Jail Mate: Poem Analysis

"One Today"- 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.

Not My Business Analysis When you first look at the poem the first thing you notice is that the first three verses are of an identical structure on the page. In them the first few lines of each one of the narrator’s associates are mistreated in brutal circumstances. In the first verse Akanni is beaten up and put in the military’s jeep. The poet uses personification to describe how Akanni was 'stuffed ... down the belly' of the jeep, this personifies the jeep as a hungry predator. The next three lines of the stanza and the next two, convey how the narrator feels about the action that has taken place. Using the metaphor ‘So long they don’t take the yam from my savouring mouth?’ It proposes the thought of what should I care if it does not affect me, this relates to the title, ‘not my business’.

The “Hard Rock” was a main inmate in the poem. The name of Hard Rock is based on a hard nut to crack because he was the only one inmate who never submitted and gave a lot of troubles to officers. The Hard Rock was treated really badly and punished as warning to other inmates in the hospital. Why he was treated so badly is because not only he never submitted to officers; there might be that he was a black person. While the Hard Rock was treated badly, other inmates were very submissive to officers because they did not want to be treated in the same way as Hard Rock. He was forced under the strong power in the oppressive community, yet he had the power of perseverance and was very strong; hence, his attitude has not changed through the poem. The Hard Rock was a hero for other inmates because he was very strong, against the authority, and brought hope to other inmates in the poem “Hard Rock Returns to Prison” by Etheridge Knight.

Poetry Analysis Essay “Poema para los Californios Muertos” 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.

Dawe in his poem ‘Drifters’ presents the inevitable nature of change, particularly change that is unwanted. Moreover, Dawe manifests the diverse responses individuals have when encountering change in their lives and the transformative impact of change. These prominent themes are manipulated through the motif of travelling, flashbacks and symbolism.

D Lockwood 7D Anthology 5 Its 2017 and i've tried to do my best But it's hard to compete with the rest. Day after day all I do is play. When I need to start paying attention and doing my work. Because I don't wanna end up working for Dave Kirk. I wanna actually grow up and succeed and instead of follow, lead. I wanna grow up to actually become a model not sit there and hold a bottle. I never wanna get up when I hear the alarm, but then again I never wanna marry Jake from state farm. Even Though, the alarm makes me wanna put a bullet through my head I know i'm better off at school then in the bed. I could get my 90 up to a 99 just fine. I don't wanna work at a booth selling Babe Ruth. As this ends I gonna try harder, and date

I notice that Kay Ryan develops the meaning of the poem from literal to metaphorical. She does this throughout the stanzas. The first stanza says, “They are not imaginary but accessible only intermittently.” She uses language that leads the readers to believe that this poem is literal. In the second stanza, this is where the meaning of the poem shifts from literal to metaphorical. She says “Seasonal, shall we say, in the way of the exquisite high parts of Yosemite”. After reading and examining this stanza, the meaning of the poem opens up and changes from literal to metaphorical. What if “These places” weren’t actual places, they were a state of mind. This makes sense because a feeling or a state of mind is not imaginary, it’s real and certain feelings are accessible only occasionally, hence the word “Seasonal”. Plus, if the

While reading and examining poems and plays it is imperative that one must understand the concepts behind how to correctly, efficiently, and strategically analyze and evaluate them. In order to accurately analyse and evaluate poems, plays, and songs readers must examine its words and phrasing from the perspectives of

Plymouth locals, The Poet Junkies - Brendan O'Neill (vocals,guitar), Thomas Archer (guitar), Jon Blanchard (drums), and Matt Xhapman (bass)- resurface familiar traits of indie-rock that were last since in the early 2000s with bands like The Arctic Monkeys. Despite drawing obvious comparison to the Sheffield band, The Poet Junkies aim

She goes and wakes Lend up for a minute she thought that he saw the fire to when she realized he could not she told him he thought that she should tell Raquel but she denied and wanted to figure it out herself. He tells her the full poem which is “Eyes like streams of melting snow, cold with the things she does not know. Heaven above and Hell beneath, liquid flames to hide her grief. Death, death, death with no release. Death, death, death with no release.” She knew that this described her. She gets called down with Jacques. They got assigned to go find a hag.

Begging for it to take us Up Up and away -chipped away with nothing left I can’t hear those words anymore I can’t hear about how you were right And how I was wrong I don’t want to remember how you told me Over and over again How I was going to be used away and tossed away like the trash he believed I was

Yeah Ayo, bros, it's time. It's time, bros begin Straight out the slippery dungeons of rap. The drum drops deep as does my torch. I never smile, 'cause to smile is the sister of porch. Beyond the walls of balloons, life is defined. I think of family when

Message Exchange Three Messages Citizen, Old, and Anyone Many may say that within every piece of literature, object, and spoken word there is a deeper meaning, or perhaps a hidden message. These hidden meanings are often hard to find and require more thought. In the three poems “The Unknown Citizen”,“Old Age Sticks” , and “Anyone lived in a Pretty How Town” there is a hidden meaning behind each word. Some could say that they all tie together in some way. The three messages from these three poems will be examined in the paragraphs below. Here is the way these three messages, can be deciphered within each text.

the poem “ Crushing” is a narrative with a central theme of the youthful years of under-privileged juveniles with vivid images of theft, racing, intoxication, and calming ending of a beach vision. The poem is a wholesome picture that goes from being wild in the beginning to a calming image of a beach and stars at the end, which is also a technique of the poem that is taking readers on a journey. It spectacularly builds up images of fancy and elegant partying, to a calming end of evening beach scene. This could be represented by the core question of the poem that, the youthfulness of someone is intoxicating when someone gets lost in translation and becomes dazed and confused.

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.