The Haiku: A Typical Bandwagon Fan

“Smart lad, to slip betimes away. From fields where glory does not stay.” These are lines from a poem To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman. Mr. Donnelly read parts of this poem in Mike Costello’s memorial ceremony. In the novel Tangerine, by Edward Bloor. This book is about the main character, Paul and his family moving to Tangerine, Florida. There, Paul and his new friends try to find out the truth about Paul's eyesight and the truth about his brother, Erik. In the novel Tangerine, the author, Edward Bloor, interestingly uses figurative language and flashback to uncover the theme of this story: the value of the truth.

In the beginning stanza, the speaker’s use of personification reveals the tone of a grim and melancholy existence. “A ball will bounce, but less and less. It’s not/ A light-hearted thing, resents its own resilience./ Falling is what it loves” (lines 2-3). The speaker can be compared to the ball which begrudgingly bounces back time after time. This can be viewed as the speaker’s own perception on his stance in life. The speaker’s boredom

Remember that boy in high school that was the star of the basketball team? He still holds most of the records for the team. He scored more points than anyone else in the school’s history. He never studied much because he was an athlete. His basketball skills were going to take him places. But high school ended and there are no more games to be played. Where is that former all-star now? In his poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” John Updike examines the life of a former high school basketball star. Flick Webb was a local hero, and he loved basketball. He never studied much in school or learned a trade because he was a talented athlete. Now years later, the only job Flick can find is working at the local gas station. He used to be a star, but now

Flick Webb possess hopes and dreams that unexpectedly vanished, and even now he still reminisces about the glory days. It is difficult to let go, and once still dwell on memories once had. Many athletes have that dream to become something great, some inherit a bright future; however, many do not. In John Updike’s poem “Ex Basketball Player,” Flick Webb was once that star basketball player, who didn’t inherit that bright future, as a consequence works at a mediocre job. In “Ex Basketball Player,” Updike utilizes imagery to dramatize conflict among Flick’s past success with his present failure.

Two boys named Josh and Harold were going to a Cardinals game. When they were walking

“To An Athlete Dying Young” and “Ex-Basketball Player” share the lives of two very different athletes. Both experience success in their lives, but one dies with his glory while the other lives past his days of glory and works at a gas pump where he is not recognized. The poems discuss the importance of having glory and keeping that glory as long as possible. Through the poems the readers learn the benefits of dying young as well as the consequences of living after one's glory has faded. Where Houseman glorifies the athlete for his achievements and early death, Updike portrays the disappointment of the athlete living past his days of glory and not reaching high

In Juggler, the first stanza of the poem discusses the concept of how “a ball will bounce but less and less.”(Line 1). The narrator considers this to be sorrowful, saying, “It’s not a light-hearted thing, resents its own resilience.” (Line 2). “Resents its own resilience” - an example of figurative language - successfully characterizes how they primarily find how the ball continues to repeatedly spring back up despite the fact that it would rather settle down as troublesome. The speaker utilizes figurative language, saying in lines 3 and 4, “Falling is what it loves, and the earth falls so in our hearts form brilliance, settles and is forgot.” Here the narrator is drawing a comparison to how humans lose their own fascination with day to day activities as things “settle and forgot.” Finally, at the end of the stanza the speaker introduces the titular juggler. The poem states how life requires a person who practices such an intriguing and eccentric task such as juggling in order to unsettle the status quo, as the poem states in lines 6 and 7, “It takes a sky-blue juggler to shake our gravity up.” The first stanza reveals essentially the speakers feelings towards how he himself is disdainful of how the things that were once captivating and awe-inspiring now bore humans as they slowly begin to adapt to these kinds of functions.

In the poem, “Ex – Basketball Player” by john Updike, (which is a narrative poem) illustrates the nature of life on how life is potentially is seen has a mirror to other people’s life, especially people who play sports. Life is the physical and mental experience of an individual. An in the poem the main character Flick, supply the poem with a good example of how life is potentially a mirror for other people. This poem is formally organized, even though it locks some qualities, it still haves the qualifications of a good poem. The “Ex Basket Player” is an interested poem because it has a good theme, tone and lots of figurative languages.

A.E. Housman was a poet born in 1859 who became very successful during his lifetime. “To an Athlete Dying Young” represents the theme of glory is fleeting by illustrating the point that if a successful athlete dies young, they will not have to worry about their glory of victory fading. They can rest in peace knowing they will be remembered at their athletic peak when they were successful and victorious. They will not have to go through the pain of watching their fame disappear or whither out with time. In this poetic masterpiece, Housman pulls together figurative language, sound devices, and structure to illustrate that glory is fleeting through a

Every year, countless person on foot mischances happen. They happen to individuals crossing occupied lanes or roadways, individuals taking a shot at separated vehicles at the edge of the street, youngsters playing in private neighborhoods and to individuals even on walkways in towns. Now and again the driver stops. In some cases they are attempt at manslaughter mishaps. Basically these occasions can be stayed away from with somewhat more alert.

Whether by going to a soccer game, or even reading a wife’s poems, because everyone wants the support of their loved ones, especially while pursuing their dreams. This is a poem that cannot be taken at face value. Lockward took traditional poetic elements such as rhyme, sound, and stanzas and put a unique spin on them. Her use of rhyme doesn’t follow the “traditional” guidelines and that is very refreshing. The rhymes she uses do not leap out when read, this poem but must be carefully consider and studied, which is fantastic.

In general, significant and growing numbers of individuals and families face substantial economic challenges and as a consequence, mental health challenges. Lower income group including minorities and immigrants experience a higher burden of health-related concerns. People who are homeless do exhibit several of these risk factors because of their living situations, including alcohol and drug abuse, which is common in this neighborhood. Immigrants who do not speak English well may be afraid to seek mental health care if they are undocumented. For these reasons and more, the project is crucial to the underserved people of this community. The groups targeted for outreach through this project are among the most underserved and most vulnerable group

The reason I chose this poem is mostly the discrepancy I have towards the message. I think that one should love wholeheartedly. Although there is the chance of ending up heartbroken, one would never know what love is truly like if he or she would not take the risk of fully loving another person. Just because William Butler Yeats had his heartbroken by a cruel woman does not mean that others will end up with the same fate. Yes, if one is “deaf and dumb and blind with love” in my opinion, he or she will end up heartbroken. However, if one is smart about giving their heart away and gives it to the right person then they have a good chance of ending up happy. Therefore, I believe that everyone should take the chance and love with all of their heart but do it carefully, and no matter what the outcome; they would still have the experience of loving unconditionally.

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

Section 1, Analyzing a Poem: To an Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman 1. Paraphrase it: After the athlete won the race, the townspeople (we) carried him home on their shoulders while a crowd stood by cheering. Today, the athlete is on the road to the cemetery in a coffin, which the townspeople carry and set down at the treshold of the tomb (and of eternity), where he will occupy a quiet town, the cemetery. The athlete was smart to die young before his glory had a chance to fade, as he grew older. The laurel, a symbol of victory, withers faster than the rose, a symbol of an average life span.