Poem Analysis: Dead Again

Society judges those who are different both physically and mentally and those that don’t fit in with the social norm but it is up to the individuals to look past that and rise against their judgement. Shane Koyczan’s ‘To This Day’, is a poem about those who have been bullied throughout their lives and its long term impact it leaves. The poem tells multiple stories of the victims of bullying due to their physical appearance or their mental state. The poem begins with a personal adecdote talking about how he earned his first nickname. The anecdote is used to allow the readers of the poem to relate as it doesn’t rely on the abstract logic as the anecdote provides proof. He tells his story about how he used to love pork chops, and didn’t know the difference between pork chops and karate chops, until he was called pork

Have you ever felt like you were born to do something? Since I was born I felt like I was born to play baseball, but after that I would love to be a broadcaster. That is why I have chosen to analyze “The Broadcaster’s Poem” by Alden Nowlan. Analyzing a poem is not an easy thing to accomplish for me. As I very rarely analyze anything I read, but you should try everything once.

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.

Clint Smith is a writer, teacher, and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University with a concentration in Culture, Institutions, and Society. Smith Clint wrote a poem called “Something You should Know.” The poem is about an early job he had in a Petsmart. The poet allows the readers into his personal life, but before he had trouble opening up to people and his work. Moreover, Clint wrote an insight in the poem about relying in anything to feel safe and he says it is the most terrifying thing any person can do.

Death is a topic that unites all of humanity. While it can be uncomfortable to think about, confronting death in unavoidable. “Dying” addresses that discomfort and universal unwillingness to consider the inevitability of death. Pinsky’s use of imagery, symbolism, and tone create a poetic experience that is like death, something every reader can relate to. In “Dying,” Pinsky describes how people are oblivious and almost uncaring when it comes to the thought of death. Pinsky is trying to convince the reader that they shouldn’t ignore the concept of death because life is shorter than it seems.

The Vacuum by Howard Nemerov talks about a widower and his late wife, and how he uses the vacuum as a symbol for her death. The poem expresses deep sorrow and sadness that derive from the loneliness of the speaker, after his other half’s passing away. Nemerov attempts to take his readers on a grief-stricken journey, by strategically employing figurative language (mainly personification, metaphor, simile, and alliteration), fractured rhyme schemes and turns in stanza breaks in the poem.

James Niigaanwewidan Sinclair’s poem Dancing in a mall discloses the plethora of excitement involved in participating in the “Idle no more” movement. The upbeat tempo manifests the enthusiasm conveyed by those involved in the crusade against the government of Canada’s mistreatment of reserve lands. As the movement gains support, the energy grows with it, demonstrating that the participants in this cause will not cease until the essence of their protest is fully embodied. The narrator of Dancing in a Mall communicates his passion for his indigenous culture and the “Idle no more” movement through symbolism, referring to Native folklore and by using repetition to convey his enthusiasm for the cause.

Hey, stop staring at my boobs…. Yeah, I have boobs so what? Like two hands, two legs, two ears. I have two boobs? Boobs are just a part of our body. When my eyes speak, you eye at my boobs. Are you biologically programmed to stare at boobs. Nature has given nipples to man and woman. You could take your shirt off and walk down on a road, post selfies on Instagram no one cares but if I do, it would be the greatest crime of the century and a lewd exposure of my body done with the intent to arouse the sexual desire of other person. Just because it’s hidden, and yours does not bloat like ours? Just because our boobs have sizes? And so male nipple never been as socially sexualized as female nipples.

As an English teacher at Welton Academy, Mr. Keating encouraging his students to explore poetry in a unique fashion. Mr. Keating wants the students at the all-boys prep school to use their imagination; he wanted them to read beyond the stanza of a poem, he wanted them to feel the poem as an art form. He wants the boys to “Carpie Diem” (seize the day) (Mr. Keating, 0 14.) The first day of class, it is clear that Mr. Keating is not the average teacher. With Mr. Keating’s different teachings methods, he helps bring the boys out of their shells and become “free thinkers” (Mr. Keating, 0: 27.) With his different teachings methods, the boys begin to change and enjoy poetry, which

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.

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” declared by an influential leader Martin Luther King Jr. As a soldier againsts unfairness, King strongly states that people should fight for freedom. Driven by human nature, humans are always chasing freedom. In “A Century Later,” the Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker uses the poetic devices of symbolism, diction, and allusion to explore how perseverance drives freedom.

The goal of the final project was to create a cybertext project, but not just a simple and original one. The goal was to think outside of the box and come up with something unique. Knowing this, I took me a while to decide what to do a project on and I finally came up with one I felt would be great to create. I decide to create a poem generator based off of famous quotes from celebrities, atheletes, artists, etc. The theme of these quotes were about life and motivation. Poetry is a powerful way for one to express themselves and by creating a poem generator about life and motivation, it could maybe help someone else express their emotion.

grandparents, or single aunts or uncles (Daly 581). Gabriel stepped up as the patriarch to care for and manage the Morkan family. They all rely on him to carve the goose and deliver the speech at the party. He represents the controlling male of the household and therefore, after the matter of it all, he realizes that his greatest treasure is the family; without the members of his family he does not have a reason for pursuing onward in life. Tomas Monterrery comments that “The Dead” was “Joyce’s crowning masterpiece in the short story genre, both chronologically and aesthetically […as it] disappears or blends at different points […] only to converge in the epiphanic experience of Gabriel” (Monterrery 63). We witness Gabriel’s epiphany at the end of the story as he reflects on the evening’s events and how important his family was in being a vehicle for his success. Joyce wrote, “His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the dead. [… H]is own identity was [unfold]ing” (Joyce 195). Gabriel knew his life was deteriorating and that the dead were dominating his mind as he reflected on the past, he needed a transition and thus the thought to “journey westward” unfolds his intentions to pursue himself again as his family fades.

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.