Praise The Mutilated World By Zagajewski Analysis

Imperfection is once again alluded to with the entry of the poet into the broken world in order to trace the visionary company of love, its voice. This seems to directly refer to his creative process in seeking truth and beauty in his writing. It is also the most positive concept expressed in the poem thus far-- a wholly positive one, rather than the difficult process of destroying the obsolete mentioned before. However, unlike the mighty tower, this voice is an instant in the wind and not for long-- in other words, transitory. It is also mysterious and beyond the poets control, like the bells in the tower, as the poet admits he know[s] not whither [it is] hurled.

“Letting a poem speak to us means more than merely figuring out its topic; it means

Often times writings with the general theme of war and battle juxtapose the symbol of nature with brutal events in order to create contrast between. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich M. Remarque, the author uses the method of juxtaposition to convey the contrast of beautiful nature to war and potentially emphasizing the brutality of battle. Away from combat, down-time is given to the men fighting, where things are peaceful and no longer chaotic. As they are relaxing, their surroundings are described as a “flowery meadow” with “white butterflies...in the soft warm wind” which symbolizes peace or happiness. (Remarque 9). Although the men are experiencing a time and setting of tranquility, death is also occurring near them, ultimately

The author wrote “Rainsford held his breath. The general's eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring. But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smile spread over his brown face. Very deliberately he blew a smoke ring into the air; then he turned his back on the tree and walked carelessly away, back along the trail he had come. The swish of the underbrush against his hunting boots grew fainter and fainter.” (Connell p.12) This whole paragraph uses imagery because it helps me visualize the intensity of the situation. It helped me imagine where Rainsford was lying down and how Zaroff gave Rainsford another chance when his sharp eyes were travelling up the tree and stopped right where Rainsford limb

(1) “While music is changed to language, with the attendant change in meaning and while the obsession is still with bringing light and thus reason, the narrator is opening up the meaning with reference to “we” and to the emotional conditions of suffering and delight.” 1

The narrator shows imagery. “[Rudy] placed the smiling teddy bear cautiously onto the pilot’s shoulder. The tip of its ear touched his throat. It shows compassion because it was their enemy. Rudy just wanted to help the pilot even though he was going to die. The narrator uses another example of imagery. “[Max and Liesel] hugged and cried and fell to the floor. The reader can imagine that Liesel was surprised, that Max came in to the tailor shop. It was Max showing that he cared enough about Liesel to come back and see her. As the reader can see Zusak’s usage of imagery.

Scott McCloud’s “Show and Tell” is a fantastic essay regarding the usage of images and language in literature. McCloud utilizes symbolism and categorization to enforce his point that images and language should be used cohesively. All of McCloud’s words and images in the essay have a very specific function. Throughout the duration of his essay, McCloud emphasizes that the simultaneous use of pictures and words deepens the meaning of a work as it visualizes what is written, providing its’ audience with a greater number of interpretations.

The use of imagery explains in detail how people are willing to do anything in their power to

Throughout his “Deniall”, the creative incapacity of the poet is likened to an instrument out of tune. Herbert writes, “...my soul lay out of sight, / Untun’d, unstrung” (22) and asks God to, “...tune my heartless breast” (26). The broken verses and dangled trochaic fifth lines reflect the image of the personas fragmented heart, one that will be

Or, put another way, how one can use the language and the structure of an object to subvert its function. As Mandel states it is that, “duet between a depicted document and a world that is out of control” (BAMPFA, 2012). The photographs seem to have a transparent nature that is illustrative, but in the context of the artwork, devoid of the original information structure they once had, they are weird and fascinating. We are directed to experiments, to physical journeys into the substrata of spaces, into tunnels, down holes, into freezing basements, inside machines. The focus of an object within some of the photographs may be intended for post-production cropping. However objects are only half isolated within the confines of the image through the creation of makeshift studio spaces. In this context participants are absorbed within the confines of their activity, and by implication a system of meaning that we, as the audience, are not privy

The poet goes on to show his feelings towards the socio-political development through the narrator’s connection with

If Saki does not insert the imagery the reader will not know how fatal the tree fall was and they will not realize that nature can ruin any plans with the smallest movement. Imagery presents an important role in gluing the details into the reader’s mind.

Often people read poems, books, and other literature works and talk about how the characters must be feeling. However, good literature not only makes one understand the feelings of the characters, but also inspire feelings in the reader. This is most often done with imagery, and can be seen in several works by Liz Kay. In “The Search Party”, Kay sets the scene with a brief description that a man confessed to murdering his own son. The rest of the poem is a description, from the point of view of one of the sear (Kay 178). In “The Death Penalty, we see a tragic story of two adults committing prolicide, or the act of killing one’s offspring. The poem details how the parents decapitate their children one by one, and then wait for someone to come arrest them (“Death Penalty”). Kay uses kinesthetic imagery in both of these poems to help provide insight into the feelings that the poem is trying to inspire. .

Love makes people become selfish, but it is also makes the world greater. In this poem, the world that the speaker lives and loves is not limited in “my North, my South, my East and West / my working week and my Sunday rest” (9-10), it spreads to “My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song (11). The poem’s imagery dominates most of the third stanza giving readers an image of a peaceful world in which everything is in order. However, the last sentence of the stanza is the decisive element. This element not only destroys the inner world of the speaker, but it also sends out the message that love or life is mortal.

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”