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Original Work
Poem -- Version 1: "next to of course god america i"
"next to of course god america i" E.E. Cummings
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Short Writing: Paraphrasing a scene from a play
Revised Work
Short Fiction -- John Updike -- "A&P"
Short Writing: Describing a Poem
Short Writing: Paraphrasing a scene from a play
Short Story - Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Short Story - A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Glossary
Parody
Symbolism
Theme
Irony
Alliteration
Postmodern
Motif
Style
Character development
In my literary analysis essays, I have endeavored to discover why I thought an author wrote a particular piece, how they think about their work, and why they made the choices they did with regard to theme, character development, and use of literary devices. I have also attempted to make my own perspective transparent in my writing, and through this effort, understand more about the work of these authors.
Original Work
Poem -- Version 1: "next to of course god america i"
E.E. Cummings's poem "next to of course god america i" is a sonnet written in slightly irregular form. The poem has fourteen lines as all sonnets do, and is written in loose iambic pentameter meter, but the first 8 lines follow the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet (ABAB, CDCD) and the last 6 lines follow the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet (EFG, FEG). The structure of the poem is somewhat unusual though: the first thirteen lines are an extended quotation from an unnamed speaker, and the last line simply reveals that speaker (and then explains after this lengthy rant, he drank a glass of water). The text of the thirteen-line rant is largely ungrammatical and filled with disconnected quotations from various "patriotic"-sounding windbaggery, including the American national anthem and the patriotic song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." The overall effect is that of a meaningless parody of patriotic discourse, in which the speaker is revealed to have no real thought behind the platitudes he spouts. Of course the more pointed meaning of the poem comes in the speaker's enthusiastic endorsement of war, as a patriotic activity -- ultimately claiming that nothing is more beautiful than the dead bodies of young men who rushed into war for patriotic reasons. As a result, the poem could be basically described as a satirical anti-war poem -- the object of its satire is the mindless American "patriot" who is always happy to endorse a war when it is other people, rather than himself, who are being killed.
Version 2 - "next to of course god america i" E.E. Cummings
Poetry is an extremely useful medium for expressing opinions about politics and discussing various aspects of society....
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