Turtles All The Way Down: Poem Analysis

In “The Author to Her Book,” Bradstreet is inundated in indecision and internal struggles over the virtues and shortfalls of her abilities and the book that she produced. As human beings we associate and sympathize with each other through similar experiences. It is difficult to sympathize with someone when you don’t know where they are coming from and don’t know what they are dealing with. Similar experiences and common bonds are what allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding for another human being’s situation. In this poem an elaborate struggle between pride and shame manifests itself through an extended metaphor in which she equates her book to her own child.

In this novel Taylor is a dynamic character, we see her transform from a young girl who didn’t want to get married or have kids to an independent single mother. In the beginning we get to know her as a self-owned, determined and a stubborn girl who is focused, ambitious and thinks outside the box; because she knows firsthand what is like to see her mother struggle as a single parent. She learned to value every day because pregnancy was like a disease. An example of her considerate outlook is “believe me in those days the girls were dropping by the wayside like seeds off a poppy seed bun and you learned to look at every day as a prize” (3). This small but

In the books Candide, The Glass Menagerie, Their Eyes were Watching God, and My Name is Asher Lev written by Voltaire, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, and Chaim Potok, they are all discernibly different stories, yet they all appear to share the common theme of perseverance in varying degrees to find that happiness is not always awaiting them. I have found that the various symbolic language combined with each author’s different style of writing not only makes each story unique, but they also affect each reader’s perceptions.

“Most times the stories were little more than anecdotes, short of breath and short of life.”

"There is no such thing as love anymore, / the kind that is so strong / that you kind of feel it in your bones. / you know we used to feel that emotion / when we looked into the faces of our mother, / father, sisters, brothers, family and friends...This novel is dedicated to the era in which we live. / The era in which love, loyalty, truth, honor, / and respect died. / Where humility and appreciation are nonexistent. / Where families are divided and God reviled, / The era. / The Coldest Winter Ever."

It makes me think about the people in my life that did the same thing for me. If I could I would dedicate this poem to them. They were the ones who inspired me to do things with my life. I would recommend this poem to anyone who has a person they are inspired by in their life. I can see these kids riding on the running boards and see the excitement one their face. The feel of the wind on their face and the smell of the air. I think it would smell of grass, flowers, and maybe car fumes. It is a very good poem and I have read it a couple of times now, but I will defiantly be reading it more

* All the albums in here are pure refrance, you by no means have to follow these to the T. Please use them as you wish for creative guidance.

Jessica's poem alludes to other stories that impact the youth and will affect them later in life. The

The book held me captive, but not in the way I was expecting. I saw much of Parvin in myself. Reading this book, written in first person present tense, was like experiencing a dream. Parvin was convinced her life had no meaning, that she had wasted her life. She wanted her life to mean something but when she was presented with opportunities to create meaning, she pushed back and tried to find an easier

I used personification in line 13 (“Centre College is calling…”). This is a very common example of personification that is used to describe a person leaving for somewhere imperative. All three of these poetic devices were necessary in developing my poem. I did not use a lot of imagery in my poem because imagery can often seem forced which conflicts with my piece being conversational however, in line 5, I wrote, “Morning suns will rise, turning the dusk into dawn”. This is the only true imagery in my poem. I used this line to express to my audience that days will go by. Everyday that they will miss me and everyday that I will miss them, the sun will still rise in the morning. The rhyme scheme that I chose to use throughout my poem develops a solemn tone. I chose to have this tone to make my poem more sincere. This solemn tone was also developed by using the sentence, “I must go.” in line 8. Each choice that I made throughout my poem was

Wise turtle woman I live in a house of creativity The shell upon my back Housing dreams and wings No one can see but me The shell may not be pretty Like soft silk furs or scales But it reflects the stories without edits The divots, the scars, the pride Move faster they whisper

I have written this because I have had a lot of hardships and worse than imaginable. It shows how you have the storms which are the hardships that bring you down and only when they end is it ok, though it still goes on always for me, for most people it's only for a very short period of time. It talks about a dove singing which means for me when I sing or hear someone singing it makes me feel better. The forest represents a path to a new place and though you want to go back to where you started when you get to the new place things will be different but you have to adjust and make things the way you know as well as learn to live the new way. I have used metaphors, imagery and personification in this

At some point in life, people experience grief. Whether it's from the death of a loved one, readjustments in life, or something else, it is a natural, ordinary emotion. In Turtles All The Way Down, Ava and her mom are grieving from the sudden loss of her father. Green depicts the common signs of the death of a loved one- holding on to whatever they have left, in Ava’s case her father’s car and phone (Green 24). This is not the only death in the novel however. Davis Pickett- Ava’s old friend- and his little brother Noah’s millionaire father goes missing in the midst of a legal investigation. The investigation to find Mr. Puckett is one of the main plot elements of the novel. Davis is 17 and Noah is 13, which plays a key role in their ability

Societal struggles slither in the minds of so many. In “When my Love Swears that she is Made of Truth” by William Shakespeare, “Winter” by William Shakespeare, and “Ghost of a Chance” by Adrienne Rich, the poems convey author’s purpose through describing how an environment can mold people into becoming who they are.

Literature often illustrates the mundane is such a manner that the imagination of the common reader is spurred into a world of emotions that previously remained untapped or dormant. To elicit such a response requires the ability of a powerful writer that often in tandem achieves notoriety that transcends generations; for example, Sylvia Plath left a significant impression on the world, especially that of writing, despite her early passing at the age of thirty. It can be seen that the work of Sylvia Plath is often idolized due to the broad and relatable nature of the subject matter that is emotional strife; this work, then, is of great value to society and the world of literature as it teaches those reading that emotion is not something sparse, but wholehearted and running through the veins of every individual.