1. Literary Genre: Dystopian Fiction
(Balance sharp-edged critical analysis with personal impression.) ... Poetry To analyze poetry: - Title - Paraphrase: to put something in your own words after the first read through - Connotation: the actual/true meaning, examining literary devices - Attitude: author's perspective (tone/diction/imagery) - Shift: key words, punctuation, stanza division, length, change in sound - Title Revisited: 2nd impression/proper understanding - Theme: love, betrayal, lost love (the poet's perspective/ideas) Commentary Organization - Introduction - Brief background of the poet - Inform...
Critical analysis on American literature I analyzed a selected poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson titled "Bacchus" written in 1847. In this poem I believe that he accurately depicted a metaphorical piece about everyone buying into things that weren't worth buying into, and jading their chance to boost ...
The poem "Thatcher" by Seamus Heaney is taken from a collection of the "Door into the Dark". At first glance, this poem is about a man coming to fix a thatch roof. The text is divided into four stanzas with four lines each. The first two stanzas carry an enjambment into the third to accentuate the ...
The critical readings of Helen Gardner and M.E. ... Through intense analysis, it is evident that Donne's use of stylistic devices are recognized more than meaning, only to a certain extent. ... The poems "Batter My Heart" and "The Sunne Rising" as well as the critical readings of Helen Gardner and M.E. ...
Jason Nichols' poem "Our Generation" was written in early February 2014. Nichols was 14 and in eighth grade at the time he wrote the poem. The title "Our Generation" simply brings in readers to see what the speaker has to say. The poem starts off with heavy critique of today's generation. The meanin...
Death is tragic and influences powerful emotions in people. In the poem "Auto Wreck" by Karl Shapiro, he conveys the unpredictability and grimness of death while probing for a deeper meaning of it within himself as well. Shapiro's usage of imagery in conjunction with figurative language is a key element in getting the theme of death across to the reader. Shapiro wants his readers to vividly picture the accident as if he/she was there to see it. He uses profound imagery words and phrases to do so. ...
D.H. Lawrence was a well-established writer and even now he has many fans. He wrote many works, which included the poem "Elemental", "My Naughty Book", and "Rose Of All The World". D.H. Lawrence was seen as eccentric as a young man due to his lack of work and love for literature. Elemental is defi...
To My Books is structured into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet and is written in iambic pentameter. Norton uses the sonnet's structure, rhyme, punctuation and use of diction to create a vehicle for her appreciation of books. The rhyming pattern is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The three quatrains are used to express Norton's appreciation for the books, she then summarises these feelings using the rhyming couplet. This simple rhyming pattern encourages the reader to recite the sonnet slowly creating a "tranquil" tone. ...