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  1. Nov 2024
    1. 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.

    1. 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

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    1. 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

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. Voices

      layers the meaning of the poem with different voices that are in play socially, the voices of depression, love, affection conciousness.

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    1. 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

    2. 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.

    1. 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

    2. 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.

    1. 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.

    2. 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

    1. 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

    1. 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

    2. 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

    1. 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

    2. 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

    3. 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

    4. 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

  4. Sep 2024
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    1. 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

    1. 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.

    1. 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

    1. 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

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    1. 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.

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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