Poetry

How have three of the texts you have studied provided insight into the individual’s relationships to the urban landscape? The three texts; T. S Elite’s The Preludes poem, Jennifer Strauss’ Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram poem and the short story The , provide an insight into each individual’s relationship with the urban landscape through the underlying motif of urban alienation. The writers explore the alienating effect of city life as people are forced to suppress and hide their individual identity by conforming to societal expectations, as well as the

Idea of examining the universal nature of human despair and Isolation through their depiction off soulless, disconnected and oppressive society. T. S Eliot shows the alienating and disconnection with the urban landscape which Is explored In The Preludes as people are forced to suppress and hide their Individual Identity by conforming to societal expectations wealth city life. Eliot who was a modernist poet, revolted against traditional literary forms and subjects. About the decay of modern salvation, he shared the Ideas of pessimism, disillusionment and futility.

As a action to World War l, Eliot describes the metropolis as a place where people physically live, not emotionally live. Throughout the poem there is use of enjambment to render the contemporary disorder and lack of coherence of people’s daily lives in the modern city. Alliteration is skillfully used creating emphasis on the imagery of gusty and grimy and the harshness of the rain being described as ;beat on broken blinds’. The city itself is a metaphor or reflection of people’s daily lives and inner psyches as they become consumed within the landscape.

The second prelude deals tit the personal pain that is so well hidden which is metaphorically presented through the idea of a ‘masquerade’. This pain is shown to be an effect and common lifestyle of this broken city which is shared ‘in a thousand furnished rooms’. In Preludes three and four look at false pretences. Eliot uses the repetition of the conjunction ‘and’ to further emphasis the drabness of routine and the endless cycle of existence. There is a sense of prediction and pace through the times four and five and six o’ clock’ as if trapped in this mechanical routine.

People are in the deceitful inform of ‘certain certainties’ contained in monotonous activities like ‘fingers of stuffing pipes’. It ends with a sense of emptiness and a sense of searching. The Preludes addresses the need to break the “chains” or cycle of a personal fixation within the isolation as well as frustration of city life in order to create a stronger relationship with the urban environment. Similarly, “The Pedestrian” explores alienating effects of city life as people are forced to suppress and hide their Individual Identity by conforming to societal expectations, where the Individual lacks feeling of longing and connectivity. The Pedestrian” Is set AD 2053 In the dyspepsia future. Leonard Mean is the individual whoso Is at odds with his society as he who recognizes the world as soulless and. HIS world has no delve order and Is a futile, anarchic place – where the protagonists name Is also very average and ordinary. There Is a recurring motif of the dead. People are metaphorically described as deadened and zombie-Like or associated with the negative connotation of ;grey phantoms’ living In a monotonous and emotionless world.

People are trapped and locked inside tomb-like monotony attached with urban living as Leonard goes about his routine he says What’s up tonight on Channel 4, Channel 7 and Channel 9? Due to advances in technology, the city dwellers’ ability to think for themselves is lost as they become brainwashed and confined to their living rooms watching television, into a dehumidified state. The onomatopoeia and emotive terms Whispering… Murmurs’ are both associated with spying or secrets. This suggests Leonard is not conforming to the laws of his society.

The harshness and sterility of the robot’s ‘metallic’ voice idiotically repeats the questions directed to Leonard, asking Walking where? For what? As well the inability to understand his ‘profession’ shows an emotionless and artificial world taken over by ever developing technology. This is Juxtaposed between Lemonade’s warmth and humor where he replies with a smile ‘nobody wanted me’. Similarly with T. S Elite’s The Preludes, in The Pedestrian there are feelings of isolation and being misunderstood by the changing urban society where the world is isolating in cultural and individual identity through the suppressive and conformity.

Following the concept of the individual being psychologically “chained”, the Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram reflects Jennifer Strauss’ relationship with the urban landscape examined through the portrayal of an illegal alien, where she experiences displacement and anonymity in a foreign urban metropolis. The migrant woman is portrayed as one who ‘hunches’ while being described as ‘sweltering with twists in sweating hands’. Further embodying a sense of discomfort is through the rash alliteration of ‘s’.

We see the woman as being caught between two cultures; she becomes consumed by the city and forlorn in foreign words and voices’. The effective use of alliteration has a solemn tone which evokes a sense of hopelessness as they ‘echo’. Furthermore; there is a sense of desperation to understand situation. The migrant woman has to break through the language barrier to overcome a loss and lack of cultural identity. There is a threatening and uneasy tone established through the repetition of ‘Impossibly black… Luminosity obscure… Luminosity dark… Possibly departed’. This accumulates and creates an unsettled atmosphere while reflecting the individual’s confusion and isolation. This also relates to the women’s attire, standing out while being Juxtaposed with the sexualities nature of the ‘impudence of summer thighs/long arms and painted toenails’. This synecdoche may act as a mean to create emphasis on the two contrasting cultures and expose the reader through the notion of the feelings of displacement and complete alienation, which is what the migrant woman would be experiencing.

Strauss makes an allusion to Greek hydrology through her reference to the story of Theses and the Minotaur. The migrant woman’s almost ‘daunting’ and foreboding’ feat of making her navigation through an unknown culture alludes to Theses being sent and fed to the Minotaur. The migrant woman is ‘sacrificing herself to this newfound culture and leaving behind her past. The ‘blind beast’ may perhaps also signify the industrialized and modern-aged city, ‘devouring or consuming the newly arrived immigrants which correlates with the metaphor of ‘eating up men’.

The Preludes and The Pedestrian respond to the ideas shown in the Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram in providing an insight to Jennifer Strauss’ soulless, disconnected and oppressive relationship with the urban landscape. In the three texts, the readers are provided underlying motif of urban alienation. The ideas explored are when people are forced to suppress and hide their individual identity by conforming to societal expectations, as well as the idea of examining the universal nature of human despair and isolation through their depiction of a soulless, disconnected and oppressive society.

Maya Angelinos famous poem ‘Still I Rise’ Is an Intriguing poem that shows the poet’s point of view on many different Issues revolving around slavery and racism towards African-Americans. Maya Angelo was born on the 24th April, 1 928 and In 1978 she wrote the poem ‘Still I Rise’. She is known as the Global Renaissance Woman for being a warrior to earn equality, tolerance and peace.

She herself is an African-American Oman who experienced racial discrimination. Maya expresses her experiences towards these issues in her writing. Introduction Talk about the context of your poem, including: The poet’s life Important events in the time period If you are doing a song, you may play some of It. However, you must still read It as If It were a poem. Maya Angelo wrote this poem to show oppressors that no matter what they say or do, she will keep rising up.

She gives a message to all African-Americans to have argue and confidence, to stand up to their oppressors and display to them that they are proud of whom they are. Audience and purpose The tone of the poem suggests that she is determined to get to where she wants to go and that she is proud and sure of what she is doing. The repetition of ‘I rise’ conveys that she will rise higher than the oppressor and challenge him to keep her down. But, the fact that It’s repeated shows that she has to do it more than once and it makes you feel frustrated and sorry for her.

She also Inspires you with her resistance to prove her point and you feel triumphant when she finally gets there. Talk about the mood and tone of the poem. Use evidence from the poem to make your points. Quatrains are used for most of the poem with a rhyme scheme of ABACA which makes this poem is a ballad. But, in the last stanza it changes to emphasis the idea that she will rise. She writes, ‘Up from a past that’s rooted in pain, I rise’ and then later on in the stanza ‘Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear, I rise’.

Here she is saying that he will move on and forget her struggles and misfortunes and become a new person who will be Jubilant and untroubled. Talk about the structure and form of the poem. Does It have a rhyme scheme? What Is Its meter (rhythmic pattern)? (such as assonance, alliteration, meter) are used? Maya leaves no spaces for anyone else’s voice but her own. She silences all of her oppressors and shows them that she Whose point of view is represented in the poem? Whose voice is heard? Whose voice is silenced? Conclusion Sum up the overall message of the poem.

Artist: Maya Line There are one out of four roles that every artist could play and the one that I believe Maya Line plays is “Artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place”. I believe that this is how I have see her portrayed in this film because all of the landmarks and monuments that she had made were all so great due to the personal factor of having the historical names and times written on them.

One of the greatest accomplishments/landmarks she has made was the titian veterans memorial. She made it so simplistic yet powerful due to the great way she personalized it. She made it more personal by having all the full names written out chronologically by the year they were killed. This gave the families and the veterans more peace since everyone was recognized for what they have accomplished by serving our country. One more really great monument she had created was her civil rights memorial.

That memorial showed all of the history and moments that happened through the times of the civil rights movement and she also add it a platform where she was able to put water . The reason behind this was that she wanted people to be able to touch it and feel such a connection with It especially when the water started moving direction due to the touches it was getting. Maya Line was an artist/ architect that always wanted all of her work to have some sort of significance or personality.

She Is an artist that makes a visual record of Important or significant events and adds a touch or such simplicity to where people could easily feel a connection to her work. She was not so appreciated when her design for the eternal memorial was chosen but when It was really put up everyone realized that the simplicity and chronological order Is what made people so emotionally connected / honored by It. These are the reasons why I believe that she Is an artist that makes visual records or times, places, and events of their time and place.

One this I notices was such a big thing that was Inspiring a lot of the art she made was water. I believe she said It had a timelessness about It that made It so continuous and light I do believe the personal touch she adds to each piece of art she creates which to me makes her a better artist. By Jasmine 2 that she wanted people to be able to touch it and feel such a connection with it of significance or personality.

She is an artist that makes a visual record of important veterans memorial was chosen but when it was really put up everyone realized that the simplicity and chronological order is what made people so emotionally connected / honored by it. These are the reasons why I believe that she is an artist this I notices was such a big thing that was inspiring a lot of the art she made was water. I believe she said it had a timelessness about it that made it so continuous

Lee is unafraid to show emotion, especially when writing about his father or his wife. The images Lee finds, such as the rose and the apple, can refer to the life-p off human. Life (on the tree branch), falling off tree (Life- p), then how death Is portrayed by using the ground as the end of life. Even his father’s blindness and death can become beautiful. From what I gathered from the poems in Rose, was Lee grew up in a strong tight-knit family environment.

He is not afraid to describe is feelings with colorful adjectives, and has a powerful relationship with his mother and father throughout his poems. It is clear that Lee grew up in an atmosphere where there is a certain level of humility, love of speech, from where he also searched for wisdom understanding. Lie-Young Lee’s poems are very beautiful and meditative. The way that Lee captures love & longing, subtle forms of love, nuances of parental relationships, and the sadness and reflection that makes it meaningful and thought provoking to the reader.

Lee draws on his own life experience in such a way that readers will wonder if he is ring to extract those experiences from his inner self. While these poems are deeply personal, they are also universal in their appeal. Like a child who possesses a sensual, adult relationship with the world, Lie-Young Lee shines with an open gentleness and delicate Iverson 2 sensitivity. Nothing escapes his keen eye and, as he so greatly illustrates, the greatest art is all around us. Lee’s poetry results in a clarification or awakening of feelings that summon the reader’s desire to examine his or her feelings, and by examining them, express them.

Therefore, by reaching into our own self-awareness, we are able to eek redemption. We forgive ourselves. Young Lee’s poetry is lucid in the way he captures the details of living with accuracy and tenderness, it moves the reader to awe . Lee reveals the way our families create who we are in a manner that heals the reader and makes us examine our own lives. Lee often writes about his father and his own attempt to understand his connection to him and the heritage bestowed on him. Lee also uses many forms of symbolism throughout his work. For example, in “Dreaming of Hair,” the hair is an evil thread of death.

This Lee sees the simple image of his father braiding his mother’s hair. Lee’s work is filled with these varying symbolic representations of the ordinary. This is one of things that make his work so unique and interesting. The poetry of Lie-Young Lee consists of simple forms that create a natural and earthy feel for the reader. The symbolism and imagery in his work comes from the deep well of experience and Lee writes in a style that gives the reader a sense of his urgency – almost as if Lee is trying to purge himself from what lies within him. Because of this, Rose is a very interesting and thought provoking read.

This poem is written in free verse, separated into four stanzas each with a varying number of lines and syllables. There is no precise rhyming pattern, but there Is a pattern within the usage of words. The speaker uses bodily words such as palm, hands, face, and head at the ends of lines In the second stanza when describing, In the literal form, when the speaker Is talking about the experience he went through getting the metal sliver pulled from his palm.

The speaker repeats those words when he Is describing performing the same process on his wife; remaining Just as calm ND tender as his father was with him. This poem follows a sequence of events, almost Like a timeline. This Is true for the literal reading as well as the metaphorical reading of the poem. The “gift” that Is passed down from the speakers father to him, and then utilized on his wife, Is a life lesson. At the age of seven, the speaker takes mental notes of his father and the actions that he made, and uses them when he Is about 20 years older.

This poem acts as the path the speaker had to take to get where he is today. The entire poem follows a route; gradually the speaker goes wrought life learning from his father. This has one exception: the third stanza. This stanza, directly in the middle of the poem, acts as a dividing line between the younger and older years of the speakers’ life. It has 7 lines, (also the age of the speaker in the beginning) and it also doesn’t really flow in the poem.

The 2 stanzas prior talk about what happened to him when he was 7, and then the last line of the 3rd stanza and the last stanza talk about life when the speaker was approximately 20 years older. In my opinion this was a smart decision to have these sections divided cause it shows how there is a difference between learning something and using it to your advantage later on. The central metaphor for this poem is that the “gift” that the speakers’ father passes down to him is a life lesson. The speaker learns this lesson at an early age and uses it throughout the rest of his life.

The “metal splinter” is a problem that the speaker has faced once when he was a child and that his wife faced later on. The gift that his father passes onto him is the solution to that returning problem. His father teaches him the solution to this obviously important problem and cherishes it. When the speaker says, “l did what a child does/ when he’s given something to keep,” it’s clear that the speakers’ father wanted his son to have and use this lesson as much as the speaker wanted to be seen as an Image of his father.

Explication: the gift BY Nannette Explication #2 “The Gift” By Lie-Young Lee number of lines and syllables. There is no precise rhyming pattern, but there is a hands, face, and head at the ends of lines in the second stanza when describing, in he literal form, when the speaker is talking about the experience he went through he is describing performing the same process on his wife; remaining Just as calm almost like a timeline.

This is true for the literal reading as well as the metaphorical reading of the poem. The “gift” that is passed down from the speaker’s father to him, and then utilized on his wife, is a life lesson. At the age of seven, the speaker takes mental notes of his father and the actions that he made, and uses them when he is and use this lesson as much as the speaker wanted to be seen as an image of his

The boy at the window Eng 125 January 10, 2012 Poetry it is a very real thing as well as emotional. Many people use poetry to write love poems, or even about certain things like in the poem “The Boy at the window” (Richard Wilbur). In this poem it shows a lot of emotions as I will discuss in the paragraphs to follow. Poems also are funny or scary. Poems really can be about whatever you want them to be about. He states in his audio that his five year old son was upset that his father didn’t invite the snowman in and make him comfortable.

The imaginative language of this poem was very interesting. When I first went through and read the poem to myself it seemed as if he was portraying the poem to be very sad. Having a snowman melt away is a very sad thing for a child and at times they really don’t understand why they are there one day and then gone the next. When I listened to the poem in the audio version it kind of was meant as humor in parts of it. It seemed to really come to life when you could hear people laughing in the back ground and to hear how he read it.

Figurative language is used in this poem as well a few times. When he states “the pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes” instead he could have said something simple like the snowman with the coal eyes. I believe this language is used in many poems to make the poems unique. I think that a poem that throws a little twist in it is something that is very interesting. Irony is also characterized in this poem. The five year old boy expects that the snowman is always going to be there but what really happens is that he melts away.

This is irony because it is shows something that was expected and then something totally different occurs. I had to read the poem several times and listen to before I really understood the different elements that were in it. At least it took some time to really figure the elements that fit good to this poem. There really could be more but I think that the ones that I chose fit really well. The elements in this poem did not affect my opinion on the content of the poem.

My opinion of the poem wouldn’t change no matter the element. I found it somewhat a challenge to pin point three particular elements when reading the poem because I think that there could be many. When I found one element that fit it right then I really had to think about how it worked with it and so on. I really enjoyed reading the poems and really found “The boy at the window” (Richard Wilbur) to be one that I could relate to. When I was a kid I would build snowman all the time and then wonder why they would go away.

Then you got the song Frosty the snowman which actually if you listen to the lyrics they are actually pretty sad when you get thinking about it. I am now put in the same situation when building a snowman with my son and have to explain what goes on when building a snowman. References Ashford University Journey into literature Ashford University library  e-library Copyright of Computational & Mathematical Methods in Medicine is the property of Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Literary Essay of “Out, Out –“ A Poem by Robert Frost Katrina Good South University Online Literary Essay of “Out, Out –“a Poem by Robert Frost The poem, “Out, Out –“ by Robert Frost (1916) uses many narrative elements, a few of them being the setting and characters along with climax and resolution to tell this sad story. Frost references William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”  as the title of this poem as a way to portray to the reader that there is a feeling of sadness or even death approaching in the words to follow. This analysis will convey how the narrative elements express the poem’s main theme of a young boy’s life being extinguished while doing the work of a man. As one reads “Five mountain ranges one behind the other Under the sunset far into Vermont”, the sense of being out in the wilderness becomes placed within one’s mind. The reader can visualize how far from civilization the characters seem to be. Knowing how far the characters would have to travel in case of an emergency seems to become planted in the back of the reader’s mind. Equally as important are the characters of Frosts’ poem. The first character playing a main “role” is the buzz saw. Frost uses words to describe the saw-like “snarled”, “rattled” and “leaped” to give life to the inanimate object, thus making it one of the main characters of the poem. Identically important would be the role of the boy. By writing, “Call it a day, I wish they might have said To please the boy by giving him the half hour That a boy counts so much when saved from work”, Frost shows the age or at least the mindset of the boy. He [the boy] would like to be off work half an hour early to enjoy being his self, a boy. Instead, he is denied his early release from his work and continues sawing, eventually falling victim to the buzz saw.

Additionally, there is the character of the boys’ sister. Frost seems to imply that the sister, telling the workers that it was time for supper, seemed to cause the boy to lose control of his buzz saw; hence causing the accident. Despite the implied cause, Frost then has the boy begging his sister, “Don’t let him cut my handoff. The doctor when he comes. Don’t let him, sister! ”. The boy seemingly not knowing, probably due to shock, that his hand has already been severed. With this in mind, the climax and resolution are stated quite clearly. Frost portrays the climax as “He must have given the hand. However it was, Neither refused the meeting. But the hand! ”, meaning that the boy had severed his hand. In turn, this leads to, “And then the watcher at his pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened to his heart. Little less nothing and that ended it”. Frost stated the resolution as equally clear as the climax; the boy had succumbed to his wounds. In summary, Frost uses the narrative elements to tell the sad story of the untimely death of a young boy from doing the work of a grown man. His writing is so clear and vivid that the reader is drawn into the vast countryside in Vermont to witness such a sad tale of loss. The reader can almost see the events as they are unfolding.

Reference

1. Frost, R, “Out, Out “ (1916), Nadell, Judith, Langan, John, Comodromos, and Eliza A.
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