"He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
-Obviously this passage is describing an eagle catching food, although despite the facts of the poem there are many literary aspects that create an depth read, including the rhyme scheme and the abundance of figurative terms packed into the 6 lines of this poem. Tennyson escapes forming a childish tone despite the fact that he uses excess rhyming. I believe that the reason for this is because his rhymes are supporting descriptions that add to the in depth imagery of the poem.
-In order to portray Tennyson writing style I am going to attempt to make my rhymes more meaningful and more appropriate for the sentence. I want to focus more on the meaning of the word I'm am using to rhyme instead of just how it sounds in the sentence.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
We Real Cool- Claire Barbour
"We real cool... We die soon"
- Brooks was probably trying to show a cause a effect relationship here. Because they are this "cool" they are involved with things that aren't productive to ones lifestyle. They stay out late, drink alcoholand and curse, all of theses things describe a typical rebellious teenager, but what is interesting about this poem is that he goes on in the last line to say We die soon, this could mean multiple things. This could mean that they put themselves in such a dangerous situation that is takes their life or that the y are burnt out from doing the wrong thing for so long that their soul begins to die.
-What I could do in order to recreate this style of writing is pick a relevant topic such a world pollution, and list of multiple ways that we are harming our earth and then end with the truth of where this tragedy is leading us. This is a very effective way to portray a cause and effect relationship in a poem.
- Brooks was probably trying to show a cause a effect relationship here. Because they are this "cool" they are involved with things that aren't productive to ones lifestyle. They stay out late, drink alcoholand and curse, all of theses things describe a typical rebellious teenager, but what is interesting about this poem is that he goes on in the last line to say We die soon, this could mean multiple things. This could mean that they put themselves in such a dangerous situation that is takes their life or that the y are burnt out from doing the wrong thing for so long that their soul begins to die.
-What I could do in order to recreate this style of writing is pick a relevant topic such a world pollution, and list of multiple ways that we are harming our earth and then end with the truth of where this tragedy is leading us. This is a very effective way to portray a cause and effect relationship in a poem.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Claire Barbour: Red Wheel Barrow
"So much depends upon a red wheel barrow..."
- This first stanza of the poem gives it a tone that allows it to be interpreted by the reader. What depends on it? and Why? This creates an broad area that one could fill in the blanks for themselves. Another aspect of the poem that stood out to be was the use of colors like red and white, his tactics all seem to create the feeling that he wants to leave the poem open for the reader to be able to fill the blanks in with his or her own thoughts and ideas. This poem paints a detailed picture but leaves the rest for the reader to finish.
- The tactic I learned from the Poem is that you can create a piece but not completely have all the questions answered. That it could be very beneficial to the reader if you simply allowed them to make up there own story. Although another thing I picked up from this poem is that the imagery they created was so strong yet the diction he used was quite simple. So in order to create strong imagery you can take simple words and be just as sucessful as if you were to use more complex words to build your picture.
- This first stanza of the poem gives it a tone that allows it to be interpreted by the reader. What depends on it? and Why? This creates an broad area that one could fill in the blanks for themselves. Another aspect of the poem that stood out to be was the use of colors like red and white, his tactics all seem to create the feeling that he wants to leave the poem open for the reader to be able to fill the blanks in with his or her own thoughts and ideas. This poem paints a detailed picture but leaves the rest for the reader to finish.
- The tactic I learned from the Poem is that you can create a piece but not completely have all the questions answered. That it could be very beneficial to the reader if you simply allowed them to make up there own story. Although another thing I picked up from this poem is that the imagery they created was so strong yet the diction he used was quite simple. So in order to create strong imagery you can take simple words and be just as sucessful as if you were to use more complex words to build your picture.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Washing Rice Imagery
"The yellow rice glistens in rippled water, the ripe grains and the unripe look the same, they are both the color of silk the same color"
- This passage portrays great depths of imagery. She goes into detailed descriptions about the individual characteristics of the rice and her mother actions while washing the rice. This creates a more in depth view of her mothers actions showing that even small details can catch the readers attention and make a small moment come to life. "Yellow rice" and "silk" make one grain of rice a very detailed aspect of the reading, and make the situation seem like it is one that is stuck in the narrators mind due to the descriptive memories she has of her mothers actions.
- In order to create a replica of this technique I will go into small details concerning objects that are already somewhat overlooked or miniscule. By using this tecnique I will be able to draw the readers attention to something that may seem abstract to them at first and come together in the end, when they have grasped the concept of my technique. By using this technique Lam Thi My Da was able to take a very small idea and linger it out much longer than one would expect that he would be able to, so I will use this technique for not only actions but ojects and create an abstract idea in the readers mind.
- This passage portrays great depths of imagery. She goes into detailed descriptions about the individual characteristics of the rice and her mother actions while washing the rice. This creates a more in depth view of her mothers actions showing that even small details can catch the readers attention and make a small moment come to life. "Yellow rice" and "silk" make one grain of rice a very detailed aspect of the reading, and make the situation seem like it is one that is stuck in the narrators mind due to the descriptive memories she has of her mothers actions.
- In order to create a replica of this technique I will go into small details concerning objects that are already somewhat overlooked or miniscule. By using this tecnique I will be able to draw the readers attention to something that may seem abstract to them at first and come together in the end, when they have grasped the concept of my technique. By using this technique Lam Thi My Da was able to take a very small idea and linger it out much longer than one would expect that he would be able to, so I will use this technique for not only actions but ojects and create an abstract idea in the readers mind.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Chapter 23 -Literature
In this chapter "It's Never Just Heart Disease..." I used the short story "The Sisters" by James Joyce to draw parallels and compare. In this chapter Foster again talks about the meaning behind things such as disabilities and physical appearances. Although in this chapter he talks about hears disease. One could easily imagine what the literary diagnosis for heart disease is, and no it's not the medical diagnosis. Most authors symbolize a heart attach or heart disease with problems that the character had recently faced before the incident. Foster says that things like cruelty, disloyalty, and lack of determination could all be causes to "heart disease". This short story isn't particularly on Heart Disease although it does include Foster's idea that the non-medical diagnosis is not always the only reason for having the medical problem in the minds of most authors. Authors take a more literal view of the medical problem and will "diagnose" the character with the disease or problem just so the characters problems will all surface, just indirectly.
Chapter 22 - Literature
For this Chapter, "He's Blind for a Reason You Know" I used the short story "Araby" by James Joyce to draw parallels and refer to. In this Chapter Foster discusses blindness. Psychological, moral, blindness, theses all somewhat refer to lack of common sense and lack of the ability to understand a major part of life. Although being blind in the ares of reality, love and truth, are more on the topic of the short story I read. "Araby" by James Joyce. In this story, the main character, who is unnamed, is in "love" with his friend Mangan's sister. He is completely wrapped up in this girl, just the tough of speaking to her makes him dizzy. At one point in the novel he ends up going to a bazaar to get her something as she had asked, because of already making plans with her school. He is put behind because of his dad being late to take him to the train. As soon as he arrives the bazaar is closing down and the shop he stopped at right before it closed seemed incontinent with his presence. This character was blinded by love, he simply stops and gives up as soon as he cant fulfill her very wish, instead of getting back up and thinking of a way to make it up to her. Love had him so wrapped up that he couldn't even use his reasoning skills to figure his problem out, thus to say he was blinded by love.
Chapter 21 - Fosters Ideas
"Things have changed pretty dramatically in terms of equating scars or deformities with moral shortcomings or divine displeasure, but in literature we continue to understand physical imperfection in symbolic terms. it has to do with being different, really."
- In this Chapter, "Marked for Greatness" Foster discusses characters like the Quasimodo ans Harry Potter, why both have something skewed about their physical appearance. What Foster proves to the reader is that this is normally not just a fluke. The author typically will portray a character with a physical fault or disability not just to add diversity to their set of character, but instead to add something to the story, either involving their character or something about their role in to story, but this is rarely just for the heck of it. Foster says that by doing this the author is tyring to make a point about the character that he or she wont just say, but instead it is up to the reader to interpret the signs and figure out what the author is symbolizing by giving his character a hunchback or one leg drastically shorter than the other. From this chapter I have figured out that the author communicates to the reader by sending messages like this for the reader to pick up on. It's almost as though he is providing you with a more in depth view of the novel, to benefit you reading experience with out even telling you directly.
- In this Chapter, "Marked for Greatness" Foster discusses characters like the Quasimodo ans Harry Potter, why both have something skewed about their physical appearance. What Foster proves to the reader is that this is normally not just a fluke. The author typically will portray a character with a physical fault or disability not just to add diversity to their set of character, but instead to add something to the story, either involving their character or something about their role in to story, but this is rarely just for the heck of it. Foster says that by doing this the author is tyring to make a point about the character that he or she wont just say, but instead it is up to the reader to interpret the signs and figure out what the author is symbolizing by giving his character a hunchback or one leg drastically shorter than the other. From this chapter I have figured out that the author communicates to the reader by sending messages like this for the reader to pick up on. It's almost as though he is providing you with a more in depth view of the novel, to benefit you reading experience with out even telling you directly.
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