Upon discussing and justifying the issues or analysis of the selected Haiku poems, this paper would like to propose two recommendations for the existing issue; Japanese culture through word choices, uncommon syntactic and lexical structure.
The first recommendation is that to familiarize the words that reflect Japanese culture to the world. The familiarization process could be implemented through books, Anime and movies. Moreover, if this action is implemented, then the need for the assistance of Goggle Search to understand the meaning of those words is reduced.
For instance, the word ‘winter’ comes from the countries in southern hemisphere. Some concepts evoked by the word such as snow or snow bite revolved around the culture or place in
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
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.
Frost further points out that the stretch of woods being viewed is very rural. This is made possible by the reference to the location between the woods and frozen lake. In closing the final sentence of the second stanza Frost reiterates the fact that this occurs on “the darkest evening of the year” stating the darkness of the mood.
Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.
In this essay I am going to compare and contrast ‘When we two parted’ a poem of George Gordon, Lord Byron’s written in 1815 and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s ‘Love’s last lesson’ written in c1838, both poets are British and of the romantic period.
Prompt: Read the following two poems very carefully, noting that the second includes an allusion to the first. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss their similarities and differences. In your essay, be sure to consider both theme and style.
Haiku is an important form of poetry because it resembles Japanese views, traditions, and ideas within a very short poem, making it simple as well as very deep in meaning. Haiku is one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry. A well-written haiku creates tension between contrasting elements such as movement and inactivity, change and continuance, time and
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.
Poetry can be divided up into different forms, more easily expressing an author’s emotions and intent with their poetry. For analyzing purposes I chose the poems Self-Help by Michael Ryan, Ghazal by Agha Shahid Ali, Psalm 150 by Jericho Brown, and Emergency by Michael Dylan Welch.
Students are asked to go into nature and write a haiku with the below worksheet, where above each line they should write one syllable. It should take students about 10-15 minutes to write their haiku. Since these are 6th-graders, it might be best to take the class outside of the classroom and supervise them if your campus has a park-like area.
Life can be unpredictable and one’s perspective can change in the blink of an eye. Something major could happen in life that causes everything to change or something small could have a big impact. Richard Write does a great job and showing the impacts of perspective change through Haiku. While Write’s writing style shows a change within the speaker, his haiku evoke emotion from the reader due to his relatable topics.
This short story Seventeen Syllables is written by Hisaye Yamamoto of Japanese-American descent. The title is based on a form of haiku which is a Japanese poem. The theme of the story is about the difficulties transitioning from one country to another, intergrading traditions from one culture into another, and the generational differences.
A Commentary on Behavior of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden by Keith Douglas. *The description of the men drawn to her starts with the rich cotton magnate immediately establishing the hierarchy the author seeks to show*. This hierarchy is further developed*in the actions of the different suitors. The rich magnate ‘through the frail reefs of furniture swims out’, the inverted syntax* in the line* suggesting grace and power. *T*he self-assured manner in which he acts suggests that the rich man is above the petty rivalries* that the others have. H*e knows his wealth gives him an insurmountable edge* (and this is further shown in the last stanza)*. *Also, the* author shows this from the* fact that *though this* fish is far from pretty with
Poetry is a reduced dialect that communicates complex emotions. To comprehend the numerous implications of a ballad, perusers must analyze its words and expressing from the points of view of beat, sound, pictures, clear importance, and suggested meaning. Perusers then need to sort out reactions to the verse into a consistent, point-by-point clarification. Poetry utilizes structures and traditions to propose differential translation to words, or to summon emotive reactions. Gadgets, for example, sound similarity, similar sounding word usage, likeness in sound and cadence are at times used to accomplish musical or incantatory impacts.
Some of the poems and essays I have read during this class were relatable to me. Being away from college, I have struggled with not being at home. I have become a different person when I am at school, but when I am home, I feel like I am my normal self again. Some of these authors of the poems and essays that I have read throughout this class has struggled with being somewhere where they don’t belong and that they are someone else when they are not home. Unlike the other poems and essays we have read throughout the course. I enjoyed reading the ones about “home” because I actually understood what they are going through and that I can relate. Some of these poems and essays include “Going Home” by Maurice Kenny, Postcard from Kashmir”, by Agha Shahid Ali, “Returning” by Elias Miguel Munoz and “Hometown” by Luis Cabalquinto. All of these poems deal with duality.