Cultures come and go like the wind yet they leave behind small remains as they go. These remains are our ancestors, their traditions, and our history; And ultimately, they shape us into who we are and who we become. N. Scott Momaday, a Native American, wrote “The Way to Rainy Mountain” (1969) in which he argues that people must find themselves by retracing their past away from busy American life. He uses sensory detail, poetic elements, personification, symbolism, and an oxymoron to display the self
Words: 993 - Pages: 4
Your state of mind while going through life is a strange thing; always changing based on the behavior of the people you associate yourself with. Usually, when people think about how they acted in the past, they find their decisions or actions a bit embarrassing. The speaker of poem George Bilgere seems to capture this way of thinking while also being thoughtful or even philosophical. The poem revolves around the thoughts of what appears to be a dazed early adult looking back on her previous escapades
Words: 570 - Pages: 3
Due to change in time and place or setting, many aspects of the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park are affected, aspects like the character salva, theme, and mood are all affected. First, the setting can affect Salva in many ways. As some examples, it can change him physically, mentally, emotionally. While Salva and the group are walking through the Akobo desert,“Salva stubbed his bare toe on a rock, and his whole toenail came off. The pain was terrible. Salva tried to bite his lip, but
Words: 674 - Pages: 3
In the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph, the use of diction, imagery, and syntax convey the speaker's negative attitude towards being forced to act in an uptight, "civilized" manner at all times so as to be a successful adult and role model for children. The choice to use words such as "gobble", "hoard", and "slippers" give the poem a whimsical tone that characterizes the narrator as someone who appreciates being able to laugh at life and do what they enjoy. The narrator wishes to be able to do things
Words: 381 - Pages: 2
“Musee des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden artistically orchestrates to his audience some unfortunate realities of everyday people. In the poem “Musee des Beaux Arts” the audience can grasp imagery of how people proceed through their “busy” life and ignore fellow people who suffer. Although the painting of Icarus falling into the sea was a past artwork that “Musee des Beaux Arts” was based off of, Auden universalized the truth that this poem was presenting. The truth that tragedy and suffering occur in
Words: 576 - Pages: 3
People, being bombarded with information about war doesn’t necessary increases the sympathy and empathy towards it. As a matter of fact, it seems to be that war has become norm, desensitized and inevitable for our nation. From my point of view, war poetry can significantly help readers visualize the conditions and emphasize with the soldiers’ experiences of war. The content, message
Words: 1051 - Pages: 5
Summer Lilies “Good night, sweet prince prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” I quoted Hamlet with a bitter heart as I placed the tiny body into its final resting place. My words were followed by clouded silence. The sunny, vibrant May afternoon couldn’t have contrasted more with the mood of the moment. The blissful melodies of ecstatic birds, the breeze that gently blew a wave of heat around where my sister and I stood in melancholy vigil, the whole cheer of that spring day made
Words: 972 - Pages: 4
In pieces of literature male characters tend to have an enthusiastic response for showing affection for a female. The song “Michelle” is by Sir Paul McCartney. The song is about two lovers but the woman speaks French and the man says to her the only words he knows in French. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is about two lovers set in the 1300. Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 is about how Romeo is so amazed at how this one woman is more beautiful than everyone else at the
Words: 287 - Pages: 2
love and the fervent emotion love can elicit. The poem insinuates that through loss and rejection it is plausible to want the best for the person because those intense feelings still linger beyond heartbreak. Warren strategically uses elements of poetry such as speaker, form, diction and tone, images, and symbols to develop a theme that resonates with humanity. The first stanza of the poem suggests that the speaker has developed strong feelings for someone. The speaker can hear his “heart rave in
Words: 296 - Pages: 2
Anthony Moore and William Shakespeare convey the same tone against unneeded violence in "The Dogs of War" and Julius Caesar; they address the same uncaring humanistic qualities occurring around them, although they live in different eras with different events influencing their disappointment in the modern day. In "The Dogs of War," for instance, Moore embeds his emotion in the lyrics towards warfare and that "with no cause, we don't discriminate" as violence doesn't need to be used to solve problems
Words: 264 - Pages: 2
