Dubravka Ugresic Poem Essay

Barriers can include differing languages, beliefs and customs. In ‘Felicks Skryznecki’ Peter Skryznecki showcases the consequences of migrating to a new country and the effects it has on the persona and his father. When migrating to a country cultural details can be lost between generations of family. As the persona describes his father’s relationship with “his polish friends” Skryznecki utilises positive connotations to show the father’s comfort with them whilst conveying the persona’s distance and unfamiliarity with them. This is demonstrated through his strong use of hyperbolic imagery as the friends and his father “always shook hands too violently” causing another aspect of alienation for the persona as he is unfamiliar with the archetypal polish characteristic. The inversion of the statement “inherited unknowingly” effectively places emphasis on the negative connotations associated with “unknowingly” conveying the persona’s reluctance to belong to his father’s culture. His reluctance is likely from discrimination and lack of acceptance in the society as presented when the “department clerk asked in dancing bear grunts: / ‘Did your father ever attempt to learn English?’” Skryznecki’s demeaning visual imagery and metaphor portrays the treatment as animalistic and primitive showing the closed minded attitude of the clerk clueing to attitudes of the wider society. This comment immediately creates distance between the clerk and the persona and father, symbolising the barriers to belonging brought on by culture. Thus, depending on the attitudes towards different cultures in society a barrier can be created causing shifts in relationships generating a sense of alienation of a person in their physical

Assignment 1.7 Poetry Assessment How does communication change us? 1.Does communication change us? Write a paragraph in which you answer this question and provide at least 3 reasons to support your opinion. (20 points) Yes, Communication can change people in many different ways, depending on the type of communication and the message it conveys. Communication changes people by educating them; allowing people to exchange feelings and ideas with others; making possible arguments and reconciliations; and in many other ways. Communication can be misunderstood too there’s many different types of communication. 2. Provide an example of each poetic device from any of the assigned poems. For each quote, explain the author’s intended meaning. What is the author really saying? (36

of the war lays claim to reality, whereas poetry as a literary genre qualifies only as a product of

Reflections Within is a non-traditional stanzaic poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four and five are oddly in that their number of lines which are five and nine.

Poets have written love poems for centuries with the first said to be around 1000BC. But what is love? It is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘ to have attachment to and affection for’. However, after studying various love poems, I have found that love is portrayed in many different ways. It can be possessive, hateful and pure and the fact that William Shakespeare said ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ suggests that love is more complicated than a simple dictionary definition.

For the rewrite assignment, you noted that the poem is very circular, as there is not any evident logical flow in my writing. After re-reading the poem, I agree. You instructed me to, “write this poem as something that keeps moving forward in its philosophical exploration… Then, rewrite the poem to about one and a half times its current length, moving it continually forward.” I re-evaluated the poem and removed some lines that I thought where unnecessary. I also increased the length from twelve to eighteen lines. Further, I wrote philosophical progression into the revised poem; instead of being random ramblings (which, ironically, might be the fate of this solipsist after he discovers what he believes to be the truth), the poem now flows with

Kinsley was born on September 17, 2015 at 9:24pm. She was born prematurely and four and a half pounds under weight. Due to this, Kinsley needed a few days of neonatal care to deal with jaundice and to ensure that Kinsley could regulate her body temperature. After just a few days of treatment Kinsley’s Apgar score increased by two points growing from a six to an eight, And my partner and I were able to bring her home. Because, of Kinsleys premature birth my partner and I were a bit worried about her and were consistently caring for her. This consistent caring led to a strong bond of attachment being built between Kinsley and I. I acted as Kinsley primary feeder, and because of this the attachment theory argues Kinslaey is greater attached

The Current U.S foreign policy in the Middle East has a goal to advance peace, security, and prosperity in the Middle East. The Current foreign Policy is also supposed to defeat Al-Qa’ida and its extremist affiliates in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The United States Foreign policy protects the U.S citizens by governing international relations, but the current U.S. foreign policy undermines our national security in the Middle East, through drone strikes, the war in Afghanistan, and using a “hands-off” approach in Syria which has created the U.S. to becoming a target to Middle Eastern Countries.

In both poems “Before I got my eyes put out” and “ We grow accustomed to the dark” Emily Dickinson metaphorically talks about sight and experiencing light. In both poems sight could be being open to explore different perspectives or being willing to make changes and adjust. Thinking of things from another point of view is like giving you a new set of eyes. Being willing to change opens up a brand new set of doors.

Justice Clarence Thomas argued in his Concurring Opinion of Shelby County V. Holder that “the blatant discrimination against certain voters that Section 5 was intended to prohibit is no longer evident” and in a sense he is right (“Shelby County V. Holder”). The discrimination once present is no longer. No longer are houses being rampantly burned. No longer are literacy tests given. However this is majorly credited to laws like The Voting Rights Act and if we dismantle such acts citizens, like our growing immigrant population, are no longer protected. Without these laws there is no guarantee that minorities will remain with all their rights intact.

Adrienne Rich and Paulo Freire have common themes on transformation and society. Both talk about the transforming of society and the relationships between people in their writing. Freire talked about the way teachers teach the students with no contradiction, as they sit there waiting to be filled with information. Rich uses a similar theory in her essay, "When We Dead Awaken," where she addresses society and the way they have been oppressed. While the two have similar theories, they have much different ways of expressing their argument. Freire used an argumental style of writing to address that change is needed in society, while Rich used poems as a way for the reader to understand her argument. Rich expresses feelings, emotions,

HOOK: I've got nothing else to prove, Not to you, not to you, Band in my pocket, Not for you, not for you, They all bad bitches, I can't choose, I can't choose, I'll take you, I'll take you, I've got nothing else to prove, Not to you, not to you, Band in my pocket, Not for you, not for you, They all bad bitches, I can't choose, I can't choose, I'll take you, I'll take you, VERSE: All for me, none for you, Fucka you, fucka you You a mutha fucka you, I'm mutha fucka to,

In addition, Waniek goes on to hint the diversity in the family by using colours to lay out the numerous cultures in the family. For instance, she describes the quilt in line 15-17 as “ Six Van Dyke brown squares, two white ones, and one square the yellow-brown of Mama’s cheeks”. Waniek does that to allow the readers to understand how the family is multicultural, opened to any race, and lovable, which ultimately provides comfort to the reader whilst reading and continues to remind them that the quilt is focusing on ancestry and secures family connections. To continue, repetition of words are added close to the end of the poem, “ of my childhood of miracles, of my father’s burnt umber pride”. The repetition is being used by the author to persuade

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.

The Theme of Love and Loss in Poetry "How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" Albert Einstein. The subject of love has always inspired poets, writers, and those lucky in love as well. Love is everything its cracked up to be.