The Red Wheelbarrow

The first poem I choose, “Father Playing Catch with Sons” by Donald Hall, was written in 1984. This poem is written about a game of baseball. The scene is set in the bottom of the ninth inning. He is up to bat with the bases loaded, and his team is trailing. The first pitch thrown is a slider, and the hitter fouls it off his cup. The author describes the next pitch as an “Express Freight.” Meaning the ball came in at a high velocity with a lot of power, just as a train would. He swings, but he is just behind. The ball is popped foul. Then the poem takes a quick turn into a basketball scene. The player is standing at the line with two shots to win. The gym is quiet. He missed the first one. He bounces the ball and misses the next. His team loses, and he says he disappears and changes his name. This poem is describing the big moments in a sports, such as trying to take the game winning shot or being the last one up to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning. When in this situation everyone is counting on you to make a big play, and that is a lot of pressure.If you don’t people are mad or disappointed in you, and it is hard to hold your head high after this. That is why he said, “We lose. I

As shown in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton symbolism plays a key role in establishing the characters and plot of the story. Ethan and Zeena’s cat symbolizes Zeena and takes her place when she isn't home. The red pickle dish is a symbol for Ethan and Zeena’s broken marriage. Mattie’s red scarf and ribbon are symbolic of the passion and love shown through Mattie. Each of these symbols contributes to the story as a whole and add depth to it as well.

The poetic imagery I found to be the most memorable was the sound imagery in the fourth stanza of Hilda Doolittle's "Circe".

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 poem I have selected is “Rush Hour Tokyo” by Joy Kogawa. This poem explores the city of Tokyo, which is located in Japan. Tokyo is known for its bullet trains, landmarks such as the Tokyo Tower and the Tokyo Sky-tree, and being very busy.Subject Matter

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.

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.

O’Connor uses many examples of symbolism in this story. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent something in a story. The crooked cross symbolizes Mr. Shiftlet’s flaws and immoral ways. This also symbolizes how evil Mr. Shiftlet is throughout the story. Another symbol is the turnip cloud, which symbolizes the vengeance God has on evil. This shows how God will get revenge on Mr. Shiftlet for all of the horrible things he did to Lucynell, the mother, and her daughter. The white wedding dress worn by Lucynell, the daughter, symbolizes her purity and innocence. The hitchhiker that Mr. Shiftlet picks up is a symbol to Mr. Shiftlet’s past. This hitchhiker makes Mr. Shiftlet realize all of the horrible things he has done in his past. The car Mr. Shiftlet takes from Lucynell, the

As human beings, we play the cards that are dealt to us in this world. In life, every person goes through their individual ups and downs and occasionally may break down to the extent of not knowing what to do with oneself. In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” which takes place in the late 1800s, focuses on the first person narrator who is an infatuated woman. The disheartening story concentrates on a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression, and as well had mental breakdowns. The narrators husband John, moves her into a home isolated in the country where he wants her to “rest” and get better from her illness. During the course of being confined in the room with the wallpaper, she learns new

Such symbols include hands to represent labour, cards to signify chance and taking a risk, and finally, rabbits to suggest ideas about achieving one’s hopes and dreams. Symbols are a key central device in delivering meaning, as they consistently repeated throughout the narrative and are typically associated with the novella’s many characters.

Poem Essay Life is the constant struggle of a living thing constantly trying hard to survive. As things live on they must give things up in order the live to the fullest before death catches them. “The Chambered Nautilus” by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. is a rhyming poem that features a creature called a nautilus a cephalopod related to octopus and squids which he compares it’s empty shell to a sunken ship. “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a rhyming poem that features a blacksmith doing his job and playing his role in his family, he lives the life of an ordinary blacksmith and takes pride in his work.

The poem I chose was Susan Glickman "Poem about Your Laugh". Throughout the poem the poet shows many examples of images and symbols. The poet compares someone’s laugh to a variety of different things. As you’re going through and reading you can see a lot of very strong metaphors used throughout this poem, which creates many different scenes in your mind. The poet starts out telling you that she considers this persons laugh to be unpredictable and somewhat quite like “all the unsynchronized clocks in the watchmaker's shop striking their dissident hours." She tries to tell you that this person’s laugh is so upbeat and powerful that it can make pine trees shed their needles, altering the ecosystem. She uses an image of sharks that have lost their

The poem I chose as my favorite was, Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt by David Bottoms. The poem is about a young boy who played baseball with his father being his coach. Constantly, his father with stress the importance of bunting; yet, the son never understood why. The son continued wanting to hit his home runs and scoring for the glory. As the boy grew into a man he finally understood why his father had stressed the bunt all those years. The father was trying to show the boy sacrifice. The person who bunts normally is thrown out. When the boy was younger he did not understand this, but as he grew older he understood the message his father was trying to show him. This poem is my favorite because I can see some of my own actions throughout

Poems consist of a variation of different techniques in order to convey a message or idea to readers. Wilfred Owen, Thomas Hardy, Adrienne Rich, Bruce Dawe and Robert Browning are great poets who explore these issues, conveying their emotions, which influences a perception of an issue. In each of their poems they express the hidden message of hope, along with their main message. They use similar techniques to express their ideas, which illustrates their purpose to the reader.

Throughout the play there are three main symbols; the bird, the bird cage and the jar of preserves. The bird symbolized Mrs. Wright and how she loved to sing because the bird was always singing. As the play progresses Mr. Wright grows annoyed with the bird and kills it. The canary’s death represented how Mrs. Wright is dead inside from her neglectful marriage. The bird’s cage symbolized the cage of a marriage Mrs. Wright was in. She felt trapped by her husband’s emotional abuse. When the bird cage broke, it represented the death of Mr. Wright and the freedom that Mrs. Wright felt after breaking free from her long, painful marriage. The last jar of cherry preserves symbolized how Mrs. Wright was still standing. After a failed marriage and losing her bird, which was the one thing she cared most about, Mrs. Wright managed