Natasha Trethewey

noticed when reading and analyzing works of literature. Poems, for example, often lead to an audience with very different interpretations of the meaning being conveyed. Although Natasha Trethewey’s poem, “Artifact,” is a rather simply structured and straightforward poem, the connotations of the diction can cause a reader’s interpretation to be completely different than the poem’s intended meaning. The structure of “Artifact” is very simple. It contains nine stanzas that are each two lines. These stanzas are often referred to as couplets and require the…

Punctuation in Natasha Trethewey’s “Myth” What’s the difference between a period and comma? When reading aloud, one might take a breath at a comma, and take a slightly longer pause at a period. But really, who cares about distinguishing a small speck and a slightly elongated speck on a page? In Natasha Trethewey’s “Myth,” however, you’ll find that the almost exhaustive list of substitutions she makes in the second part of the poem makes it read completely differently than the first – which is…

Domestic Violence can be used against one person, or everyone in the household. But, it never fails to create trauma. Moving on is the hardest part of the healing process, but it’s not impossible. These poems convey this through different perspectives. All these poems show the lasting affects domestic violence that a loved one can cause. In the poem by Natasha Trethewey, Imperatives for Carrying On in the Aftermath tells a story of someone that has witnessed the aftermath of domestic abuse.…

from any form of misery and unpleasantness. However, there are times in which people should face suffering. In the poem At Dusk, by Natasha Trethewey, the speaker witnesses a neighbor dealing with one of those times in which pain should be endured and empathizes with her. Using the speaker’s experience and thoughts, Trethewey communicates that people should cope with undesirable feelings if it is for the sake of allowing a loved one to be happy, as well as convey the possibility of the neighbor…

Endurance of Pain in Native Guard Charles Wright has stated that in poetry “only pain endures.” Two poems from Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard, “Miscegenation” and “The Southern Crescent,” showcase the emotional pain experienced by the characters. These characters are ostracized by their communities and are essentially forced to leave their homes for fear of racial segregation; unfortunately, these journeys are met largely with disappointment and heartbreak. The speaker’s parents in…

Natasha Trethewey’s poem Myth is an emotional piece, published in her prize winning poetry book, Native Guard, in 2007. Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, where she was raised with her mother and father, a mixed race couple who ended up divorcing when she was six years old. After the divorce, she moved to Georgia to live with her mother, and spent the summers with her father. During this period of her life was when she began to understand the complex life of her mother and…

The “Literature” anthology, has many different selections of readings, of many different types. Three poems that were written in different time periods, but still much reflect today’s world are; “White Lies” By Natasha Trethewey, “Those Winter Sunday’s” by Robert Hayden and lastly “Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden. In the poem, “White Lies” it describes an olden time where there was an issue of heritage hate, along with being ashamed of what race you were. This young girl lies to the people…

When looking at a poem by Natasha Trethewey titled “White Lies” you are transported back into another time where you can see the emotions of a tattered past and how the memories still affect her…

poem above “I, Too” how he was treated differently and separated from others because of his race. How one day he would be treated as an equal rather than treated like he is unworthy. Another poet named Natasha Trethewey’s poem “White Lies” expresses how growing up with lighter skin she pretended to be something she is not just to fit in. She would not have been accepted…

or spy, on Hamlet. In the song, the lyrics say how the friend stabs him in the back. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not being loyal to their friend, but loyal to the king. The lyrics, “They smile in your face/ All the time they want to take your place/ the back stabbers” show how the friends would be kind to Hamlet to his face. In act II, scene II, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern visit Hamlet and try to convince him that it is just because they are friends who want to catch up. Hamlet sees right…