes a specific pattern.

Finally, the word “dreary” is most commonly associated with the words “night” and “life”. Both of these words show that the speaker does not have a moment of reprieve from her loneliness, it has plagued her at all hours and has come to define her entire life. All three words are used to express the overall dismal tone of the poem. The repetition of the three words reflects the deep hopelessness and sadness the woman feels while living in complete isolation.

This poem is simply describing the process on whether if our day has been spent good, by really enjoying the day, using the day productively or has if just been a complete waste. The author wants us to realize how a good day should be spent. In the first paragraph, he describes one sitting in the sun, thinking about one has done. The author also says that if one can count the good deed one has done then you can count that day spent well. In the second verse the author basically says yes you have done something good, may have done many good things during that day. But if one hasn't done at least one good deed for another person "then count that day as worse than lost". Which I agree completely with this poem. This poem is telling me to make