Wislawa Szymborska

In the book, Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair, her poem, Hands requires the use of close reading along with the use of figurative language like, personification, imagery, metaphor, and caesuras to focus on significant details. Close reading gives a deep and precise understanding of the complex meaning of her poem. Sinclair uses vivid and powerful figurative language throughout the poem to envelope readers in an emotional, honest, tragic yet hopeful atmosphere along with the structural element, Caesuras. These allow the readers to have a better insight to the poem’s story that Sinclair portrays.

In the poem "Feliks Skrzynecki", Skrzynecki explores how events shape the identity of an individual by highlighting rifts in the poet’s and his father's relationship and identifying how they affected the poet’s identity.

In Czeslaw Milosz poem, “Ars Poetica?”, he reveals to the reader his opinion on the art of poetry. However, instead of praising the art form or the beauty of constructing an overall poem, he critical evaluates his dislike for its limited and depressing state. However, although the writer does not approve of all the aspects of poetry, he does have a belief towards its overall use. Throughout “Ars Poetica” the tone of the writer, his use of figurative language, and word choice in poem all contribute to his overall message.

-Concrete subjects are used to convey abstract feelings. The bounded feet with “marks and callouses” and the “asymmetrical cropped hair” are representatives of two different cultures. This literature device makes the essay more vivid and encourages readers to think.

The number 6 represented the question, How did style and subject interact. The number 1 represented “What questions has the essay left unsaid, and the number 10 says does the title reflect the theme of tenor of the essay’s concern. The second task of the assignment was to Perform at least three of the following tasks. I used 2, 13, and 9. Number 2 told me to rewrite the essay’s thesis in my own words. Number 13 told me to write in a short paragraph why the author’s essay was worth reading, and number 9 told me to note the most memorable, and to explain why. I chose to perform this specific task because it showed positive feedback, and complimented the writer on what he did well, and I believe that in order to provide great feedback you must have positive remarks to emphasis as well. I believed it was the most efficient way to peer review by having a set of

This paper will define imagery, metaphors, rhyme and structure and will also discuss the importance of figurative language in poetry and how it communicates to the reader.

Literary works provide one of the avenues through which people express their concern about matters of interest in the society. For example, “Facing It” by Yusef Kommunyakaa is a poetic response to the Vietnam War Memorial. The author uses the poem to highlight his feelings about the memorial that also shows his personal attachment to it. The title of the poem indicates his deep reflection on the event, and an attempt to express and confront the deep feelings he has about the Vietnam War. A close reading of the poem shows that the poet uses certain literary styles to achieve his aim. I will now give a brief introduction about the author.

The depiction of the characters is a vital aspect of Szymborska’s works. This is notable in the poems ‘Lot’s Wife’ and ‘The Terrorist, He's Watching’ (see Appendix 1). This depiction of the characters is influenced by many literary techniques, one being narrative voice. Narrative voice can be defined as the ‘eyes’ the reader sees a story through. This is separated into three distinct types: first, second and third person. First person is typically told from the perspective of the main character, second person addresses the main character as ‘you’ and third person refers to the characters as he or she. Third person can either be omniscient; knowing an unlimited amount of information about all characters, events and conflicts in the story, or

The poem Suicide Note, written by Janice Mirikitani (1987), talks about a young lady, who has studied in an Asian-American female college. The lady, unfortunately, committed suicide by jumping through her dormitory’s window. She left behind a note, citing reasons that led to her actions. After a critical analysis of the note, her parents were held responsible for her actions; they were pressurizing her to perform better in her exams. The poem, thus, describes the real feelings and the emotions of this young lady, who believes that committing suicide is the only option left to please her parents and to escape the enormous pressure placed on her. The persona uses voice in the poem to bring our attention to the sufferings she was going through, and that led to the devastating event. Voice in poetry is the strong words of a line, stanza or a page that creates a relationship between the audience and the persona. Voice can, therefore, be categorized as imagery, patterns of sounds created, rhythm, tone, and diction (Gahern 166). The following is a description of how the voice in Mirikitani’s suicide note helps the reader understand the persona’s reasoning.

Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most celebrated poets and some of her poems have been at the center of academic discussion for many years. One of her most famous poems includes ‘The Boy Died on My Alley’, which will particularly form the center of discussion in this study. The study will focus primarily on the critical analysis that helps to define and to unify the central argument. In addition, the study will also examine some of the aspects that make this poem unique and worthwhile. Moreover, the study will critically analyze the techniques used by the author, the arguments that are central to the piece and how these techniques help to define the importance of the literature.

Wislawa Szymborska's "The Kindness of the Blind" describes the challenge of reading a poem to a blind person. The poet is not the speaker, but the speaker knows what the poet is thinking as he reads the poem, allowing the reader to understand the poet's emotions. Initially, the poet is surprised by his own anxiety over reading the poem; he "did not suspect it was so hard" to read to a blind person (2). He is conscious of his own apprehension, and the speaker notes that "his voice is breaking/his hands are shaking"(3-4). The reader is left wondering why the poet is so nervous, and the speaker explains the source of the apprehension in line 5. Because his audience is a blind man, the poet feels that "here each sentence is put to the test of the dark" (5-6). He cannot rely on outside scenes or the listener's own mental images to enhance his writing; it is laid bare in front of him, causing him to critique his own

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The endless altering matters of society remain controversial among its many spectators; nevertheless, Wislawa Szymborska views these matters as vacuous dictations. Szymborska confronts her perspective of society through her recurrent theme of mockery and wit, in which cultivates a comical aspect of her poetry. The comical aspects throughout some of Szymborska’s poetry exploits the changing standards of society, the dictation that society places on an individual, the false sense of comfort that is provided by society, and the true state of oblivion that society resides in. This scrutinization of society remains within an underlying tone of ridicule and aversion, which is conveyed through Szymborska’s a vast amount of devices, such as juxtaposition,

In this literary analysis it is essential to compare and contrast Cathy Song’s poem “Heaven” and Bryan Thao Worra’s poem “Pen/Sword” to give the reader a better understanding of what the authors’ are conveying to their readers. The similarities in the style, word choice, and theme will be compared, along with the differences of style, word choice, and theme reflected throughout each poem. Furthermore, I will determine the meaning behind the broken up and/or the way the lines of each poem while describing why the lines are strategically placed throughout the pieces. This will allow me to identify the meaning that the authors’ are explaining to the reader. Each poet specifically writes to give the reader(s) a picture of what they are feeling and defining their emotion through their writing.

The choice of Anna’s perspective to be the main narrator throughout the novel, causes the reader to feel sympathy for her. As winter advances, Anna has more challenges to face, which are not as collective, descriptions change to be more focussed on her feelings. “It burns Anna’s face as she makes her way onward, back bent, dragging the heavy sledge”, here how the narrative voice is focussed on Anna facing the winter on her own is clearly shown. The words used highlight the effort Anna is facing as the phrase; “back bent” has a negative connotation as it suggest her body is facing downwards and “dragging” causes the audience to realise the physical pain she is suffering. The use of “burns” is contrasting the cold she is feeling, which is hyperbolized as it an excess of low temperature causes her face to feel burned. On the quotation the narrator gives visual, tactile and kinetic images in order to transmit the reader how the low temperatures and the hard effort were felt in most of the character senses, causing a realistic description of the suffering. Moreover, the function of the intradiegetic narrator in this case is to give a face and a name to the victims of the event taking place on Leningrad for the reader to feel a direct connection with the