Essay On Juxtaposition In Nathan Hauke's A Surface

In the first line, “I felt a funeral, in my brain / And Mourners to and fro”, the speaker imagines a funeral inside her brain and feels mourners going back and forth, which could mean that her thoughts are full of sorrow and her mind is going crazy. One interesting thing I saw in this poem is that the speaker does not want readers to think that she is comparing her feelings to a funeral. She does not say “It felt like a funeral, in my brain” instead she says “I felt a funeral, in my brain”. Changing this part would give readers a

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.

Just by reading these three lines, others can clearly tell that there is some deep meaning with the creepy metaphors used. Through metaphors, it is believable that the deeper meaning, or the theme, of this poem is that feeding one’s imagination too much could make their imagination run wild. The first stanza, “Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine.

The visual’s background is formed by a dark and starry night sky; stretching across the image and transitioning into a sunny day sky. This is a representation of the passage of time, life, death, and the power of memories. The nighttime depicts ageing and adulthood, whereas the daytime represents youth and life. In the poem, the narrator describes the sky, ‘Ambiguous night, ambiguous sky,’ which is symbolic for the transience between adulthood and childhood. An ambiguous sky is a sky which is unclear or undecided. The faded transition from the night sky to the day sky reflects this notion and the uncertainty of memories; displaying how the poem

Once I was able to associate these words to emotions and issues present in everyday life, the poem started to make me feel sad. I began thinking about all of the emotions and feelings that everyone hides as they go about life. For example, how the waitress I see once a week may have an eating disorder, or how the singer I look up to just lost her son, or the businessman who got laid off today. Everyone has their own personal battle that they carry everywhere, at any given moment. This explains why the setting is so plain, since the internal struggles people face affect them even at a bus stop. While each person waits, the waitress may be thinking about how much skinnier the person next to her is. The singer could be remembering when she held her baby. And the business man could be planning how to break the news to his wife. No matter how small, everyone experiences a type of trauma or bad experience, and this poem seemed to show what happens when these emotions become bottled up. No one can help each other because they are so stuck within their own issues. The difficulty helping others reminded me of the idea of having to take care of yourself before being able to take care of others.

In the first part of the poem the writer shows the difficulty he is having with taking a human life. In the second stanza he says “Making night work for us the starlight scope bringing men into killing range. This dark tone helps to emphasize the struggle the author is feeling as a soldier in war. Also he shows his emotions directly. In stanza 3 he says “The river under Vi Bridge takes the heart away”. This quote shows the feeling that the author gets

Stark contrasts give rise to the truth, and literary devices employing contrast often reveal the multi-faceted nature of the text. Juxtaposition, which utilizes contrast, directly relates two polar opposites, and frequently exposes hidden meanings or causes a shift in mood. In James Wright’s “A Blessing,” the juxtaposition employed creates an ominous mood by revealing a much more somber undertone expressed throughout the poem.

The dark blue sky in the background symbolises the sadness of war. The dark blue colour illustrates the sadness of the soldiers' families but also the sadness of the living soldiers who had a brotherly connection to them. It also revels a sombre and melancholy tone. Dawe explores this by structuring the poem as an elegy which is the lament or cry for the dead. Thus, the background colour acts as a visual hyperbole, setting the tone of the image.

For example, “with blocks of ice on her feet”. The scenario in the poem is very serious it is filled with sorrow and vulnerability. All 3 people fail to tell one another that they are dying it symbolizes the way people tend to stand back and watch while they should be intruding. The poem is an allegory all the characters have a meaning. The deeper meaning of this poem is how everyone has troubles.

As the poem goes on it gets deeper with meaning, sadder even. Lines four and five are the most crucial lines of the poem. Line three ends with the head giving the heart advice. “You will lose the ones you love. They will all go,” this isn’t the first thing someone wants to hear, especially not someone who is aware that they have just lost someone they love. But this is classic, logical advice that your emotions need to hear. What it means is that one day everyone you love will be gone, it is the sad truth of the world we live in. Nothing is forever. “But even the earth will go,

I think these key images all tie in together. All of these memories and past experiences say that he has previously been a very emotional person because of the things he has gone through. In the beginning I was feeling it was dark and mysterious, but as I continued to read it, it became clear of what he was trying to say and express parts of his life. These lines are what define the real meaning of the poem. These lines have real meanings and memories behind them and you can tell that just by simply reading it a few times, and thinking about the thoughts he had expressed in the poem.

In conclusion, form, content, and language come together in this literary work to offer a striking emotional response from its reader. Without each of these specific components, the poem simply wouldn’t have the same effect. Form is necessary to provide structure, content its scene and language its sound and feel. Gwendolyn Brooks has included each ingredient to provide a brief, but strong feeling one way or another, for the young people of this poem.

Her main wish is that he would come to her once again. In this poem, there are details explaining love in an all rounded manner. She begins with the beauty of their relationship and the romance by mentioning the stars. She provokes the mind with the thought of passionate kisses and utilizes repetition to show the depth of her thought. The second power, however, the idea is the same, heartbreak but in a different manner. In any case, the poem "Funeral in My Brain" requires a greater sense of poetic expression. It is a portrayal of brokenness to the point of no return. In this poem, reader understands that there is heartbreak but fathoms not the situation before the break up. The poet does not explain entirely whether the relationship was romantic and full of love. She does not help the reader paint a clear picture in his or her mind. It is not to say that she does not entirely aid imagination, for she uses a style different from her

The second poem is “Home Burial”, by Robert Frost. The poem is about a couple, Amy and her husband, losing their son causing Amy to go through emotional turmoil. Amy is trying to avoid the situation by trying to leave, but her husband is trying to pull her back, so he can figure out what’s wrong with her and as the poem continues the drama increases. The topic of the poem is sadness, which ties into the theme of Amy and her husband’s relationship is on the rock. The theme in this poem is that everyone goes through sadness, but bottling it up doesn’t help the situation. This is due to the death of their son and as the story continues the husband is trying to understand, why Amy is acting the way she is but she receives the message as rude and offensive. Most of the tension is coming from the graveyard, which resigns on their lot that contains their relatives and son. In lines 1-2, it expresses my theme because it has both

Murray starts the poem saying, "This tiny ruin in my eye, small/Flaw in the fabric, little speck/of blood in the egg," (1-3) and looking the whole picture of the poem, in this claim looks like the protagonist of the story is annoyed by a relationship that is not working and needs to be repared. At the beggining of the poem, the protagonist appear to be annoyed because something seems to be not working, for example when he says that his situation is like "the floater that doesn’t/float" (5-6). Then, the turn of the poem appears when Murray claims "I embrace you, piece of absence" (11), one can see the cause of his annoyance is a relationship in what he feels lonely. Finally, when the author says "all dark some day unless God/rescues