Literary Terms For The End

Poetry in some way, shape or form, gives realistic ideas to even objects that reflect upon a part of life by using symbolism and personification.

To start off focusing on what the author is saying. To the perspective that the author is saying a lot of thing. For example when in the poem it says

Poems and songs may have strength in literary terms, but have you ever wondered what makes them powerful? In this essay, there will be analyzed two poems “The Boy Died in my Alley” and “Daddy”, as well as the song “Firework” in which theme, metaphor, and repetition are the literary devices that make them powerful.

If you were to look up the meaning of the words mood and tone, you would find that mood is the feelings a reader has about words spoken or read, and tone is the attitude the writer has while writing about a certain subject or topic. You find evidence of both mood and tone in song lyrics. Songwriters use mood and tone, along with figurative language, to tell a story and make the listener feel the same feelings they felt while writing the song. Figurative language is language used in text that expresses feelings through similar thoughts and examples. Writers use figurative language because it helps to explain complex situations that are not easily understood. Throughout this essay, I will be analyzing the lyrics of two songs and comparing them

Poetry is a beautiful way to express the subtext within it, using literary devices which enhances the poem 's beauty. Poetry is considered to take distorted ideas and transforms it into beautiful words. Therefore, resulting the harsh truth being displayed in a form of a poem for readers to sink into another point of view. These creators called poets, are a group of people with a wide variety of experiences that an average person does not usually experience. They can create a more unified meaning in their masterpiece, without taking up 300 pages to exhibit their meaning, and still hold different interpretations by different readers. Poets are known to uncover the truth, which could be their experiences or reality based ideas, by beautifying the reality with literary devices to make it more relatable and enjoyable but still hold that very core of the meaning behind the poem. Poetry is a powerful vessel, between creator and reader, to change a person’s outlook of life or one’s surroundings. A poem can change moods, enhances one’s personality, gain a sense of people knowledge and become a bit more sensitive around one 's world. Even if poets are not aware of the power poetry holds, they still do it to convey an experience, a lesson or a journey. All of this relates to 'Love and Roses ' by Tracy Marshall, where the speaker is telling the reader a journey of their blinding love. The abusive relationship exists in the speaker 's life but is distracted by the idea of the

In both Mary TallMountain’s “There Is No Word For Goodbye” and Natalie Diaz’s “Why I Hate Raisins”, there is a theme dealing with what is a child’s relationship with a parental figure (Mary TallMountain’s subject for her poem is “Sokoya”, who I think is a relative but not her mother—my google-fu failed me). The juxtaposition of the collectivist attitudes shown in both works and the stereotypical American ideal of individualism, combined with my anecdotal evidence, will help glean new meaning from these two works. Furthermore, it will become more apparent that even in something as simple as a social role, there is still a historical culture clash between the American culture and the traditional culture of indigenous people in America. The term “Historical culture clash” is being used as a term to describe the friction between the mainstream, American way of life and native peoples’ cultural traditions.

way of explaining the very lessons in life. Each poet has a different way of

All authors of the different forms of literature try to ensure they bring forth originality in their respectable works but also deliver a valuable message that all readers can relate to. These valuable messages occasionally relate to family, adversity, love, or struggle. Common themes are constantly found across the different forms of literature, how these themes are created, however, can range in diction, figurative language, and overall presentation. In poetry, the poet uses rhyme scheme, and figurative language to deliver the theme. In a novel, on the other hand, the author uses plot, characterization, and symbolism to create their theme.

The structure of a poem can influence the way the reader interprets the overall tone and theme that the

The song “Ross Capicchioni” by Joyner Lucas can be a prime example of a literary piece because of its plot, multi perspectives, and tone throughout the song. Manipulating words so that it could fit into different rhyming schemes to set a specific tone has added a dramatic and poetic effect on literary writings. A good plot is one of, if not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece makes it literary because of the ability to imagine and “bring to life” both points of views are rare in writings, songs and poems.

For that reason, Introduction to Poetry uses metaphors and similes to express the main ideas or theme. This tells the reader; the poem is about more than the students reading and analyzing the poem. Firstly, the poem is about a teacher asking his or her students to read and analysis

The most arduous task in composing a song is neither the melody nor lyrics, but rather the buildup that foreshadows both. For example, the song “Blue Da Ba Dee” by Eiffel 65 uses electronic percussion that slowly increases in volume to foreshadow either the piano melody or the vocals. In literature, foreshadowing is just as crucial in music as it is in literacy. An example is The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck uses the three imagery categories of music, dark, and light to foreshadow events within the pages of The Pearl.

Imagine loving a stranger but knowing you’re unable to be with them, Dana Gioia perfectly shows this in his poem “Summer Storm”. As Gioia’s poem is read, one can conclude that the speaker feels a love towards a stranger and feels the love back for a moment. Unfortunately is unable to be with this person because nothing was pursued. One could conclude that the love is forbidden or our other person is unsure of who they want to be with or who they are. Gioia uses rhyming in his poem to help the readers gain a personal connection to it; he also uses end rhyming in the second and fourth rows of each stanza. Gioia uses enjambment as well, which can be viewed as a run-on sentence used in a poem. He uses tone in his poem, which allows the reader to feel the pain of the speaker as he goes through a heart-wrenching experience, but also experience the feeling of a short relief as the speaker experiences someone having interest in him. When one finishes the poem one can identify that the speaker is also the author.

In this literary analysis it is essential to compare and contrast Cathy Song’s poem “Heaven” and Bryan Thao Worra’s poem “Pen/Sword” to give the reader a better understanding of what the authors’ are conveying to their readers. The similarities in the style, word choice, and theme will be compared, along with the differences of style, word choice, and theme reflected throughout each poem. Furthermore, I will determine the meaning behind the broken up and/or the way the lines of each poem while describing why the lines are strategically placed throughout the pieces. This will allow me to identify the meaning that the authors’ are explaining to the reader. Each poet specifically writes to give the reader(s) a picture of what they are feeling and defining their emotion through their writing.

The voice subject refers to the speaker and the tone of the poem and it can be classified in two categories, lyric and narrative. A lyric poem expresses feelings and emotions of the speaker, it also often uses first person pronouns like I, me, we, ours, etc; sometimes the poem does not have pronouns but it is noticeable that it is a personal observation. An example of lyric poem is “I carry your heart with me” by e e cummings.