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The Use of Poetic Language in Everyday Use by Alice Walker
Everyday Use
language
Narration
Poetry
By reading Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” the reader sees poetic language throughout the entire short story. With her use of poetic language, Walker confronts the dynamics of a Black American family, “Everyday Use” gives a portrayal of strong, single black woman who raised her daughters independently. Walker deepens the descriptions in this story by intertwining…
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Sprung Rhythm and “The Windhover” Analysis
Literature
Poetry
Gerard Manley Hopkins was both a Jesuit priest and a poet. His poem,“The Windhover” covers only a tiny span of time, the few seconds that the kestrel hangs in the air as it seeks its prey. The moment leaves the narrator breathless. Hopkins brings the reader into the moment with his use of sprung rhythm. …
Poetry Analysis: “Conjoined” vs “Most Like an Arch This Marriage”
Marriage
Poetry
Poetry Analysis: “Conjoined” versus “Most Like an Arch This Marriage” People often dream of finding the perfect soul mate…a special someone with similar hopes and goals for their future. They dream of someone to share the good and bad times with them. They dream of a person that will love them unconditionally until death parts…
Tables Turned Analysis
Nature
Poetry
Science
The Tables Turned The Tables Turned The Tables Turned William Wordsworth UP! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun, above the mountain’s head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has…
Andrea del Sarto (Called ‘The Faultless Painter’) Short Summary
Heaven
Poetry
Sea
Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning This dramatic monologue is narrated by Renaissance painter Andrea del Sarto to his wife Lucrezia. They live in Florence. Andrea begs Lucrezia that they end a quarrel over whether the painter should sell his paintings to a friend of his wife’s. He acquiesces to her wish and promises he…
‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling Analysis
Literature
Poetry
The poem ‘If’ is directed to Kipling’s son, and is a message to him on his route to manhood. This is seen in the very last line of the poem, when Kipling writes: “And- which is more- you’ll be a Man, my son!” The poem is about setting goals, taking risks, being a leader and…
Spellbound Explication
Literature
Poetry
Spellbound, by Emily Bronte, is a poem about the powers of a force beyond human control. This force captivates and lures a person despite the possibility of being put in an adverse situation. Emily Bronte effectively captures this emotion in her poem which is just three stanzas and only four lines a piece. In each…
Astrophil and Stella Analysis
Beauty
Love
Poetry
Sir Philip Sidney’s poem entitled Astrophil and Stella is about a man who longed for a woman but is impossible to possess because the woman named Stella is already married. Astrophil, the narrator once kissed Stella and hoped for another time to kiss and touché her but it did not happened. He tried to…
The Use of Symbolism in the Literature of Harlem Renaissance Authors
Culture
Harlem Renaissance
Hope
Poetry
When drafting a poem in an influential time period, a writer has many things to think about before diving into the stages of drafting They, of course, have to think about the topic, but they also have to think about how their poem, and if they want, how it proves or enlightens the individuals that…
Summary of 10 Mary Street by Peter Skrzynecki
Literature
Poetry
Peter Skrzynecki, born in 1945 in Germany, is of Polish/Ukrainian background. Shortly before the end of World War II, he immigrated to Australia with his parents in 1949. The majority of Skrzynecki’s poems revolve around his life and the adjustments he has faced since relocating to a new country. Following the move, in 1951, his…
| description | The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly. |
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| quotations | “All poets, all writers are political. “Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” —Virginia Woolf. “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove. |
| information | Founded: January 1, 2003 Headquarters location: Chicago, IL Key people: Michelle Boone, President Formerly called: Modern Poetry Association |
