Likes: A Poem Analysis

“Something More” by Tracey Moffatt is a formal and stylistic experimentation photography and her work draws on her own childhood memories, popular culture, as well as the history seen in still cinema, art and photography. Apparent in her works are themes such as childhood cruelties in suburban life, the mutiny of stereotypes and relations between white and black Australians. In her works, referencing to the artist’s own life and experiences, Tracey Moffatt draws on her Aboriginal background as a foster child growing up in Brisbane in a foster family in the sixties, avidly consuming images from magazines, films and television.

While reading the poem “Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins sends a message to the readers that they should be patient and impartial when it comes to analyzing a poem in order to see the true meaning behind the without being over analytical. There is a revieting situation that takes place because Billy Collins is delivering his message to all readers about the way that one should be able to read a poem. This poems educates the reader on how to be able to read and plunge into a poem, through using many techniques like mood, tone, and literary devices to do so. In the first two lines Collins demands that we tackle a poem with a invigorating eye. There should be an exploration of what the poem means to us. How does this poem apply to our

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.

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.

Billy Collins, the writer of the metaphorical poem “Introduction of Poetry”, guides the audience to interpret poetry rather than just reading poetry. Billy Collins, a teacher, wrote the poem to encourage students to dig for the greater meaning of a poem, rather than reading the black ink. Instead of visualizing and experiencing a poem, Collins fears that students only try to dissect poems. Throughout the poem, Billy Collins uses metaphors to focus the reader to react in imaginative ways and declares his love for poetry through imagery.

The poems “I Hate and I Love” “Thursday” and “Milk Teeth” all have the theme of a relationship that isn’t going too well. Specifically a relationship that has a one sided love; or in other words, unrequited love. I specifically chose these three songs because they connect to each other so well. Each poem displays the true feelings of what being in an unrequited relationship is like. Whether they are frustrated with their significant other or themselves or whether if they are drained of loving too much.

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 to become their own brand of sound, as they draw from each member's influence to the band's advantage. Tracks like "Drinkers of the Yellow Brick Road," showcases this diversity, with prominent bass riffs, flawless drumming, and softer edges within the chorus, which balances the band's "loud" rock sound. Whereas on their latest single, "Sex and The Crazy Parade," the band's evolution becomes audible within the lighter

The excerpt from Kim Addonizio’s and Dorianne Laux’s book, The Poet's Companion was informative and lucid. As I previously noted in reading response eight, this excerpt felt less didactic and more like a hand-holding guide as compared to previous readings on creative nonfiction. I liked the authors’ emphasis on writing and reading being the only ways of finding one’s voice. The explanation of the elements of craft in the context of poetry was very helpful in recognizing the amateur mistakes in my poems. Moreover, the sample poems aided in clarifying any questions I had after reading the authors’ opinion on voice and style. I enjoyed reading the sample poems which

Why, Dad, I love you the bluest! I love you the color of a waves in it’s ocean. The color of a moon stone gem. The color of a bird soaring the quiet blue sky.

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

Nacher pome I love to be outdoors To hear the birds chirping, Singing their favorite songs. When you woke the sound Of leaves as they cronch under your feet. Oh the great outdoors, The beautiful nature that We have. The wind blows The trees sway itis such A beautiful sound. All the creatures big and Small, they are all so

Drip. Drip. Drip. The colorless solution drips at a steady rate, flowing through the tube of life. The tube that if I was disconnected from, I’d die a torturous death that everybody dreads. The solution glides down the tube and tingles as it enters me, but as it does, it begins to kill me. At the same time, though, it kills the demon that brought me here. The solution creates a feeling of warmth at my skin, but I am in an envelop of frigidness. My skin loses its magnificent white and is replaced by the icy color of paleness.

Poetry can often reveal someone’s true feelings about a subject, and is a way to release one’s deepest emotions. It commonly describes important messages and universal themes through a variety of figurative poetic devices. One such theme is the idea of panic taking over ordinary everyday life. For example, Margaret Atwood in The City Planners, Richard Silken in Wishbone, and Sylvia Plath in Lesbos all convey this unifying idea. Although Plath describes an inner turmoil, Siken a panicked and conflicted relationship, and Atwood a hysteria arising from oppressive control, all of the pieces can be related back to this common thread. Authors such as Atwood, Plath, and Silken can use a variety of techniques including

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.

When one thinks of poetry, love is something that will definitely appear in the process. Love in poems can bring a sense of great joy or can be the cause of sorrow and pain. It’s something that has been here for eternity and will continue to affect people and poems. Especially in early modern poetry, love was expressed in various ways and brought different and unique features to the poems. Many poems would use the very familiar, romantic love, which is quite intense with feeling and emotions and can be portrayed in many ways. There is also tragic love, where it causes pain as a result of the love created, and mystifying love is a type that comes from something bigger than one’s self.