At the end of the poem there is a slight reinforcement of the mother's grasp for control. ... Therefore, from the beginning of the poem the reader is shown a loss of emotional control felt by the parent in the poem. ... The poem ends with a reference to; "still I am fighting you off", reinforcing a loss of parental control as they're relationship is not developing or progressing. ... The last line of the poem; "As you ask me to skate in the dark" Shows the mother gaining a bit of control as her daughter asks permission to skate. ... The form and structure of the ...

• Word Count: 613
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. From reading the poem, it's clear that the narrator left his family to pursue an identity of his own, and the first line of the poem suggests that he isn't happy about having to return home out of obligation as the oldest child. ... Another poem that touches on identity and social expect...

• Word Count: 2322
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the poem progresses the tone of each stanza slowly goes from being optimistic to desperate. ... Peter Skrzynecki's poem "10 Mary St" also shows that change must happen, but that it is also inevitable. The poem talks about the narrator's life in the house where he and his family lived and kept "pre-war Europe alive" for nineteen years. ... In this poem the narrator speaks about his perspective of his father, and his lack of understanding of him and his polish culture. ... The poem is written from the viewpoint of the migrant inhabitants staying at the Migrant Hostel. ...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Peter Skrzynecki's poems, "10 Mary Street," and, "Feliks Skrzynecki," are two texts exploring belonging and different meanings through language techniques. ... Skrzynecki's poem, "Feliks Skrzynecki," explores the concept of belonging. ... This theme of not belonging is represented strongly in Peter Skrzynecki's poems. ...

• Word Count: 642
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Strung throughout the poem, these examples demonstrate that Theodore Roethke, by omitting concise descriptions, has created two widely different interpretations of the poem. ... Instead, he carefully constructed his imagery using similes that widen the possible interpretations of the poem, creating a personal experience for each reader. ...

• Word Count: 652
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Felix Skrzynecki" is a poem filled with admiration, regret, detachment and compassion. ... Peter Skrzynecki poem "10 Mary Street" also encapsulates the distresses of changes in perspectives the poet and his family undergo due to the migrant experience. ... Throughout the poem, reference to the "china-blue" house acts as an extended metaphor, symbolizing the parents" desire to preserve their European heritage and culture, allowing them an escape from reality. ... As the family becomes "naturalized", a sense of loss overshadows the poem - a loss of cultural background, of heritage, becomes evid...

• Word Count: 1749
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Secondly, the authors transitions between third-person to first-person throughout the poem give readers a better overall understanding of the story. ... Thirdly, foreshadowing is also a key device which shows the readers the irony and satire of the entire poem. ...

• Word Count: 760
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the poem Nikki-Rosa by Nikki, the narrator reflects back on her youthful life which was full of poverty but full of happiness at the same time. ... In kitty's poem "a Chinese banquet: for the one who was not invited", the narrator receives no support from her mother and neither does her mother offer a listening ear to what the narrator has to say. ...

• Word Count: 1143
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the 1890's America was characterized by strict social codes, both spoken and unspoken. Nineteenth century American women were expected to find their strength and meaning of self in their submissive state and in their dedication to home and family. The Awakening is a novel about the growth...

• Word Count: 1248
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a church recitation, Maya cannot bring herself to remember the lines of an Easter poem beyond the first two, which seem to her to express her constant state of temporariness as a displaced orphan and humiliated outcast. ...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The famous television actor Bill Cosby stated, "For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked" (Motivational Quotes). Cosby's statement still has meaning today. While the Vatican (the papal government) forbids the Pope and ...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate