This chapter is an overview of relevant literature to this study. First of all, it elaborates on

Poems and songs may have strength in literary terms, but have you ever wondered what makes them powerful? In this essay, there will be analyzed two poems “The Boy Died in my Alley” and “Daddy”, as well as the song “Firework” in which theme, metaphor, and repetition are the literary devices that make them powerful.

11. A poet can work its magic on the reader by “choice of images, music of the language, idea content, and cleverness of wordplay” (Foster 17).

In order to appreciate a poem properly, care must be taken to analyze and understand many different facets of the work. Poems are often very complex and require a great deal of thought in order to arrive at the intended meaning. At the very least, three particular items of information must be uncovered during the reading of poetry. An experienced reader of poetry will always determine the identity of the speaker, the occasion of the speech, and the central idea of the poem.

Along with this, the writer supports his argument of how nature can awaken a person’s imagination. He asserts that hunter-gatherer culture might have richer imagination than those who are more in the post-agriculture state (Bass 656). We can agree that the technology

The study of any poem often begins with its imagery. Being the centralized idea behind the power of poetry, imagery isn’t always there to just give a mental picture when reading the poem, but has other purposes. Imagery can speak to the five senses using figurative language as well as help create a specific emotion that the author is trying to infuse within the poem. It helps convey a complete human experience a very minimal amount of words. In this group of poems the author uses imagery to show that humanity is characterized as lost, sorrowful and regretful, but nature is untainted by being free of mistakes and flaws and by taking time to take in its attributes it can help humans have a sense of peace, purity, and joy, as well as a sense of

The important thing in the reader response theory is the interpretive of the readers itself, rather than the author or even the text. The theory gives the competence to the reader to critic the text, however with the condition the readers have the evidence or research from other people toward the critic. The way of their interpretation may reveal their identity, because the reader gives the critic depends on their knowledge and experience (Philip Goldstein, 2005). Everyone has their own perspective toward anything, especially for the literary works. Each of people perspective is unique. That is why reader response was created. The theory is about the transaction between the writer and the reader. The writer composed a meaningful text, whereas the reader composed an interpreted meaning of the text. Reader response is not about destroying the writer’s idea, but it is more constructing the work itself (Louise M. Rosenblatt, 1988).

To help Year Twelve students that are studying poetry appreciate it's value, this pamphlet's aim is to discuss a classic poem and a

When a reader initially reads Donald Justice’s “The Poet at Seven,” he or she might take the easy route and conclude it for what it says, only. If this method were taken, the poem’s presumed plot would have been taken quite literally: the poet is reminiscing about his childhood memories; the poem is sweet, simple, and nostalgic. However, poems are not that simple. They are complex riddles, full of hidden meaning. To truly shed light on Justice’s purpose of the poem, it is necessary to look at the “what-if’s” through its intricate designs of language. The poem’s form is an important start when close reading. Also, to discern the hidden meaning, it is important to consider the specific word choice and how it paints a picture inside the reader’s mind. As a result, the reader will grasp the poem’s true intention. By doing this, the reader will sincerely have an understanding of “The Poet at Seven,” the way Justice probably would have wanted.

For this document paper we will be looking at some sources found in various documents, and will also be answering some questions that will help us understand what it was like to be a European in this particular time era. Some of the questions that we will be answering are: According to the woodcuts, engravings, and captivity narratives, How did Europeans interpret their experiences in colonial America? What did Indians think about European colonists in colonial America? For this research I will being using names, dates, and examples to support my points through out the document paper.

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

A well-written poem would help one to engage into the work with their senses. One should be able to ask themselves what the poem caused them to think, hear, see, feel, taste, and to determine what he or she learned from the poet’s words. Many people believe that because poetry is an enigmatic art, and that there is no way for sure to know the

poem is not merely a static, decorative creation, but that it is an act of communication between the poet and

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”

Endraswara (2003, p.116) said that literary work is a phenomenon which is concrete by the reader. The statement is in accordance with the theory of reader response which focuses on the activity of the readers rather than the author or the structure of the text itself. Reader response focuses on the reader and their role in the making of a literary work. The text does not exist without the reader and there will be no meaning in literary text if there is no interaction between the text and the reader itself. The act of reader is important since they are the active participant which produces the meaning from the literary text, while the kinds of responses itself such as; summarizing the text, analyzing them or relating the text story to their on experiences. Reader response takes literature exists not as a printed page but as a transaction between the physical text and the act of reader in using their mind. It attempts to describe what occur in the reader’s mind while interpreting a text and reflects that reading into creative writing process.

Without even realizing what occurs when reading poetry, it’s interesting to now understand the methods that poet’s use. Inasmuch as, image are used as a language that addresses the senses. Furthermore, it you ponder that thought for a moment, the poem that captures the readers full attention is the one that the reader can exchange places with. For example, if a poet renders a poem about a girl in Paris, using extremely descriptive words, it’s easy to imagine being there, and experiencing what the poet is seeking to portray. Additionally, a poet’s choice of language in the poem has the ability to appeal to other senses. Notably in the poem written by Li Ho entitled “A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair.” Whereas he managed to appeal to sight, sound, and smell.