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“Tree Grave” is a poem published by Oodgeroo Noonuccal in 1964. The poem gives an Indigenous Australian perspective on the demise of one of their kin. Noonuccal comments on the adversity the Indigenous Australians face through the use of traditional aboriginal word choice, poetic techniques and her ability to manipulate tone and mood. Through the use of this she is able to effectively communicate her message of adversity.

Progress is not something that comes very quickly. It is a gradual process that takes time, in the interest of our country and the Progressive Era, more than a decade. The presidents of this time, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, were like chefs developing a recipe for the betterment of the United States. Every act that was passed, each decision that was made, was a trial or taste-test of the constantly changing recipe for the country. If something angered citizens or drew criticism, the president went back to his office, his kitchen, and was ready to make more changes. Where he left off in the progressive recipe, the next chef took over. He would analyze what had been done, identified his plan of action, and then set to work by either making

Words expressed only through the agonizing notes of distress and sadness. Only then was the “art and suffering,” comingled in only a way that life’s experiences could bring.

World War II has resulted in the destruction of nature, and the use of heavy artillery have caused many animals to retreat, highlighting the vulnerability of the environment. Bradbury alludes to Teasdale’s poem, There Will Come Soft Rains, which demonstrates how mankind has no footprint or influence on mother nature. The vulnerability of nature is exposed through alliteration in “feathery fire”, and also foreshadows the fire in the next scene, constantly juxtaposing the control of nature. Bradbury personifies the fire as clever, highlighting the awareness and sagacious nature of the fire. The imagery as the fire “fed upon Picassos and Matisses” represents the destruction of human creation, through a contextual reference. Bradbury personifies the fire to show that the revolutionary power of humans are no match for mother nature. Bradbury personifies “Spring herself, when she woke at dawn”, constantly displaying the importance and dominance of nature over humans. Thus, Bradbury subverts mankind and its role in protecting the environment through

“I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate” (109) quotes Death, right before the bonfire of banned books is lit. The novel The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is filled with pages of destruction and mortality. Although it is unclear what Death, the narrator really is, he is mostly portrayed as an immortal human who shares the same feelings as we do. During the reign of Nazi Germany, Death is occupied picking up souls of soldiers and Jews. To distract himself, Death describes the vivid colors he sees during one’s death. He is troubled by the way humans destroy one another because in the end we all die.

Throughout both ‘Engleby’ and ‘Selected Poems’ there is a prevailing sense of ‘apprehension of the tenuousness of human existence’ which is evident in the protagonists’ confining inability to communicate with the world around them, as seen in Prufrock’s agonised call, ‘so how should I presume?’. ‘The Wasteland’ was written by Eliot to ‘address the fragmentation and alienation characteristic of [contemporary] culture’, questioning mankind’s ability to move forward into cohesiveness despite the ‘more pronounced sense of disillusionment and cynicism’ which came about as a ‘direct

If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made. They haven't even begun to pull the knife out. They won't even admit the knife is there. – Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet”, Speech at Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 3, 1964

When you think of dinosaurs do you think about your own impending doom? Would you expect a poem about how society will fall apart? This poem may have pessimistic descriptions of the world, but it delivers a powerful message. Poet, Charles Bukowski, uses several literary devices in his poem, “Dinosauria, We”, to describe the end of the human race caused by the current living conditions that we are born into without a choice. It is inevitable that we will go extinct just as the dinosaurs before us, however the sun will go on and with it a new chapter. He uses the literary devices of anaphora, extended metaphor, and epistrophe to make his poem reverberate in the reader's mind. Bukowski’s use of poetic devices communicates the theme that we are born into this world without a choice, a world of corruption and destruction that will

The poem, “Gospel” by Philip Levine gives a vivid description of what the narrator sees around them. The narrator focuses their description on nature. They make many references to types of plants like lupine and thistles. Throughout the poem, nature can be seen as and abstract creature. Nature is giving and lively. The conflict in the poem is between the speaker and nature. The narrator tries to show how nature can give nice outdoor views and how the earth gives people a place to walk on while people give nothing back to nature. Levine’s speaker uses repetition and comparisons to show how nature is constantly pleading for the narrators attention yet they cannot offer anything to the relationship they have with nature. The poem slowly evolves

Bradstreet uses metaphors and analogies of her own experiences and struggles with life to show God’s grace. In her poem, “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House”, Bradstreet uses her skills to illustrate the destruction of her home and belongings. Like some may mourn the loss of their belongings,

Some fancy that it is easiest to believe that things mean precisely what they appear to on the surface. However, to understand the world and thoughts of others in a more profound way, it is necessary to accept the fact that things may not always be just as they seem. It is imperative that one adopt this same attitude when reading poetry. One poem in particular that exemplifies this is John Updike’s “Telephone Poles”. Within the work, telephone poles are compared to trees by way of extended metaphor. “Telephone Poles” conveys the message that when nature is destroyed to make way for technology is harmful to nature itself and humankind as well by using an extended metaphor; this is enhanced and made clear by Updike’s usage of supporting metaphors, similes, verbal irony, and imagery.

The applause of lightning shakes me to the very core, the anticipation of what's to come and more. The pelting liquids, washing our sins away. Blocks of destruction tower over the flat rock where the toxic monsters prowl and roar. My black bag feels heavy against my pale, numb fingers. My damp hair sticks to my itchy neck, red with my groping long nails.

Men and animals alike began to lose loyalty and the ability to feel emotions and “earth was only one thought”- the thought of death. Faced with the thought of death, no creature on earth fared better than the other. As life was taken from all creatures, the realization of a terrifying end became apparent and “no love was left.”

Death is a topic that unites all of humanity. While it can be uncomfortable to think about, confronting death in unavoidable. “Dying” addresses that discomfort and universal unwillingness to consider the inevitability of death. Pinsky’s use of imagery, symbolism, and tone create a poetic experience that is like death, something every reader can relate to. In “Dying,” Pinsky describes how people are oblivious and almost uncaring when it comes to the thought of death. Pinsky is trying to convince the reader that they shouldn’t ignore the concept of death because life is shorter than it seems.

Starting off his poem with an excerpt from “Urn Burial” by Sir Thomas Browne (a treatise on the funeral rites of ancient nations), Walcott immediately conveys to the reader a sense of death, misery and destruction. The extinguishing of the light in the excerpt acts as a visual metaphor to death. Just like an urn holds the remains of a person, what is left of the “Great House” holds the ruins and atrocities of British colonialism.