Postcard from Kashmir: Poem Summary

The language this author has chosen is quite negative, for example, they use these four lines “Will my tribe forget the tradition? Our totem and our songs? Will my land be taken away from us? For development grazing rights?” These lines, even if read on their own, leave a negative impact on you. The thought of losing your land for grazing rights is horrible, this poem is discussing the many things that can and are happening when people forget their tradition. There whole culture takes a punch from it and this is what the author is trying to

The poem I have deconstructed is, “How to be a Real Indian” by Kenzie Allen. “How to be a Real Indian” consists of two stanzas. The poem is in a first person point of view. This poem was deconstructed in order to gain a greater interpretation of how and why it was written. To interpret what more the speaker was trying to convey through their writing.

INTRODUCTION – (1 paragraph) STRUCTURE 1. Opening sentences which introduce the poem, its author and its form.Explain why the poem is of a particular form (either a ballad or lyric poem). 2. Thesis statement: A general statement about what the poem communicates about life and life experience. 3. Signpost: briefly outline the more specific reasons for how/why the poem conveys this life experience and / or message. (Introduce the main features which will be explored in more detail in the body of your essay).

Frost further points out that the stretch of woods being viewed is very rural. This is made possible by the reference to the location between the woods and frozen lake. In closing the final sentence of the second stanza Frost reiterates the fact that this occurs on “the darkest evening of the year” stating the darkness of the mood.

When a reader grasps a theme throughout any piece of literature, he or she never clearly understands the intent without knowing where the theme came from. The theme that is portrayed in the poem is, often times reconnecting with a loved one cannot only bring happiness, but it can also bring sorrow. This theme was emphasized throughout the poem and without knowing the historical context of the poem, one could not necessarily understand where it came from. In the text it

Duncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian bureaucrat in the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA), who was born and lived all his life in Ottawa, Ontario. By profession he was known as Deputy Superintendent General of the DIA and was tasked with overseeing the Residential of the Canadian Government. By pass time, Scott came to be known as a famous poet who, at the height of his poetic career, was even acclaimed as the “poet laureate” of Canada (CLASS MOVIE). His poetry to an ignorant audience is artistically written, with emphasis on the beauty of Canada’s landscape and culture. To those with deeper knowledge of Scott in his personal and professional livelihood, however, his poetic work is filled with racism, hypocrisy and grave injustice to the Indigenous people of Canada. At the time of his writing, his views on the assimilation, or more bluntly the eradication, of the Indigenous people of Canada was not uncommon. As Canadians have become more socially minded and aware of the inequality and inhumanity that history brought upon this group, his previously celebrated works have been widely debated.

A Comparison of Two Poems Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi and Search for my Tongue by Sujata Bhatt

The poem embodies all that is special about Australia landscape. The use of descriptive language brings images to the mind and speaks to all Australian ages by the love I expressed while describing the landscape. A picture which take the reader on a descriptive journey of Australian’s national environment. For example “of droughts and flooding rains” this describes Australia as cruel in times of droughts and unpredictable in the rainy season. Thus, Australian individual can feel how powerful, vivid, colourful and unpredictable the Australia

The poet gives the picture of the tension between the Aboriginal and western worlds, the aboriginal life left behind and new sad civilized life. There is a sense of

Both Rahim and Baba express acts of love and parenting towards Amir throughout his childhood. Amir tries to get Baba to read his newest short story he had wrote and after many awkward minutes of silence, Baba not even attempting to make a move towards the papers and Amir whose heart started to pound with shaky hands were both relieved Rahim Khan had saved the day, finally stepping in. “As always it was Rahim Khan who rescued me”(31). Instantly making Amir feel better and more confident about his writing. Then on on Amir’s birthday, Rahim had given him a leather-bound notebook, “Here... For your stories”(100). By doing this, Rahim Khan was

Yusef Komunyakaa is an alum of Colorado State University, as well as a writer with a 43 year long career, and a poet with a widespread reach throughout the poetic community. At his poetry reading on April 21st, he read a wide variety of poems, ranging from some of his experiences during the Vietnam war to girl “consumed” by fire. It is interesting to observe traits of his poetry -- like who his audience is, imagery, rhythm, and agency of the speaker in the poem -- and how those relate to the contents of his poetry.

The poem “Dear Matafele Peinam” by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner is a tremendously moving poem about climate change. To begin, two of the main symbols of this poem are the lagoon and hands. Firstly, the lagoon symbolizes what the world could look like if people do not change. It shows the negative aspects of the world, and it also highlights the direction Earth is going. This symbol can be interpreted from the quote “men say that one day / that lagoon will devour you” (10-11). This implies that scientists are claiming that the Earth is headed in the wrong direction, and change is necessary before Earth devours its residents. Next, hands symbolize collaboration and change. Whenever hands were mentioned, it was always associated with change. A few examples are “hands reaching out / fists raising up” (62-63) and “marching with signs / hand in hand / chanting for change NOW” (80-82). These are powerful statements about rallies and statements about change. The hands are symbols of how the only way to save the planet for the future generations is to collaborate and work together to achieve a common goal.

favoring Hassan, who presents a more compelling personality (Hosseini 22). Amir even expresses himself how uncoordinated he is when he states, “I shambled about the field on scraggly legs”; furthermore, physical activity is not for Amir, but Baba refuses to accept his son’s true colors (Hosseini 56). His father views him as weak and feminine because of his love for poetry and dislike for sports; however, Amir’s literary pursuit is the only thing he has to connect to with his deceased mother, who not only adored reading and writing, but also went on to pursue a career as a literature professor. Baba obviously substantiated his repugnance for Amir’s passion of becoming a writer when Amir one day asked if he wanted to read one of the stories he had written. Baba was so disgusted with the fact that his son wrote a story, something Hassan would never do, that he had Rahim read it so he did not have to. Baba speaks to Rahim Khan, his best friend and business

In the poem “Passed On” by Carole Satymurti, the speaker tells a story almost as in a novel of their mother and how she left them a box of index cards with advice on life when she died. The speaker’s gender seems to be female. In the poem, the poet presents the theme of growing up and becoming one’s own person through the maturation and acceptance process. She personifies the index cards themselves, comparing them to her mother. They also characterize the speaker and her mother and create a mood of sadness and longing, implying that perhaps the mother has been dead for some time, but the speaker has never truly accepted this.

This book is a great line up after Citizens. The poet exposes the reader to the concept of the body or the self in another context; this time a place or site for violence, rewriting history, and especially the rules around human interactions