Poetry Analysis Essay

people to get involved, whether it’s the soldier themselves or the family and friends of the soldiers. This can be devastating because war is hard on more people than just the soldiers. Most of these effects can be looked at through pictures, writing, poetry, and all other forms of expression. Although Donald Bruce Dawe and Wilfred Owen, the writers of the war poems Homecoming and Dulce Est Decorum Est, have completely different stylistic characteristics, both of them effectively use literary…

Poems are majorly filled with content that has an underlying meaning opposed to what is initially perceived.Simon Armitage is able to describe an experience of an old friend committing suicide to the audience in his poem “The Shout” through the use of allegories and metaphors along with intentional line breaks to assist this point. The poem “The Shout,” strategically commences by alluding to the fact that the boy the author is describing was someone that he did not remember or know well,…

In the poem “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins, the speaker of the poem is in a sort of teaching role as he/she speaks to what is assumed to be a class. The speaker gives instructions using imagery on how to enjoy and correctly examine a poem, but the class only wants to determine the meaning. The multiple uses of imagery describe how those being spoken to in the poem (and those reading the poem) are to explore, understand, and enjoy all poetry. Without the imagery that Collins applies in…

Pre-Independence Indian English Poetry: Origins, and Predominant Themes and Styles The emergence of Indian writing in English has a long history which dates back to the colonial times when English used to be the language of British rulers and a few aristocratic Indians who were deeply enthralled by this language of their subjugators. Makarand Paranjape in Indian Poetry in English mentions the two preconditions that were to be met before Indians could write poetry in En¬glish: “First, the…

awarded the Mark Twain Prize for humour in Poetry, and has also taught poetry at various colleges (“Billy Collins”). Collins is known for conversational like, clever poems that also draw readers with humor, but also slides into the meaning of poetry itself (“Collins” Foundation). This style is certainly true with his poem “Introduction to Poetry”. The structure and theme used make this poem an all time favorite for many people. “Introduction to Poetry” is a free verse poem written by Collins,…

When reading poetry or a novel, we tend to just read the words that are on the paper. This uses only one of our senses, our sight. Instead of using just this method to read and understand poetry, Billy Collins proposes other approaches. He wants readers to experience the poem, not just simply read it. Collins wants the reader to use more than one of their senses to understand the poem. Many times when reading, the reader tries to “torture” it to find the meaning, but Collins suggests readers…

Evelyn Cunningham once said “Women are the only oppressed group in our society that live in intimate association with their oppressor.” For many years women were pushed to the side or underappreciated. Women were not allowed to do what they wanted and were shunned or looked down upon if they did something that was out of ordinary for women. People had different views on how women should be treated. Many poets used their words to describe how they felt about women’s situation. Many poets such…

In his article “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver,” Rob Baker gives detail on how Baca survived life in prison, his savior being poetry, he taught himself how to read and write so that he could participate in the creative art. The pros talk about how Baca turned his life around with poetry, and how it got him off the street, however, one major con is, while in prison, Baca supposedly taught himself how to read and write after not learning to do so for over 20 years. Even though Baca has…

Poetry We real cool poetry How does the speech of the players we cool help characterize them? What are the effects of the pronouns coming at the end? What if the pronouns were more conventionally placed at the beginning? We real cool phrase is weak yet strong, it denotes that the players are young people and probably teenagers. They are fashionable and extremely chilled out like they stand out from the rest. They consider themselves completely fashionable and different from the rest. The we real…

Wilfred Owen, an English soldier during World War 1, experienced horrific events during the war, and decided to write about the nightmare that he experienced. Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est,” is a testament to the nightmare and horrors of war. Through visual, auditory and gustatory imagery, Owen brings his readers back to the time of war, and into his nightmare. Owen uses visual imagery to reduce the men from heroes to weaklings. They are now weak, fearful, and sick. In the poem, Owen writes,…