Rita Dove Sunday Green

   A pattern of repeated words or phrases can have a significant impact in conveying a particular impression about a character or situation, or the theme of a story. In the story "The Storm," by Kate Chopin, and "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, imagery is an integral element in the development of the characters and situation, as well as the development of theme.

Identify a theme in the story. How does the author use symbolism and imagery to establish his message?

    To begin, imagery helps shape the voice in the story “Marigolds.” Without varying kinds of imagery, written pieces seem bland and boring. Statements made in the short story like “lush green lawns” and “passionate yellow mounds” create mental pictures in the heads of the people reading. The words passionate and yellow put next together in a sentence could make one imagine a sunny day in a beautiful meadow full of perfect bright yellow marigolds. The words lush and green put next to each other could help one imagine laying down in a large field full of long, fresh grass. If the words passionate and lush were not used in the text, the imagery would not be powerful at all. The adjectives create the strength in the phrases for the most part, but colors definitely help, as well. If the author only said

Beautiful imagery and figurative language also increase the reader’s connection with the speaker, painting clear pictures of familiar scenes. The speaker often uses physical examples to illustrate an emotional point, as in the third stanza when the speaker employs a simile, saying, “A feeling of sadness and longing, / That is

The Poem Daystar by Rita Dove identifies the speaker as a mother with young kids. Everyday activities for mothers with little kids can be very exhausting and not too much exciting. It always demands one’s loving care, attention and patience. It can also be stressful, no room for one to self reflects on their needs and wants or just to have a lone-time. Mothers are constantly in action performing motherly chores at all-times; taking care and providing for their young ones.

Themes are a pivotal element of writing. They set the basis for stories, give purpose to a novel, and provide a deeper meaning to a message. Whilst many themes will be present in a novel, one usually will shine the brightest, and will define the piece. Author John Gardner’s spin on the epic poem

Imagery is when a person can visualize an image that an author has written. We can see imagery throughout this poem countless times. In the poem she states, “They know how to contour, how to highlight, how to erase their face into a foundation to build new, how to shadow deep-crease shadows in their come sit your handsome ass down here gaze” (13-16). I can picture a woman chiseling her face to get the perfect contour and highlighting her face with her favorite highlighter. I can also imagine a woman blending foundation into her skin and putting on eyeshadows. As soon as an individual reads this sentence they can portray this image effortlessly. Another literary device used is a metaphor. A metaphor refers to an object that cannot do what the sentence is claiming. Brown says, “That hot V that flared between my brows.” (4-5). A person's eyebrows cannot literally flare, what Brown was trying to say is the unibrow that is between her eyebrows are

All mothers have a hard, constant, job when it comes to taking care of their children. They typically work night and day making sure that their child is being given nothing but the best, however, people do not realize how tiring and strenuous this job is. Rita Dove goes into the life and daily routine in her poem “Daystar” as the mother feels somewhat trapped by her kids. Within this poem, Dove incorporates imagery to its full potential, has more than enough symbolism, has a soft loving tone and voice which brings the reader onto a personal level with the mother, and has a clear moral to the story.

There are many examples of imagery in this poem, starting from the very beginning where Bishop creates the perfect scene of a fisher out on a boat, catching a “tremendous fish”. Victory and pride are evoked from this scene as the reader is able to picture the fisherman/woman, anxiously holding up the big fish, with a look of excitement on their face. The feeling of happiness soon subsides as Bishop goes on to write about how the fish didn’t even put up a fight as his life was resting in the hands of his captor. The reader can visual the fish, apathetically dangling from the speaker’s hand. The speaker of the poem

Organic imagery is shown in “I am in the place in the park where the lovers were seen” as it makes you feel as you were intruding on a special moment that belonged to just them and you now know their deepest desires and fears. The poet has done this to show how for time a huge moment in a human’s miniscule life, will pass away in a heartbeat. Auditory imagery is presented in all of stanza four and in “I am the slap of the belting…” which is important as it can then lead to visual imagery that is shown in stanza one to four. The importance of these literary techniques are because it gives the reader a way to relate or recognize the scenarios and fully understand time’s role in

These three lines are perfect examples of the imagery within the poem because they contain an image of a river with its small peeks and waves trembling and glistening in the afternoon sun. All the while it equates the natural beauty of the river to the beauty that the young man sees in the youthful maiden.

2. One interesting aspect of the poem is a motif. The motif is where the poet repeats a word, image, idea or a phrase. In the poem, the poet has repetition which makes her work fascinating. For instance, His truth is marching on and His day is marching on.

I believe the poem’s theme is when people are unhappy with their current they wish for something to change. How I conclude the theme is by the attitude and connotations. Dove uses a wanting tone to show the woman feels about her current life style. For example, “She wants/ pride to roar through/ the kitchen till it shines/ like straw”

When authors construct a poem, they use imagery, symbolism, and theme to give their work meaning and value. Authors use different literary devices to create different moods and emotions. Using imagery helps to give readers a visual representation of what is occurring. Symbolism is used to make you think deeper about the meaning of the story. Theme is used to better understand the characters, conflict, emotions, and the plot. Robert Frost uses examples of these literary devices in his poem, “Fire and Ice”.

One of the literary elements that caught my eye on the poem is theme. Theme is; the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person