The Personification Of The Almanac And The ' Little Marvel Stone '

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)

Mrs. Wright eventually deteriorated just has her environment, her rocking chair, and the canary. In “Jury of Her Peers” Minnie Wright’s situation illustrates many women of the world. In the story and in our society many woman are stereotyped in the marriage to complete all home duties and take of care the children while consumed in pleasing their husband. While doing so we lose ourselves. While reading the store I also realized how blessed I am to be symbolized as a modern

In "A Sorrowful Woman" the wife is depressed with her life, so much so, "The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them ever again"(p.1). This wife and mother has come to detest her life, the sight of her family,

The reader is almost forced to look at the actions of the grandmother as being similar to that of a young child. There's not a quiet moment with her around and she never sits still. The reader tends to have a negative perception of the grandmother due to these personality traits. However, these traits are expressed in a comical way causing the reader to be annoyed by the grandmother, but also entertained.

In Alexander Solzhenitysn’s story “Matryona’s Home”, Solzhenitsyn creates a relationship between an out of town visitor, Ignatch and an elderly woman, Matryona. Matryona reluctantly opens up her home to Ignatch, over the course of their housing together they begin to form some sort of a friendship. Ignatch begins to understand Matryona’s way of life that “she illustrates a spirituality that eschews greed and self-interest” (Paloni). Her willingness to help others without expecting anything in return is her main flaw and ends up becoming the death of her. Foreshadowing and irony are used throughout the story to show how society misuses Matryona.

In the poem “XIV,” Derek Walcott utilizes the use of inhumane imagery that is being counterpointed with the use of happy imagery to show the view of an elderly woman with his experiences with her; the speaker recalls this information by describing his experiences with her with a sense of happiness, fear and appreciation.

The author starts by describing old memories as a child she has of the table itself. Lyon tells us of the countless family games nights and discussions that have taken place there. George Ella speaks of the family recipes and hard work both of her parents did at the kitchen table. Lyon tells us about her mom's time working for the chamber and making calls for the march of dimes. Lyon brings the poem full circle by talking about her adult memories she has at the kitchen table. George Ella talks about the time where she first had to tell her mother that she need help and couldn’t live on her own. Her mom responds by telling Lyon she is babying her. This part of the book is very personal to me. My grandmother has just recently gone through this exact hardship. It is incredibly hard to see your parent move out of your childhood home and realizing they are no longer able to live on their own. Although I haven’t had to experience it for myself, I am sure it will be hard when it happens. Lyon also speaks of stories she has heard about the kitchen table. In the past her mother mixed her formula at the same table where she later told her she needed to move back in. It is interesting to see how the role of caregiver has switched from her mom to her over time. This role reversal, although unfortunate, is necessary. The kitchen table has stood steadfast through

The character grandmother in O’Connor’s story has grounds the reality of the events and drives the family into tragedy. She is a central character in O’Connor’s story and is depicted to be a dynamic character stuck in the old ways. Through her actions and the idea of being stuck in the old ways of thinking, she leads her family into tragedy. Being the main character in the story, Grandmother significantly adds to the development of the plot. The author manages to win the attention of the reader from this character owing to the manner in which she shapes the storyline. Grandmother’s reminiscing of the old ways claims a distinctive curiosity from the reader and helps in

She writes “The One Girl at the Boy’s Party” as a representation of reaching the full potential and understand the power and beauty of an individual's mind. Having an alcoholic father that often would use cruel and unfair punishments, left Olds and her family afraid to express themselves. As Olds neared adolescence she joined a church choir, where she would find a new passion to pursue. She fell in love with sonnets and poetry, her favorite book was composed of hymns and passages. As she furthered her education she became passionate about writing free verses. In this free verse poem she discusses the theme of aging and maturing. Due to the fact that she did not experience a ¨normal” childhood, she writes to inform the reader that it is okay to want to be older and to essentially grow up. She tells the story from a mother’s perspective, allowing the reader to see it from different point of view. The mother is scared and nervous for her daughter, but we cannot stop time, everyone

The father’s way of dealing with his inner issues is reflected by the way he distracts himself with hobbies of the women he loves. This illustrates how a sudden tragedy can influence someone’s lifestyle. In fact, before his first wife passed away he showed a lot of interest in art and when she died he was lost and devastated ,” (…) after mom died, my sister and I used to worry about his living alone. And he was lonely.We knew that after putting in his usual twelve-hours workday, he would return to the empty house (...) then read medical journals until it was time to go to sleep.”(16). This implies that

The jealous tone disappears at the end, however, and the poem ends wistfully and resigned stating that, “It’s an old/story—the oldest we have on our planet--/the story of replacement” (16-18). The speaker realizes that aging is part of the continuous life process, which starts at birth and ends at death. She understands that each phase of life has a specific purpose for maintaining the species. Her daughter must mature so she can create new life, just as the speaker did ten years ago. She knows that eventually her daughter will replace her and that the life process will continue to repeat itself for generations to come.

The poem describes the weather and its effect on cotton flower by pointing out the dying branches and vanishing cotton. The image of insufficiency, struggle and death parallel the oppression of African American race. The beginning of the poem illustrates the struggle and suffering of the cotton flower; which represent the misery of African Americans and also gives an idea that there is no hope for them. But at the end the speaker says “brown eyes that loves without a trace of fear/ Beauty so sudden for that time of year” (lines 13-14). This shows the rise of the African American race, and their fight against racism. The author used mood, tone and

The next poetry example is “The Room of My Life” written by Anne Sexton yet again another poem that is filled with imagery, which is one of Anne Sexton’s trademarks. In this poem common household objects are used such as a typewriter, an ash tray, a knife etc. This is so the reader can visualize her living circumstances and also bring to life the objects meaning to her. Each one of these items has a special importance in Sexton’s daily life because after all she is representing the room of her life. The typewriter is a symbol used to represent her writing and her poetry, poetry became her outlet to express her struggles with depression “the forty-eight keys of the type writer each an eye ball that is never shut” (line 6-7). This is an expression, meaning Sexton is very passionate about her work and stays up late working tirelessly on her writing. The next symbol is an ash tray, “ash trays to cry into” (line 4). This could imply that Sexton

       As the tale begins we immediately can sympathize with the repressive plight of the protagonist.  Her romantic imagination is obvious as she describes the "hereditary estate" (Gilman, Wallpaper 170) or the "haunted house" (170) as she would like it to be.  She tells us of her husband, John, who "scoffs" (170) at her romantic sentiments and is "practical to the extreme" (170).  However, in a time

A sestina is a fixed form of six stanzas that end with an envoi, an address to an imagined or real subject. This particular form of “Sestina” by Elizabeth Bishop takes you through one particular afternoon of a grandmother and her grandchild. Though the poem itself is ambiguous, Bishop foreshadows the grandmother’s demise throughout the entirety of the poem. The five words almanac, grandmother, tears, stove, and house are used at the end of each line for the six stanzas and envoi. They are clues as to figuring out the meaning of the poem. However, they are not the only clues as symbolism is the main usage of figurative language. The speaker is assumed to be Elizabeth Bishop but even she has written the poem in a way that reflects that of an outside observer to obscure the poem even further.