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self, one can acquire it by acting negatively or positively, but negative attention brings punishment. Soto obtains his grandmothers attention at the end of the poem, but he may have regretted it. Gary Soto’s “Behind Grandma’s House” is a 1952 free verse poem that uses imagery to suggest the speaker’s perspective of the story. From the beginning of the poem, Soto depicts himself as a ten year old who wanted attention. He also depicts the era by which the setting of the poem is written. He states

“Facing West from California’s Shores” – an analysis with respect to world history When I read a poem, I get an idea of what the author is trying to convey. When I read it again, it touches something within. The more times a poem is read, the more it grows within, until its very idea takes ground in some part or other in our mind, and only then is it fully understood. But because we all have different holds for the poem to grab on to, we all come from different backgrounds and even different times

Satanic Verses: Proof of the Power of Speech Since it’s conception, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has created a slew of controversy, receiving bounds of both praise and animosity. The novel, that in one aspect depicts the perversion of religion and morality (namely the perversion of Islam), was intended to mainly personify the conflict of human metamorphosis. Because of it’s heavy and ambiguous message much of the Muslim world has interpreted the novel as a personal attack on the Islamic religion

Marianne Moore’s nature and artistic background contribute to her modernist style and is prominent in her poem “The Fish.” Marianne Moore wrote in the 1930’s, a decade of change. Moore is characterized as a writer who uses overall nature, art, life, modesty, and humor. Her writing is recognized by its descriptions, and observations of people, places, animals, and art. Her poems reflect the relationship between common and uncommon (“Marianne Moore” Poetry Foundation). Marianne Moore’s biographical

The poem, “You Know My Story”, is an excerpt from a larger poem, and novel, called Glass by Ellen Hopkins. The book is the second book in a series of three describing the rollercoaster life of Kristina Georgia Snow while on drugs. The free verse poetry books were very largely inspired by Hopkins’ daughter’s own drug addiction (Goodreads). Her daughter, Cristal was very much like Kristina from the story. She became addicted to the same drug as Kristina and even had a child that was later adopted by

In his first anthology of poems entitled “Song of Myself”, Walt Whitman reveals some of his views on democracy through the use of symbolism and free verse poetry. His use of symbolism and free verse poetry creates indeterminacy, giving the reader hints rather than answers about the nature of the poem. In the sixth part of “Song of Myself”, a child asks the narrator of the poem, “What is the grass?” (Whitman). Instead of simply giving an answer, the narrator cannot make up his mind, and stumbles

Walt Whitman is viewed as the father of free verse, in spite of the fact that he didn't concoct it. Free verse is verse without normal examples of rhyme, beat or meter. Note: free verse has musicality and meter. The example, nonetheless, is unpredictable. Beat is regularly made using other lovely gadgets, including redundancy, similar sounding word usage, and other sound gadgets. The type of Whitman's verse coordinates the substance. Whitman praises the flexibility of the individual and a festival

“The Wound-Dresser,” by Walt Whitman is a short free verse poem that was written in 1865. The poem consists of four sections and sixty-five lines. The setting of this poem is the nineteenth century around the time of the civil war. The children in the story ask the veteran to tell them some of his old war stories. The veteran then starts telling them of the many people he had treated. The veteran seems to be the narrator of this story. In this poem Whitman really directs the reader’s attention to

middle east during that time. However, there were also scholars who have criticized him and his preachings. There have been many forms of literature that depict Muhammad in a very vile and repulsive light such as Salman Rushdie’s novel, “The Satanic Verses”. Although he claims that his novel is a work of art, and should not be interpreted in a literal manner. However, I think that his novel insults Muhammad and is also offensive to Muslims as he uses several Islamic themes and allusions and degrades

“I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing” is a free verse poem written by Walt Whitman. The poem is about a memory the persona has regarding a solitary oak tree in Louisiana. The persona speaks quite highly of the oak tree and, in a sense, almost envies the oak tree because the oak tree is able to be alone. Essentially, the persona in the poem is lonely and wishes they could be more like the oak tree they are so fond of. This poem examines the topic of loneliness and displays the persona’s viewpoint