It is 12:20 in New York a Friday
poem is engraved with time stamps that create a diary like feeling.
It is 12:20 in New York a Friday
poem is engraved with time stamps that create a diary like feeling.
The Day Lady Died
the poem capture spur of the moments which creates a confusing and unexpected journey, however organized to the specific time stamp or date. The poem also has many refences to historical events or things that occured. the poem is does this to create homage of life in new york 1959.
NEW WORLD WRITING
references a publication of poetry
What did you learn here? (Old Man House)
the poem is written a bit differently than a typical poem it breaks the laws of poetry and is resembled to a newspaper column
the room smelled heavy from drinking
He also talks about the affects of the industrial revolution
Come gather ’round friends And I’ll tell you a tale
close to a iambic tetrameter with high and low notes being alternated.
I am in love with it,
talks about the infatuations of being alive being present in the moment.
distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it.
Whitman evokes feelings of being present in the poem by playing on ones senses of smell, the through of a sunny cold winter day comes to mind
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,
used in the poem to identify the meaning of everyone being equal
A few light kisses, a few embraces, a reaching around of arms,
dialectically is a play on words as he brings in raw sexual tension of being loved, brings in the physical feeling and characteristics of love
Voices
layers the meaning of the poem with different voices that are in play socially, the voices of depression, love, affection conciousness.
loft,
use of tounge with old english
nous devons nous lever et agir!
stair like poem cause the reader to pause when reading and emphasize each line. it also creates a sense of a journey through a story as the poem continues this is seen again where to the poem cause a visual effect that allows the readers to pay more attention
The Kingfishers
plays a significance in terms of ones stature and wealth, was once traded like currency and was known as a commodity. Like the feather it brings into context the idea of how things in history comes and goes as commodities.
If You're So Smart, Why Ain't You Rich?
has a theme of contrasting with the reference point of life and death. lines in this poem is also not joined together and is fragmented creating the illusion that the voice for this poem is related to being broken or longing for more in life
What good? What worth? Dying!
this line put emphasis on what in life is worth living for as juxtapose life and death.
Orange against pink and green
the use of colours in this poem embody the idea of life not being the perfect colour, ones life is a shade of multiple colours blended in and it uncontrollable.
ambergris
one of the most expensive ingredients in perfume making not use in all perfumes
black
Authour uses different ways to connote the skin colour of one
ebony
origins come from Greek, language to denote a dark black tree, ebenos was the origin word (oxford dictionary)
ebony
creates an emotional effect as the world has cultural weight when drawn to the connection of the author it can be seen as a way in heritage of identity.
He did a lazy sway . . . He did a lazy sway . . .
writer did the repetition of this phrase to make the reader repeat the saying but in a different voice/tone. doing this create an effect to the poem musically, and tactically on the tonge creates new meaning when said differently the second time
To Autumn
reflects on the issue of time passing as season change, the poem create immagery of the season changing simmilarly how life goes on anc changes . also talks about the idea of maturity and decay to remind the reader in the beauty of life
Baby Please Don't Go
one guitar with one voice in an empty room that echo's creates a lonely distinct effect in the video, the song personifies the genera of the blues which is sorrow, lost and overcoming hardship. it is raw almost country like with a reference to the country of America and its promise of alienation for black induvials
aby, please don't go Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go, down to New Orleans You know I love you
the use of baby please dont go in the first verse as well as "turn down your lamp dow low" in the second verse keeps the rythum of the song on track, the words themselves are sung in a sincere way. the stress put on these chorus words also starts the introduction of the theme of the song. relating to the song and the harship that he was facing with imprisonment
Who killed the most Latinos
this paragraph is like the poem it is very direct in an indirect way meaning it is blaming a party directly without stating who that party is
Who say Dahmer wasn’t insane
makes note of an important time of history of a white person mass murdering those of colour and who are gay. also takes into accountability of the justice system and white induvial
Who own the oil Who do no toil Who own the soil
rhythmic scheme that is followed by harsh rhythmic scheme to point out who and create emphasis on the poem
Who st
once again making note of history in america and the actions of accountability that have not been taken by who is to blame.
Who
the who's in the start of the sentences for majority of the lines creates a rhythm while also questions who is responsible the who become oblivious as one reads the poem but creates emphasis on the who
poor thing poor thing poor thing
emphasis or repetition brings the reader to understand the authours feelings and remorse for the dead animal also talks about the death of animals and the nature of the life
Our ivory needles, otter pelts, mat creasers, our dances. What else do you remember dreaming of?
harsh tone of the reality and the mystery of what people think indigenous culture and life is about. also create imagery or religious practices.
woolly dog
piece of cultural teaching and practices that is extinct now due to the genocide of the indigenous culture and spirituality
He’d have God for his father, and never want joy.
makes a point of religion as he is against it
The
ABAB rhyme scheme head said bare hair the poem also talks about the lost of innocence
Weep! weep! weep! weep!’
emphasis on the nature of the poem where children's innocence is being stepped from them. also give physical dialogue that the children are crying
The Little Boy Lost
AABB rhyme scheme going, fast boy lost.
mire
refers to a child trapped in a dangerous situation symbolically used for emotional despair.
Father, father, where are you going
repittion and opening of the line creates a sense of urgency for the father to respond to his little boy
Sea, and hill, and wood,
put emphasis in the poem by breaking conventional rhythms. the poem also describes the nature around them.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
alliteration of "m" and "s"
coffee sickness,
emotion way to describe the feeling of being tired in life. the reflection of adulthood life
affair after
Alliteration
diseases, doldrums,
Alliteration
Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person'd God
The theme of the poem is a juxtaposition of freedom and submission. it is a submission to god for freedom.
usurp'd town
Middle English means to have a town defeated by an enemy.
Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
this line written by the author creates emphasis it create a vivid imagine in the audiences mind while also entices the reader for more.
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
broken Iambic pentameter as break blow burn are stressed
Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you
Iambic pentameter
break, blow, burn
Alliteration with the "B" sounds
Delight in Disorder
the poem is 8syallables with 14 structured like a sonnet. the poem also has a playful tone.
disorder in the dress
Alliteration on the d in disorder and dress.
Ribands
Middle English language used for ribbon.
wantonness;
Middle English word it means to have lack of care of bad behavior
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
8 syllables with 4 feet.
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
abab thyme scheme thw word rose bud is a reference to a young woman
the worse, and worst
it put emphasis that life and time is ongoing things can move from bad to worse
You may forever tarry.
Seize the day theme to the poem as it urges the reader to size on the opportunity that is presented and to also act quickly "you may forever tarry" ending line means that time fades and you will not always be in the best shape in life.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun
Iambic Tetrameter the line has eight syllables
architect,
common theme of appraisal that makes the poem persuasive, an architect, and a creator is used to describe god and how the world is made.
eternal lord,
persuasive as there are many adj to refer to god as such. it is also the first old English that is highly connected and representative to religious Christianity beliefs system. the eternal lord someone who is always going to be there I higher being.
the
repetition of "the" or "we" sound is used in the poem rhythmically to create an effect of personal possession of things a person belief.
we
repititon of "the" "we" sound
We Have Trees Now
the poem is free verse and does not stick to a certain stanza there is not fixed meter in the poem as well, simillarly to the themes of the poem the way the poem is structure is a reflection of the theme of the poem freedom.
Because we can, we keep saying, because we can.
The repetition of the word because we can creates the understanding to the reader that sometimes we reflect back on our previous experiences and convince ourselves that we are right. it is persuasive to the reader as it brings a common relatable understanding to context while playing with human emotions.
Cavernous and cloudless,
alliteration of the letter C sound it also juxtapostion as cloudless would refer to free open skies while cavernous creates the idea of something being big and dark.
We
the repetition of we is used to create an emphasis that the author of the poem is relatable to the reader and the average person. it also creates a rhythm in the poem