Poetry

“’ But this is merely a negative definition of the value of education’” (23-24). Mark Halliday wrote “The Value of Education” from a first person standpoint. The introduction and the use of “I” demonstrates the poem is about the speaker. Likewise, the speaker uses imagery, self-recognition, and his own personal thoughts throughout the poem. He goes on throughout the poem stating external confrontations he is not doing because he is in the library receiving an education and reading books. With this in mind, the speaker goes on to convey images in your head to show a realization of things he could be doing if he were not in the library getting an education.

In this essay I am going to compare and contrast ‘When we two parted’ a poem of George Gordon, Lord Byron’s written in 1815 and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s ‘Love’s last lesson’ written in c1838, both poets are British and of the romantic period.

Carolyn Forché’s statement, "I think poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing even,” spoke to me. I strongly agree with this statement because to me, poetry is extremely similar to music in that both forms of art are a voice of the soul. With both, the artist/poet is able to convey every emotion imaginable and teleport listeners/readers into a new dimension of emotion and story telling. Music has always been a huge part in my life and one of my favorite parts of it is its ability to convey a message and make you feel. Both music and poetry are able to convert an artist’s emotions into concrete form for audiences and I believe that is what Carolyn Forché is referring to in her previous statement. One example of this comes in Claribel Alegría’s poem “Documentary” when she writes about “[her] wounded country, [her] child, [her] tears, [her] obsession” (page 2). This line, as clear as day, comes from the soul. It comes from a soul that is aching for its country but is still proud. Observing this poem and numerous other poems from Claribel Alegría, it is obvious that she adores her country. This is where Claribel Alegría uses poetry as a “voice of soul… celebrating.” She makes her love for her country no secret and even goes so far to literallt refer to “Documentary” as a “love poem for [her] country.” She uses her poetry platform to show both her love, as well as her concern, for her beloved El Salvador and I believe that’s something that more artists, whether it be poets or musicians, should do as well.

Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response.

2. What are the symbolic significances of the candy store in Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El" (Geddes, 318)?

When this writing assignment was given to me, I sat and pondered about the three poems by T.S. Elliot, “Preludes” Journey of the Magi” and “The Hollow Men” and I wondered about which poem I connected easiest with. I observed the poem, “Preludes” when I read the lines, “And newspapers from vacant lots…at the corner of the street…a lonely cab-horse steams and stamps” (Elliot, Preludes, page 1156 lines 8-11) in which I realized they were in a bustling city. I thought to myself, since living in a small town all my life, that in the end I would not be able to easily connect with this piece of poetry. Then in flipping a couple of pages and finding the poem, “The Hollow Men” and after reading this poem and have Mr. McGee exegeses this piece of poetry to our class, I found to be a very empty and depressing pessimistic poem . Which most of my life, I have had the privilege to look on the positive side of things and live a very joy filled life; which left me with the last poem, “Journey of the Magi”. After reading this poem, out of the three, this was the poem I had the strongest connection to and could relate to the best. T.S. Elliot’s poem entitled, “Journey of the Magi” was the best poem I could relate to due to the fact that it was a story I’ve known since my childhood, it has religious meaning and I can closely relate to the aspect of traveling and going on long journeys.

The threat of death often moves one to fulfill their life, and can inspire poetry. This theme of a joyous life before death is seen in both the poem “Death” by Rainer Maria Rilke and the song “We Might Be Dead Tomorrow” by Soko. Although these two pieces follow the same theme, they are widely different in how they include poetic devices in the piece. Song and poetry are viewed differently considering that a song often focuses on the music behind the lyrics more than the lyrics themselves, whereas a poem is focused on using words and poetic devices to fulfill its purpose and theme. Claire Dederer, a writer from the Poetry Foundation, suggests that “Song lyrics do a fine imitation of poetry, but they’re not quite the same thing. Lyrics are a

I remember the day in my very first college-level poetry class when my instructor (a wonderful poet and teacher by the name of Neal Kirchner) asked us the difference between concrete and abstract language. When we had given up on our half-hearted attempts to articulate our understanding of the concept, he showed us the distinction in a way that has stuck with me.

The Current U.S foreign policy in the Middle East has a goal to advance peace, security, and prosperity in the Middle East. The Current foreign Policy is also supposed to defeat Al-Qa’ida and its extremist affiliates in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The United States Foreign policy protects the U.S citizens by governing international relations, but the current U.S. foreign policy undermines our national security in the Middle East, through drone strikes, the war in Afghanistan, and using a “hands-off” approach in Syria which has created the U.S. to becoming a target to Middle Eastern Countries.

Good morning fellow panel members today I have been asked to research and analyse a poem for Get Poetic, which will inspire our target audience and gain an interest in poetry. Poetry is powerful tool which changes the way people look at the world. I believe the song “We Are Going to Be Friends.” By The White Stripes, is a great song to spark, an interest for poetry in our target audience. This song is about a school child’s day and this song is definitely thought provoking and I am sure it is a suitable choice for Get Poetic.

These poems are all written based off of my, Miciah’s, opinions. I have a distinct perspective on religion, therefore I chose to write a poem describing hate and love and how I thing religion is a dumb idea. My poem is titled “Hate and Love”, based off of the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. In it I concur to what religion claims, symbolically saying that religion is wrong and not serious. I used the same exact syllables and rhyme scheme as “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. “Pie” is simply an original poem by me. It has no significant meaning what-so-ever. I also have a sense of humor therefore I wrote poems that are humorous yet meaningful if the reader decides to read deeper into the meaning of

Duplicity- when the poet is pretending to talk about one thing, while he is talking about many others. When larger messages are shown the poet s very careful not to abandon its simple narration.

I am amongst the students in my generation who have been told that if we work hard for something we will get it. In the gray world we live in, where nothing is ever black and white (except race) this bumper sticker quote shatters dreams daily. It was in my sophomore year when I discovered Poetry Out Loud (POL). POL is a national competition where students read poems in order to possibly win a 25,000 dollar scholarship award and other smaller awards. When I stumbled on POL my school was not a participant. To my delighted surprise the following year my communications teacher introduced the contest to my school. I was excited and everything about the opportunity screamed that my success in the competition was fated. In the school level I came

There is no doubt that life is hard and people can contribute to that, but life truly becomes unbearable when you stop being true to yourself. In the song “Always,” RM talks about how he has lost his past true self and has no more hope in life.

It started with an argument between which is better, poetry or prose, and it ended with a knife. On January 20, 2014, a Russian man was stabbed to death in the Sverdlovsk region over an argument of which is better, poetry or prose. Poetry and prose have various common aspects, though it is their differences that make each unique in how they are loved. There seem to be three types of people in the world, those who love poetry and hate prose, those who love prose and despise poetry, and the mediators that love both. There is no in between opinions in this matter. Although poetry and prose are undeniable different in their use of language, format, and structure, I found that their differences are what makes them both so beautiful in their own unique way.