Sadness In The Black Hole Heart

As Wendy Martin says “the poem leaves the reader with painful impression of a woman in her mid-fifties, who having lost her domestic comforts is left to struggle with despair. Although her loss is mitigated by the promise of the greater rewards of heaven, the experience is deeply tragic.” (75)

The awareness we have of our own mortality, the limitations of our flesh, bound only to our nature through subjective perceptions of value and worth has thus far been the driving force behind philosophy and its exploration of the human experience. My interpretation of Gwen Harwood’s poetry, through the two examples ‘Triste, Triste’ and ‘At Mornington’, is that it appeals to the key concepts of existentialism, namely Despair, and ‘the Other’. Through addressing these key concepts, Harwood’s poetry contends the notions of existential nihilism. In turn, the human experiences of loss and consolation are authenticated through her poetic exploration of the concrete and the abstract realms within those key concepts. Although the statement concerning

This poem begins by describing some of the harsh feelings associated with failure. She starts by writing, “How many notes

In her poem "Suicide Note", Janice Mirikanti expresses that the amount of stress she's experiencing is a result of the continuous pressure from her parents and culture. In her poem she apologizes to her parents. She even goes on to say that if she were a boy that things could possibly be easier for her. She expresses that she gives each task her all, no matter the difficulty and somehow still fails to receive validation. In the poem she uses key words or phrases to trigger specific emotions within the reader such as "not good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough."

It is her excuse to be dark gloomy and so withdrawn. It also symbolizes her feeling of superiority, her higher education and understanding that she feels separates

The tone of the narrative is rather mysterious which conveys an energetic and odd mood. “The Tell-Tale Heart” talks about a villain who is very disturbed by the abhorrent eye of an old man. The villain is so bothered by the atrocious eye that he convinces himself into killing the innocent old man although he delays the murder day after day because he is eager to find the most ideal time to commit the murder. Although after a seven-day wait, the villain decides to kill the old man on the eight night, and he hides the corpse of the elder under a series of floorboards in a very clever manner. Soon after, the police arrived at the house that the murder was committed in because the neighbors of the old man complained that they heard a noise coming

(P1) In Aria Beth Sloss’ short story, “North, the narrative is told from the perspective of a child as he/she talks about his/her parents. The narrator opens the piece by telling the reader that his/her father, Thomas, was an explorer who left for an expedition and “was never heard from again” (Sloss 2). The narrative then continues into a description of the relationship between the father and mother. The mother, Mary, was considered a “wild woman” (Sloss 5) growing up. Her family had concerns that she was unsuitable for any man. Upon meeting each other, the narrator’s mother and father found common ground in that they both loved adventure and had “a habit of disappearing” (Sloss 5). As the story progresses into the couple’s married life, the father is described to be a man “in love” (Sloss 7) with the wilderness like a “schoolboy” (Sloss 7). He cannot be home from expeditions long without getting restless.  As days pass, the father spends his time planning his next adventure, a hot air balloon ride to the Arctic, something that he claims will “write his name beside Darwin’s in the history books” (Sloss 13). The father does not tell Mary of his plans and she does not tell him of the loneliness that has struck her “sudden as a storm” (Sloss 13) from his lack of presence. One day though, Mary and Thomas have sex and Mary feels as though “something dangerous is running through her” (Sloss 21). Days later, she learns she is pregnant, but does not get to tell her husband as he

Throughout the poem, the albatross serves as a symbol for both good fortune and sin. While the albatross was still alive, it represented good luck that caused a breeze to blow the ship from the icy South Pole towards the Equator. However, in its death by the hands of the Mariner, the albatross is a testament of the Mariner’s sin, and by hanging around the Mariner’s neck, it symbolizes a hovering curse.

The image of the tiger's "unblinking eyes that stare into the gold heart of the sun" suggests that the poet is seeking for a way to freedom. The images help the reader to visualize "life as bleak" as the poet is finding it hard to express herself and also thrill the reader with the hope created. Therefore, the poem is interesting. A fixed tone is created at the beginning of the poem.

The speaker states, “This air will not hold me, the snow burdens my crippled wings” (45-46). The speaker describes herself as a fragile bird forced down by the snow because she is weak. The snow represents men keeping women suppressed, and the speakers crippled wings are what the years of oppression have done to her already. The speaker repeats these words several times, “not good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not strong enough” (3, 8, 22, 30, 41, 48). Rearranged in different orders throughout the poem the repetition of similar word phrases induce an emotional response to the poem, and sets a sorrowful tone. The title of the poem “Suicide Note” predicts what will come of the speaker at the end of the poem, which is the act of committing suicide. The actual suicide stands for a bigger picture in the speaker’s life; for it is the only way, she can free herself from the harsh gender inequalities that haunt her every thought. The speaker becomes free from oppression, ridicule, pain, and suffering for the first time when she ends her life.

She wants the experiences of life without a man. A good portion of the rest of the poem is devoted to showing Aurora's accomplishments. It also shows the price that love paid in her accomplishments. Her health and looks decline very rapidly compared to Romney and releases that her accomplishments have meant nothing without love. She knew that she loved him but had to deal with her dreams first. And without her dreams her love would have meant nothing.

"Then, just like that, she was gone. I couldn’t hold back the tears, and I don’t think my sunglasses hid them well. I’ve gotten used to my emotions and I only let it all out when they can’t be stifled, so you know this wasn’t a sigh-I’m-gonna-miss-her moment. The sunshine and warm breeze of Friday afternoon was frustrating; dreary, cold, typical-March days are fitting, appropriate for feeling this way, and how nice it was outside was a slap in the face. I later recalled how just a year prior I reversed the phrase A sunny day is no match for a cloudy disposition on a day like this one. I thought I was okay with everything, so what was it that hurt me? She left so easily; she never thinks about

Again, the author selects a new set of imagery, such as stars, moon, sun, ocean, and wood to remind of the heaven in which the speaker used to live, and then to sweep it off right away. The last statement “For nothing now can ever come to any good” (16) finally reinforces the speaker’s loss and unhappiness. In loneliness, the speaker’s love becomes fiercer and more truthful. It is the fierceness and truthfulness that lead the speaker to the last stair of hopelessness. The end of the poem is also the hopeless end of the speaker’s life because of “nothing …good.”

Margaret Atwood creates a haunting and beautiful piece describing the experience a sad child goes through. She structures her poem by using five stanzas; two stanzas consisting of five lines, then one stanza with ten lines, and ending with two stanzas consisting of five lines. She uses simple yet powerful diction, tone, metaphors, similes, symbolism, and imagery to show the unknown speaker giving advice to a sad child. Her message/theme is sadness is a part of life and there are different ways to deal with it, but when death comes the thing that one is being sad about doesn’t matter.

A Sorrow In Our Heart, written by Allan W. Eckert, was published by “A Bantam Book.” This novel was published once in March, 1992, through the Bantam hardcover edition. It was later published a second time in March, 1993, through Bantam paperback edition. Author Allan W. Eckert has various books related to the same topic as A Sorrow In Our Heart. A Sorrow In Our Heart was a brief account having to do with a young Native American man named Tecumseh. Many of Eckert’s writings are based on Native Americans losing land throughout the U.S.. Eckert also had written a play that focused on Tecumseh, just as A Sorrow In Our Heart had focused on him. This play was published January 1st, 1974, and was written mainly to point out this warrior's life, and the necessary efforts he had to take in order to unite the tribes with each consequentially minimizing the amount of encroaching white settlers. Author Allan Eckert had various writings that were recognized and were nominated for winning different prizes for their good writing structures and other such things. A novel he had written known as Incident at Hawk’s Hill, won runner up for the Newbery Medal in 1972. Eventually he won an Emmy Award for having written about 220 episodes of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, these episodes were more focused on natural history. Lastly in 1965, he won the Pulitzer Prize for a writing he had made known as A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood.