Ocean Vuong's Into The Breach

Poetry can elicit various emotions from the reader, and not everyone will find the same meanings to the poems. For example The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The Sky is low, The Clouds are Mean by Emily Dickinson, and Harlem Night Song by Langston Hughes all have different themes. Of the three my favorite is The Road Not Taken because it offers its audience a chance to make life choices.

Li-Young Lee is a poet who has written numerous amounts of work. He is a writer of Chinese heritage, but he does not classify himself as an Asian American poet. According to an article titled, “Li-Young Lee,” Li-Young Lee refuses to classify himself as an Asian American writer because he strives to be a “global poet.” This statement demonstrates that Li-Young Lee uses poetry as a means of addressing universal concerns. He writes about experiences or lessons that are personal to him; however, these are experiences and lessons that people all around the world can relate to. Li-Young Lee specifically writes about his childhood memories and family. A particular poem that reflects his personal life and poetic writing is, “The Gift.” In “The Gift,” the use of vivid imagery, free verse, and a distinct tone portrays Li-Young Lee’s poetic style.

It amazes me how this did not affect my childhood, but it may affect me in my adult years. I feel like my childhood seems closer to the son’s childhood. My parents always gave me more than they had. Name brand shoes and clothes, video games, etc.. I felt like the speaker’s tone was calm, and it seemed like he was not affected by his childhood. Most people would make a poem like this with an angry tone, especially when speaking about riots and other world problems. The speaker’s tone seems rather calm, especially when speaking about stars and galaxies. I find it rather interesting when you can almost hear how the speaker sounds in your head. It’s like the speaker and the reader are face to face having a conversation.

The one that stands out to me the most is nature, because it talks about leaves, flowers, and sunsets. The cool thing about this poem is that it talks about a life cycle; the lifecycle of a day, a season, or even a lifetime. In nature nothing lasts, but in every ending there's a new beginning.

He obviously loved his father enough to write poems about him, so poetically so it even brings nostalgia to the audience who recall their parents and their childhood with them.

The poem I will be analysing today is Song of the Surf by Dan Ashlin. Ashlin is a born and bred Australian poet who writes modern poems. I believe that I have a strong connection with this poem because of how much I personally love the beach with the soft sand and the ferocious waves. In my opinion this poem isn’t just about the waves in the ocean, but how the ocean has its own life and story to tell.

the poem On My First Sonne, the father loves his son a lot and feels

“The Poet with His Face in His Hands” has 3 features that make it especially interesting to me: it is quite gruff and straight to the point, it’s intriguingly descriptive diction that enhances the use of imagery, creating a picture in your mind to last the whole poem. And the message behind the words written on the page, that there are in fact far too many people crying in the world.

People are polluting the oceans which not only affects us but also affects the beautiful underwater habitats and interesting sea creatures. Two billion people within 30 miles of the coast create 100 metric tons of coastal plastic waste (Doc.1). This plastic waste can get caught around sea animals, injuring them or even killing them (OI). Oils spills can really hurt marine life (Doc.2). Some creatures could eat it or get covered in it. If the fish eats the oil and then someone or something eats the fish they could get extremely ill. When there are excess nutrients in the water algal blooms occur, which is when algae has too many nutrients and reproduces in large numbers, this can also hurt people (OI). For these reasons and many more we should

Pathos is the most prominent. His word choice varies based on what emotion he is attempting to appeal. He provides the reader with anger, fear, love, and hopelessness. The line I found most invoking was “step out of the shadows of society.” With my love of poetry, I found the alliteration to be impactful. Although not one direct emotion is given, the reader can notice the hissing “s”. Other words contain a more direct in impact. He invokes anger on the reader by using strong, multi-syllable words like whiplashed,

In my opinion, the author, Ruta Sepetys, moves the novel in an interesting fashion. I liked how there are many characters and how there is a lot of things happening. The author kept the reader interested at all times throughout the novel. The author, Ruta Sepetys, who writes historical non fiction books just as this novel, was born the daughter of a Lithuanian Refugee which may have influenced her to write this very novel. It is geared in a positive way due to Joana, a main character in the novel, helping to portray this with her nursing skills. Seeing the book in the Character of Joana’s eyes affects the overall novel in many different ways. Some may be on Joana’s good side and others may be on her bad side.

One reason I liked this poem was because of the concept and the way it flowed together, I really enjoyed how she described things thoroughly and caused deep observations to be made. One of my favorite lines is “A man leaves the world and the streets he lived on grow a little shorter.” I hold this line to be special because it really stuck with me and opened my eyes somewhat.

How do the poets use fictional and historical characters to explore human relationships and the human psyche in ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage and ‘Salome’ by Carol Ann Duffy?

A poem is like a dish , you need to have a bit of everything to make it complete. For me , of course. I had a rough childhood , and till today. You can get a sense of that from my poems.

In Robert Pinsky's new edition of America's Favorite Poems, I believe Bao Phi’s poem “Shell” is a must add. “Shell” is both unique in its sentence structure as well as in its context. Using multiple literary techniques such as alliteration and imagery, “Shell” provides both a specific tone in each indent and stanza; In result, a vivid scenery is portrayed. “Shell” is a poem that any common man can relate to, government so powerful that one cannot even fathom possibilities of creating change; “Shell” constantly questions the reader about their sense of justice in a world greedy for power.