When Done By Lauren Hill Analysis

This poem is basically about being thankful for having the simple cherished things in life, and how it could be different. It is in two

In On Turning Ten by Billy Collins the literary devices that are used to express the theme of aging are word choice, figurative language and symbolism. The word choices that has been put together shows that the narrator is maturing. An example of this was when the narrator says “but now if I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. And bleed.” (Collins 31) . The word choice that is used to describe how the character falls is an advanced way for a child to explain how reality is hitting her at this age. Billy Collins used symbolism by comparing herself falling on the ground to the real world. In the quote mentioned above the author is explaining that when she gets older failing in life is not what is used to be, but now she bleeds and is experiencing real life. In this quote it is showing the theme of aging because it is a point of realization in this character's life that she is no longer a child. Lastly another literary device that was used is figurative language, Colins used similes to enhance the theme of again. The narrator explains how she is feeling upset and she is saying this to herself “as she walk[s] through the universe in [her] sneakers” (Collins 21). The usage of similes in this context is having the character compare sadness to walking through the universe which is lonely and sad. All three of these literary devices show that throughput the short poem the character is having a reflective moment on her life where

“You know what I’ve found out about disappointments? I think that if we face them down, they can become our strengths.” (Bauer 113) In the novel Hope Was Here written by Joan Bauer, the main characters go through some difficult struggles. One of the main people, Braverman and Addie both had to overcome disconsolate times. Braverman chooses family over education. Addie goes through hard times when she losses her husband along with three unborn babies. This reminds me of the time where my mother’s friend, like Addie, lost a child, and had to overcome that. While people go through difficult struggles everyday, they learn to learn and grow from them. Like William J. H. Boetcker said, “The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price

Meeker begins the poem by illustrating a typical mother-daughter argument that many mothers and daughters experience throughout the child’s teenage years. She describes “Constant defiance in the spirit of personal conviction/ cleft a schism between my mother and sister. / They clawed their womanhoods out of each other/ by handfuls of hair and heart. / Battle-weary and scarred as they were, / a sameness spurred them on toward empathy.” (lines 1-6). These lines illustrate the strained, yet strong and understanding, relationship between the oldest daughter, Kayla, and her mother.

Throughout the entire poem, Lucinda Matlock is talking to the readers about her life. Lucinda starts off with explaining her life before she is married. She is a very social person. She went to dances and played snap-out. Then the poem transitions to when Lucinda meets Davis, her future husband. She tells readers how they married and lived together for seventy years. They have twelve children together, and Lucinda outlives eight of them. She then goes on to describe how she spends most of the days of her life. She talks about her domestic chores and her life outdoors. She says she enjoys her life. Lucinda goes onto describe her death. She feels like her life has been complete, and she can peacefully die. The poem transitions again to Lucinda saying how she does not like it when people focus on negatives aspects in their

As we reach the end of the poem, the speakers attitude changes. The mother realizes that aging is just a part of life. We all get older, we all start to wrinkle and our hair color eventually turns grey. She realizes that at some point she has to let go of her daughter’s childhood so that she can start a family of her own one day and keep the generation going. The speaker and the daughter are moving forward in their lives but their aging processes, at the time, are

For example In stanza 2 it says,” I’se been a-climbin’ on, and reachin’ landin’s, and turnin’ corners”. The poem is explaining that a mother is telling her son that she has kept going and persevering through life. She has been getting each goal accomplished one by one and never stopping. This example connects to papa and mama and how they have to keep persevering through their hard times and how they have to fight to keep their land. Also they persevere to keep the payment even when papa is injured and can’t be out on the railroads. The great depression was happening and was a big part of their lives and them persevering through it. Another part of the poem is In the 3 stanza it says, For I’se still goin’, honey, I’se still climbin’. This is meaning that she is still pushing through the hard times and is still alive to this day. Just like Mr. Jamison and how he is still helping the logans, as a white man and is still alive from all the white people. Segregation is taking place during this whole thing, when all the whites and blacks are separated from each other and they don’t get the same treatment. However this does not stop Mr. Jamison from helping the blacks, just because they are not is color and they are not the same, he still living on for what is

This poem is about a teenage girl who is servilely depressed, because she is abused by her parents. She thinks she can escape what she is dealing with by doing drug, and is taking killing herself into consideration. She thinks by taking her own life she will finally be happy and never again have to deal with the pain her parents put her though. Her “dreams” are literal, but also are her thoughts when she is high on drugs “I sleep in the clouds, dream in the sky / I’ll keep dreaming as life passes me by / I think my dreams keep me sane” (See appendix). The drugs are keeping her sane, because they are stopping her from killing herself, because they are temporally taking the pain away “I dream of happiness, a life without pain” (4).

The narrator is describing many negative and sad points while always reminding herself that it is okay and she is fine. For example, in the second stanza the author says, “Falling down in the dirt - we're ok/ We are tired, we are hurt - we're ok” (The Rescues). The author is saying many hurtful points and problems but always says that it is okay and there is nothing wrong. Falling down in the dirt, being tired, and being hurt are all different saddening points and the author replies each time with, “we’re ok,” and makes us feel better. Also, the author mentions different things such as, “Hit the wall, have to crawl/ Even if we lose it all… /We’re ok,” (The Journeys). The Journeys described that even if they lose everything and they get hurt, everything will still be okay. The author uses juxtaposition and shows the contrast between all the negative points that are mentioned, and the positivity that is used at the end of each to brighten the

These specific lyrics explain how even though you’re handed one thing, it doesn’t always mean it will happen. Not only that but also, how you can learn to fight when new opportunities present themselves. “Love and the loyalty that's what we stand for, Alienated by society, all this pressure give me anxiety, Walk slow through the fire, Like, who gon' try us?, Feeling the world go against us, So we put the world on our shoulders”. Now, what these lyrics portray are the journeys the 3 are in the mitts of while seeking a new fate that is currently unknown. Under the circumstances, because of how their society is formed, they feel as if their families abandoned them or let them down, because it’s law, that they are now forced to ultimately trust each other with how the fates have all been crossed for them. Therefore, it’s up to them too, “put the world on our shoulders”, and try and figure out what’s next for them individually and together. Along with, how they will survive and get along with each other. Lev, Connor, and Risa have to make difficult decisions in order to know what the world will bring in their

Her looks have now faded and she has nothing else to offer in order to manipulate people. This brings on a feeling of loneliness for the lady. The speaker seems to be a maid who has lost her chance to get married. The poem gives the reader a feeling of sadness because the lady is a woman who has become a drug abuser and her drug use has led to her to become a prostitute. Despite this she is still happy about who she is even though she is wearing cheap clothing and is drunk. Even at the end of the poem when the cops take her away, she is happy and has pride about who she is as evidenced by her kisses blown to the crowd. At the time she may be going through hard times and her life is not the way she intended it to be she still has pride in who she is. The central theme of the poem is that throughout life people treat you differently as you become something you were not before. The poem, like “The Ruined Maid,” reflects on how since the woman has gone past the time to be married and has partied too much, she has lost her chance to become married. Kennedy attempts to make the point of the double standard between genders and how if the main character in the poem was a man, then these rules of marriage would not

As I did the above summary I kept asking myself the question, “So what?” and this is what came about. I think the poem is about what Laura Tohe has gone through herself. Her experience through child birth whether she has children or not. How much pain she went through to bring new life into this world. How pure and new a baby is. And the thought of adding to a generation.

One part in her poem states, “Sometimes you have to make the best, Of the luck thrown your way; Get on with your life, to heck with the rest, And just enjoy your day” (Conway). ” This quote is saying even if things aren’t going a person’s way they should just relax and just continue your day. Another line in this poem is, “I was having me a terrible day, Everyone grumbling at work; No one had nothing nice to say, And my boss was being quite a jerk” (Conway). This quote shows that people can be rude for no apparent reason. Also people could tell this lady is having a pretty bad day. The next line says, “ I figured that was the best way, For me to get back at them; By wishing them a happy day, And not being hasty to condemn” (Conway). This quote shows even though this person was having a bad day at work with her grumpy co-workers she continued to be positive. This poem makes the best of a bad situation because this person stayed positive through their terrible

The theme of her poem can be explained as: the only true way to be happy in life is to have someone to spend a happy, fulfilling life with

This poem is a very influential poem. The key character in this poem seems to me that she never had the opportunity to live her life to the fullest because she was always trying to make others happy and be acknowledged, in which she never got the chance to be herself thus having an unhappy life. The toys provided to the girl are signs of feminism that the family wishes the adolescent grow up into. In today’s society a high level of expectations concerning women and their beauty, as girls mature they are persistently provoked for not looking like the typical “Barbie doll”. They start to rip apart their own bodies within their thoughts, and too often conclude with defects such as feeling fat or too thin, not tall enough or too tall, hair should