Anthropomorphism - When spongebob talks.
Apostrophe - When people talk to stars.
Irony - A fire station burned down
Metonymy - “Lend me your ear.” - “Listen to me”.
Paradox - Fighting a war for peace.
Personification - The breeze whispered to me.
Synecdoche - President stands for America.
Tautology - It was dark inside of the pitch-black room.
Understatement - Making a mountain out of a molehill.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Definitions of Terms
Anthropomorphism - The act of attributing human forms or qualities to an entities which are not human. Usually the quality of speech.
Apostrophe - A figure of speech in which an address is made to an absent or deceased person or a personified thing rhetorically.
Irony - A figure of speech in the form of an expression in which the use of words is the opposite of the thought in the speaker's mind, thus conveying a meaning that contradicts the literal definition.
Metonymy - A figure of speech involving the substitution of one noun for another of which it is an attribute or which is closely associated with it
Paradox - A statement which contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense, yet can be seen as perhaps, or indeed, true when viewed from another angle.
Personification - A type of metaphor in which distinctive human characteristics, e.g., honesty, emotion, volition, etc., are attributed to an animal, object, or idea
Synecdoche - A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole or the whole for a part.
Tautology - The unnecessary and excessive repetition of the same idea in different words in the same sentence.
Understatement - The presentation of a thing with under-emphasis in order to achieve a greater effect.
Apostrophe - A figure of speech in which an address is made to an absent or deceased person or a personified thing rhetorically.
Irony - A figure of speech in the form of an expression in which the use of words is the opposite of the thought in the speaker's mind, thus conveying a meaning that contradicts the literal definition.
Metonymy - A figure of speech involving the substitution of one noun for another of which it is an attribute or which is closely associated with it
Paradox - A statement which contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense, yet can be seen as perhaps, or indeed, true when viewed from another angle.
Personification - A type of metaphor in which distinctive human characteristics, e.g., honesty, emotion, volition, etc., are attributed to an animal, object, or idea
Synecdoche - A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole or the whole for a part.
Tautology - The unnecessary and excessive repetition of the same idea in different words in the same sentence.
Understatement - The presentation of a thing with under-emphasis in order to achieve a greater effect.
Analyzing "Heat"
Heat
by H. D.
O wind, rend open the heat,
cut apart the heat,
rend it to tatters.
Fruit cannot drop
through this thick air--
fruit cannot fall into heat
that presses up and blunts
the points of pears
and rounds the grapes.
Cut the heat--
plough through it,
turning it on either side
of your path.
The poem “Heat”, by H.D. is a very unique poem written in old English style. The speaker of the poem is most likely the author or an ominous figure that has knowledge of the whole world. The speaker talks with what would be classified as a British accent. They speak with an old English dialect. The images of the poem are, “presses up and blunts the points of pears”, and “cut the heat”. This first image shows that the heat dulls the points of the pears. The second image showed that the wind in the poem is plotting to cut the heat and cit it apart and rend open the heat.
There is some figurative language in the poem. “Rend open the heat, cut apart the heat, rend it to tatters”, and “Fruit cannot drop through this thick air”. The author is trying to imply that wind is usually cold, and when the cold comes into contact with heat, it is like a battle where they rip each other to shreds. The second statement is completely false. This poet is just using poetic license to alter reality. To almost any extent, air can’t be thick enough for fruit to not be able to fall through it.
The meaning of the poem is that heat and wind are always in a constant struggle to see which of the two can maintain their power and authority. This is shown through the metaphors, images, speaker, diction, and figurative language. They all play a key role in deciphering there important points. Overall, this was a very interesting and unique poem.
Anthropomorphism - Cut the heat-- plough through it
Personification - Cut the heat-- plough through it
Tautology - O wind, rend open the heat, cut apart the heat,
Understatement - Fruit cannot drop through this thick air
by H. D.
O wind, rend open the heat,
cut apart the heat,
rend it to tatters.
Fruit cannot drop
through this thick air--
fruit cannot fall into heat
that presses up and blunts
the points of pears
and rounds the grapes.
Cut the heat--
plough through it,
turning it on either side
of your path.
The poem “Heat”, by H.D. is a very unique poem written in old English style. The speaker of the poem is most likely the author or an ominous figure that has knowledge of the whole world. The speaker talks with what would be classified as a British accent. They speak with an old English dialect. The images of the poem are, “presses up and blunts the points of pears”, and “cut the heat”. This first image shows that the heat dulls the points of the pears. The second image showed that the wind in the poem is plotting to cut the heat and cit it apart and rend open the heat.
There is some figurative language in the poem. “Rend open the heat, cut apart the heat, rend it to tatters”, and “Fruit cannot drop through this thick air”. The author is trying to imply that wind is usually cold, and when the cold comes into contact with heat, it is like a battle where they rip each other to shreds. The second statement is completely false. This poet is just using poetic license to alter reality. To almost any extent, air can’t be thick enough for fruit to not be able to fall through it.
The meaning of the poem is that heat and wind are always in a constant struggle to see which of the two can maintain their power and authority. This is shown through the metaphors, images, speaker, diction, and figurative language. They all play a key role in deciphering there important points. Overall, this was a very interesting and unique poem.
Anthropomorphism - Cut the heat-- plough through it
Personification - Cut the heat-- plough through it
Tautology - O wind, rend open the heat, cut apart the heat,
Understatement - Fruit cannot drop through this thick air
Analyzing "The Bat"
The Bat
Theodore Roethke
By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.
His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.
He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.
But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:
For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.
The poem, “The Bat”, by Theodore Roethke is a very interesting poem. I think the speaker of the poem is an author or any human. The author’s diction uses a rhyming beat, that is very easy to notice. He rhymes the last word of each line to the other line in each stanza.
This poem does not have a lot of imagery. Some items of imagery are, “he loops in crazy figures”, and “His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead”. These images show how the bat flies erratically, and that his pulse is so slow, that we can sometimes be under the impression that these bats are dead. There is a metaphor or two scattered throughout the poem. A good personification is the last line of the poem. “When mice with wings can wear a human face”. The most noticeable pattern in the poem is that every two lines, or every stanza, is rhymed at the last syllable and word. They also follow the same pattern throughout the poem.
The meaning of the poem is that vampires can be sneaky and elusive. They can be right in front of our very eyes, and we would think they aren’t there or they could be dead. I think that the author believes that vampires are real. This poem describes their fears of what these creatures can do. Overall, this was a great poem.
Theodore Roethke
By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.
His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.
He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.
But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:
For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.
The poem, “The Bat”, by Theodore Roethke is a very interesting poem. I think the speaker of the poem is an author or any human. The author’s diction uses a rhyming beat, that is very easy to notice. He rhymes the last word of each line to the other line in each stanza.
This poem does not have a lot of imagery. Some items of imagery are, “he loops in crazy figures”, and “His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead”. These images show how the bat flies erratically, and that his pulse is so slow, that we can sometimes be under the impression that these bats are dead. There is a metaphor or two scattered throughout the poem. A good personification is the last line of the poem. “When mice with wings can wear a human face”. The most noticeable pattern in the poem is that every two lines, or every stanza, is rhymed at the last syllable and word. They also follow the same pattern throughout the poem.
The meaning of the poem is that vampires can be sneaky and elusive. They can be right in front of our very eyes, and we would think they aren’t there or they could be dead. I think that the author believes that vampires are real. This poem describes their fears of what these creatures can do. Overall, this was a great poem.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Analyzing Sharks' Teeth
Sharks' Teeth
by Kay Ryan
Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.
The poem “Sharks’ Teeth” by Kay Ryan is a very deep, complex, and interesting poem. In my opinion, the speaker of this poem is the author. The author is stating her views on silence and opinion. The author speaks fondly of silence in the beginning of the poem. Then, as the poem progresses, there is more noise added to the original silence. Then, she mentions shark teeth.
She relates a shark’s tooth to noise which makes that a metaphor. I like the imagery of “shark’s-tooth-shaped fragments. The author says that the silence is “compact and dangerous as a shark”. This is a simile because the two are being compared using the word “as”. The author doesn’t really use that much, descriptive figurative language. The best word she used, in my opinion, was fragments.
I did not notice any patterns other than the pattern that there was silence in the beginning, and as the story progressed, there was slowly more noise as each line progressed.
From my point of view, all of the various components of the poem combine to create one large greater meaning of the poem. I think that the meaning of the poem is that there is a greater meaning to silence and we have to use our minds to take advantage of and cherish everything in life, even though it might not be exciting.
Anthropomorphism - Noise gets its zest from the small shark's-tooth-shaped fragments
Irony - silence reigned, compact and dangerous as a shark
Personification - Everything contains silence
Synecdoche - silence stands for a greater meaning
Understatement - An hour of city holds maybe a minute of these remnants of a time when silence reigned
by Kay Ryan
Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.
The poem “Sharks’ Teeth” by Kay Ryan is a very deep, complex, and interesting poem. In my opinion, the speaker of this poem is the author. The author is stating her views on silence and opinion. The author speaks fondly of silence in the beginning of the poem. Then, as the poem progresses, there is more noise added to the original silence. Then, she mentions shark teeth.
She relates a shark’s tooth to noise which makes that a metaphor. I like the imagery of “shark’s-tooth-shaped fragments. The author says that the silence is “compact and dangerous as a shark”. This is a simile because the two are being compared using the word “as”. The author doesn’t really use that much, descriptive figurative language. The best word she used, in my opinion, was fragments.
I did not notice any patterns other than the pattern that there was silence in the beginning, and as the story progressed, there was slowly more noise as each line progressed.
From my point of view, all of the various components of the poem combine to create one large greater meaning of the poem. I think that the meaning of the poem is that there is a greater meaning to silence and we have to use our minds to take advantage of and cherish everything in life, even though it might not be exciting.
Anthropomorphism - Noise gets its zest from the small shark's-tooth-shaped fragments
Irony - silence reigned, compact and dangerous as a shark
Personification - Everything contains silence
Synecdoche - silence stands for a greater meaning
Understatement - An hour of city holds maybe a minute of these remnants of a time when silence reigned
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Analyzation of "Biscuit" by Jane Kenyon
Biscuit
Jane Kenyon
The dog has cleaned his bowl
and his reward is a biscuit,
which I put in his mouth
like a priest offering the host.
I can't bear that trusting face!
He asks for bread, expects
bread, and I in my power
might have given him a stone.
We analyzed the poem “Biscuit” by Jane Kenyon. Biscuit is a very interesting poem. Jane Kenyon is a very good poet. This poem has a very deep meaning. The speaker in the poem is the owner of the dog. You can infer this because he puts a rewarding biscuit into the dog’s mouth like a priest. The author begins to talk to talk very fondly of the dog, but towards the end of the poem, he states that he would feed the dog a stone instead of bread. That is cruel and it shows that this person wants to harm the dog.
This poem has a little bit of imagery. “Cleansed his bowl” indicates that the dog cleaned this bowl very thoroughly and cleansed is a better word than clean. “Like a priest offering the host” is a good simile. It shows good comparison between the owner giving the dog the treat and a priest. The tenor is the owner giving the dog a biscuit. The vehicle is the priest offering the host. The grounds are that both people are offering something to somebody or something.
In my opinion, this is a good poem. I have some questions about the poem. Does the owner have bad feelings toward the dog? Is the owner plotting against the dog? What does the owner not like about the dog?
Jane Kenyon
The dog has cleaned his bowl
and his reward is a biscuit,
which I put in his mouth
like a priest offering the host.
I can't bear that trusting face!
He asks for bread, expects
bread, and I in my power
might have given him a stone.
We analyzed the poem “Biscuit” by Jane Kenyon. Biscuit is a very interesting poem. Jane Kenyon is a very good poet. This poem has a very deep meaning. The speaker in the poem is the owner of the dog. You can infer this because he puts a rewarding biscuit into the dog’s mouth like a priest. The author begins to talk to talk very fondly of the dog, but towards the end of the poem, he states that he would feed the dog a stone instead of bread. That is cruel and it shows that this person wants to harm the dog.
This poem has a little bit of imagery. “Cleansed his bowl” indicates that the dog cleaned this bowl very thoroughly and cleansed is a better word than clean. “Like a priest offering the host” is a good simile. It shows good comparison between the owner giving the dog the treat and a priest. The tenor is the owner giving the dog a biscuit. The vehicle is the priest offering the host. The grounds are that both people are offering something to somebody or something.
In my opinion, this is a good poem. I have some questions about the poem. Does the owner have bad feelings toward the dog? Is the owner plotting against the dog? What does the owner not like about the dog?
Monday, January 11, 2010
First Post
The names of our group members are Adam A, Nickita A, and Caroline T.
We started this blog to spread the happiness and cheerfulness of poetry, along with the many other traits that poetry has. We had also started this blog for other students that share our interests in poetry. Overall to spread the greatness of poetry on this blog.
We hope to communicate topics relating to poetry. We hope to have disscussions on this blog relating to poetry, their meanings and their content. We hope to share our ideas and opinions on poetry and for others to also share their ideas and opinions on the same, simular, and different types of poetry.
Adam:I feel that poetry is great to read, although at the same time I am not good at writing it. Studying it is something I do not necesarily do all the time, although it is not a burden either. Overall I think that poetry is a special kind of writing and should be treated as such.
Nickita:I have a very strong interest for poetry. I think that it makes me think more and analyze the little details of poems. When I read poetry, I feel like I am inside of the poem. It grasps my feelings and puts me in the eyes of the author. Writing poetry helps me put my emotions onto paper. I like writing different types of poetry. I like analyzing poetry. It helps me understand the poem!
Caroline: I enjoy writing poetry more than I do with reading it. Some time it's hard for me to comprehend the author's writing. I like to write poetry because it gets all my emotions out, and I feel better afterwords. Poetry is awesomeeeee :)!
So far into this unit we have learned a lot about poetry. We have learned about similies, metaphors, figurative language, dictions, meanings, etc. In this unit I know that I have learned more about poetry then ever before, I do not know about everyone else learning this but I think that this is a greatly helpful unit in learning about poetry. Now I have the ability to write and comprehend poetry like never before. I hope that my other group memberes are finding this unit as insightful as I am. This is a very helpful unit and I think should keep being taught to many students anywhere.
I still hope to learn much more about poetry. I hope to write poetry more efficiently, and I hope to learn to understand it better. I do not yet feel mastery over the understanding and writing of poetry. I feel like there is a lot more to learn about poetry then I already have learned. I hope I will better understand similes, metaphors, figurative language, dictions, meanings and overall better understand every aspect of poetry.
We started this blog to spread the happiness and cheerfulness of poetry, along with the many other traits that poetry has. We had also started this blog for other students that share our interests in poetry. Overall to spread the greatness of poetry on this blog.
We hope to communicate topics relating to poetry. We hope to have disscussions on this blog relating to poetry, their meanings and their content. We hope to share our ideas and opinions on poetry and for others to also share their ideas and opinions on the same, simular, and different types of poetry.
Adam:I feel that poetry is great to read, although at the same time I am not good at writing it. Studying it is something I do not necesarily do all the time, although it is not a burden either. Overall I think that poetry is a special kind of writing and should be treated as such.
Nickita:I have a very strong interest for poetry. I think that it makes me think more and analyze the little details of poems. When I read poetry, I feel like I am inside of the poem. It grasps my feelings and puts me in the eyes of the author. Writing poetry helps me put my emotions onto paper. I like writing different types of poetry. I like analyzing poetry. It helps me understand the poem!
Caroline: I enjoy writing poetry more than I do with reading it. Some time it's hard for me to comprehend the author's writing. I like to write poetry because it gets all my emotions out, and I feel better afterwords. Poetry is awesomeeeee :)!
So far into this unit we have learned a lot about poetry. We have learned about similies, metaphors, figurative language, dictions, meanings, etc. In this unit I know that I have learned more about poetry then ever before, I do not know about everyone else learning this but I think that this is a greatly helpful unit in learning about poetry. Now I have the ability to write and comprehend poetry like never before. I hope that my other group memberes are finding this unit as insightful as I am. This is a very helpful unit and I think should keep being taught to many students anywhere.
I still hope to learn much more about poetry. I hope to write poetry more efficiently, and I hope to learn to understand it better. I do not yet feel mastery over the understanding and writing of poetry. I feel like there is a lot more to learn about poetry then I already have learned. I hope I will better understand similes, metaphors, figurative language, dictions, meanings and overall better understand every aspect of poetry.
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