Sign For My Father Who Stressed The Bunt Analysis

Poetry can elicit various emotions from the reader, and not everyone will find the same meanings to the poems. For example The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The Sky is low, The Clouds are Mean by Emily Dickinson, and Harlem Night Song by Langston Hughes all have different themes. Of the three my favorite is The Road Not Taken because it offers its audience a chance to make life choices.

My favorite poem was Offerings to an Ulcerated God by Martin Espada. The reason for this is it was the only poem that really made me empathize and feel emotions for the characters. It jumps right in with a quote from the landlord’s lawyer. He says Mrs. Lopez refuses to pay rent and so she has to leave. Mrs. Lopez is the tenet and only speaks spanish, so the judge ask for an interpreter. But, all the interpreters are working elsewhere. A volunteer interpreter stands and Mrs. Lopez shows the interpreter pictures of her apartment/house. The conditions in this apartment/ house are horrible. It has rats, no doorknob and the water in the toilet is frozen. Mrs. Lopez tells the interpreter that she knows the law, will not pay because of the horrible conditions and wants to speak. Without hearing from Mrs. Lopez, the judge states that she must pay and has 10 days to leave. Everyone accepts this gets up to leave. The interpreter is ashamed he could not help her.

The poems, I liked reading the best were the two about Richard Cory. Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the first one and Paul Simon wrote the other one. Edwin Robinson’s was written from the town’s point of view and Paul Simon’s was half and half. Half the town talking about Richard but you also heard Richard’s thought throughout it.

I choose these poems because they all in one way or another are similar to each other. I felt my favorite poem about the irony of love was Parable of the four poster by Erica Jong. For instance Parable of four poster by Erica Jong is about a man and woman who are in love with each other but do not have the guts to say or do anything about it. For this reason they both think the other wants nothing to do with them so they move on to the next person which is who they end up marrying. This was the “four-way mistake” (Jong 16). Not expressing your love can love yourself and that individual but also those individuals around. All this time they thought the other one wanted nothing to do with them but they lay with their spouses thinking of the other.

The poem I picked is The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. I found many forms of figurative language in this poem but I will be talking about three different types. I will be talking about rhyme, personification, as well as metaphors. The theme of this poem is death. About the sorrow, pain, worry,and just everything that goes along with the death of someone you love. The tone of this poem is melancholic which means great sadness or even depression.

In David Bottoms’ “Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt,” the speaker uses flexible diction and metaphor to illuminate the sacrifice his father made for him. He continues the metaphor into the present to show that he has finally understood this sacrifice. First the speaker emphasizes the importance of baseball, highlighting the time and sacrifice his father made for him, an unappreciative son. Towards the end of the poem the speaker shows that he has realized his mistake, and creates a metaphor that describes their relationship. Through his use of diction, the speaker highlights the importance of baseball and shows the painstaking care his father puts into teaching him about it.

the poem On My First Sonne, the father loves his son a lot and feels

I chose the poem Oranges by Gary Soto because it seemed simple but at the same time seemed profound. When I first read this poem it was easy to follow but I realized there was a deeper meaning behind the simplicity and I was intrigued. To find this poem, I searched on the internet for poems that were recommended for students in grade 11. I was looking for a poem that was somewhat long so I could write quite a bit about it. I was also looking for a poem that did not contain any allusions or ornate language. While I was reading through my choices, I briefly analyzed them, after this process I chose the one that I understood the most. The word ‘oranges” caught my eye, because it is rare to see a poem with such a simple name, but I felt that

One reason I liked this poem was because of the concept and the way it flowed together, I really enjoyed how she described things thoroughly and caused deep observations to be made. One of my favorite lines is “A man leaves the world and the streets he lived on grow a little shorter.” I hold this line to be special because it really stuck with me and opened my eyes somewhat.

I found that my favorite poems from the class are about nature. Poems about nature related the most with me because I find them calming and relaxing. While “The Silver Thread” by Afaa Michael Weaver and “Fall Song” by Mary Oliver share similar themes and styles of writing, “The Silver Thread” is more connected to my life because of my past experiences and the more detailed imagery that it contains throughout the poem.

My second text I would like to recommend to the anthology excels at connecting people's inner feelings in its theme of war. The story is 'My Mother's Eyes', written by Mark Wilson as a reminder for all those who paid the ultimate price during the first world war. A young Australian boy leaves his familiar home in the bush with the gum trees and magpies for the first World War in Egypt then France. This boy along with many others heroically fought for their country and now lie in Flanders fields, having paid the ultimate price. The story creates connections with the reader through exerts such as this, "we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved, were loved, and now we lie in Flander's fields." This extract originally from 'In Flander's Field' is deployed on the final page of the book, and with help of a metaphor, creates a very sad image of many young children having passed away for the crisis of war. Furthermore, the line before the ending states "as he read on, his hands began to tremble…"

The poem I chose was Fast Break by Edward Hirsch, I chose this for the sake of the style and subject of the poem. The author's writing style has an abundance of action and due to that it causes the reader want to keep reading. An example of this is in the poem, “Scissoring past a flat-footed defender who looks stunned and nailed to the floor in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight of a high, gliding dribble”. A key component in shaping the strength of the poem and the part of the author's style is that the author broke down the critical details of the poem. Therefore, the poem was easier to understand and it puts a precise and descriptive picture in the reader's head.

The two poems I chose to analyze were “Curandera” by Pat Mora and “Loose Woman” by Sandra Cisneros. They were an interesting read and made sure to reread several times to make sure I got everything I could from them. Both poems are so unique from other poems I have read; they are also unique from each other yet share similarities as well.

I also liked the Mending wall poem. My family has a wall that separates our family from the family next door. It was there when we moved here. I would often wonder way have a fence. When our old neighbors moved away and new neighbors move in next door I didn't wonder why we needed to have a fence anymore. This poem is true a fence can help someone in being good

Poetry allows the writer, the reader and even those listening to get a deeper sense of being. It gives us the opportunity to break free from simple and boring routine. If done correctly a poem will done correctly a poem will be able to stir emotion, and create wonder. In order to this however all the part that make up a poem must be in sync. Its tone, diction, imaginary, rhythm, symbolism and subject matter are all critical areas. A good poem will draw an emotional reaction from its audience, whether those are light and upbeat or darker more serious feelings they will come away with a new experience, changed by what they just experienced. Two such poems that embody what a good poem should be are “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath and “Harlem”, also published as “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. These poems elevate the experience for reading, listening and writing poetry, and serve as an excellent reference for a poem should be.