Who's On First Poem Analysis

Society judges those who are different both physically and mentally and those that don’t fit in with the social norm but it is up to the individuals to look past that and rise against their judgement. Shane Koyczan’s ‘To This Day’, is a poem about those who have been bullied throughout their lives and its long term impact it leaves. The poem tells multiple stories of the victims of bullying due to their physical appearance or their mental state. The poem begins with a personal adecdote talking about how he earned his first nickname. The anecdote is used to allow the readers of the poem to relate as it doesn’t rely on the abstract logic as the anecdote provides proof. He tells his story about how he used to love pork chops, and didn’t know the difference between pork chops and karate chops, until he was called pork

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

Lorna Dee Cervantes' poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker's dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred, and humility experienced by the “Californios” through rhythm, arrangement, tone, and most importantly, through use of language.

Clint Smith is a writer, teacher, and doctoral candidate in Education at Harvard University with a concentration in Culture, Institutions, and Society. Smith Clint wrote a poem called “Something You should Know.” The poem is about an early job he had in a Petsmart. The poet allows the readers into his personal life, but before he had trouble opening up to people and his work. Moreover, Clint wrote an insight in the poem about relying in anything to feel safe and he says it is the most terrifying thing any person can do.

I believe he does this so that the reader does not think the author is just making up random things, so that the reader can take that person's side of the story. A example of this was when the sniper says “I’m hit” saying that he has been hit and that was the end and when he killed the enemy sniper it was the end and that was it. He didn’t take sides with either of the snipers when they were hit and just told the story as is. The story also shows how the turret “Approached from the corner” and began to shoot at the sniper and there was no statement to defend him. This leading up to both snipers having their final battle and then the good sniper ends up getting shot and saying “there was no pain, just a sensation as if my arm had been cut off,” and then the good sniper shooting the enemy sniper and killing him. This also shows how when the sniper killed the opposing sniper and went over to see him and say his brother you could sort of feel how he

The Poem “Introduction to Poetry” is by Billy Collins, an English poet, and it is about how teachers often force students to over-analyze poetry and to try decipher every possible meaning portrayed throughout the poem rather than allowing the students to form their own interpretation of the poem based on their own experiences.

In the poem “The Poem You Asked For” is written by Larry Levis. Before reading the poem, I looked over some of the word choices the poet chose to use. For some reason the word that stood out to me the most was the word “shit.” I believe that this word stood out to me the most because I am not use to seeing profanity in a poem or even a short story. I think most authors and poets use profanity to get the reader’s attention. Although some people might think it was not a good word choice but overall, I think it was a good word choice for the poet to use, When reading a poem, it can be tricky for me to understand what the poet is trying to get across. Although in this poem it was easy for me to understand the poet’s meaning. He used specific word

The Vacuum by Howard Nemerov talks about a widower and his late wife, and how he uses the vacuum as a symbol for her death. The poem expresses deep sorrow and sadness that derive from the loneliness of the speaker, after his other half’s passing away. Nemerov attempts to take his readers on a grief-stricken journey, by strategically employing figurative language (mainly personification, metaphor, simile, and alliteration), fractured rhyme schemes and turns in stanza breaks in the poem.

I personally have read theses six poems a few times each now. Starting with “Introduction to Poetry,” “How I Discovered Poetry,” “Poetry Should Ride the Bus,” “How Poetry comes to me,” “Making It in Poetry” and “Poem.” I for one will be explicating each poem and discussing how they are similar and different in their own ways. As well as explaining my own thoughts on the poems themselves and summarizing what I believe them to be.

Throughout the skit”Who’s On First?”, there are multiple forms of wordplay. Mainly when Abbot tells Costello “Who's on first.”. Which is not a question just a name which uses funny wordplay. The funny part is that costello, thinks this is a question. Which he then responds with “I dont know”, then Abbot says no, that is third base. Which really can show comedic effect to audiences.

The author’s main idea is interesting. He starts of with the first stanza very joyful, the he describes in he next stanza what really happened. It seemed that the father hardly gave any attention to the boy as a child. The theme is symbolic for the author in this poem because he also lived through his parents getting a divorce as a child. This poem is very sad, the boy had to teach himself how to ride on his own. The setting is in the middle of night in the street and picturing that with the little boy left there by his father is very depressing. Even though he eventually learned how to ride a bike, he had no help.

In the Poem “To this Day” by Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poem that is about a kid thinking pork chops and karate chops are the same things and the words spread around school and people start making fun of him. “The word spread through the school that I thought karate chops were pork chops and I got my first nickname pork chops and from this day forward I hate pork chops”. This proves my point because the kids throw the rest of the year called him pork chops. Also made fun of him throughout every year of

Poetry can be divided up into different forms, more easily expressing an author’s emotions and intent with their poetry. For analyzing purposes I chose the poems Self-Help by Michael Ryan, Ghazal by Agha Shahid Ali, Psalm 150 by Jericho Brown, and Emergency by Michael Dylan Welch.

A poem is a piece of writing that has the characteristics of a speech and a song. Poems awaken strong emotions because of its magnificence. Alice Walker in “Without Commercials” discusses some of the ways and reasons people try to change the way they look. “Without Commercials” pinpoints at the idea of how advertisers suggest that a new pair of jeans will make one look more popular or that a new hair color will make one more stylish. “Same Song” by Pat Mora is about how a mom’s two kids either wake up early in the morning or late at night, trying to change their appearance.

While reading the poem “Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins sends a message to the readers that they should be patient and impartial when it comes to analyzing a poem in order to see the true meaning behind the without being over analytical. There is a revieting situation that takes place because Billy Collins is delivering his message to all readers about the way that one should be able to read a poem. This poems educates the reader on how to be able to read and plunge into a poem, through using many techniques like mood, tone, and literary devices to do so. In the first two lines Collins demands that we tackle a poem with a invigorating eye. There should be an exploration of what the poem means to us. How does this poem apply to our