¶ … Sympathy," "Digging," "For A Lady I Know," and "Metaphors" are examples of poems that exemplify and uses poetic elements in order to capture the message the poet wants the reader of the poem to achieve. In essence, this paper will talk about the poetic elements and use of persona, speaker, and voice to interpret and understand the message of the poems that have been mentioned. "Sympathy" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar is an example of a poem that uses the power of dual persona in order for the poet to express his feelings. "Sympathy" also illustrates the poet's strong feelings about freedom through the tone of his voice in every line delivered in the poem. Dunbar makes use of dual persona effectively when he assumes the role of both the poet (the speaker) and the role of an individual similar to the plight and feelings of "a caged bird." Dunbar through his dual persona of the main character of the poem (the caged bird) and his emotional appeal to the poem ("I know what the caged bird feels! I know why he beats his wing! I know why the caged bird sings!"). The tone of his voice illustrates...
"Digging" is a powerful poem in that the poet uses his 'voice' in the poem as an effective tool to extend his message to his audience, which is to inform us (the audience) of the power of writing as also a form of sustenance of an individual in life, most particularly in Seamus Henry's case. The poem is interesting because of the analogy that Henry draws between the act of digging and getting a potato underground and writing. Henry makes use of the potato-writing analogy to illustrate the fact that potato digging, which, to Henry is an important activity because of the potential of that plant to sustain life, is similar to the act of writing, which gives an individual 'internal sustenance.' Thus, what Seamus Henry points out here…
Countee Cullen Imitation There was a time in my home town, While living with sister, mom, and brother I lived a life of innocence Not know I was other. There are thing we can't control In a world of fear and hate. So some just sit back quietly And try not to tempt fate. Though I still live here in this town I doubt I am the same No child can stay sweet
African-American culture flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Although often characterized by and punctuated with the “double consciousness” of being both black and an American, the work of Harlem Renaissance writers and poets was variable and diverse. Countee Cullen is unique among Harlem Renaissance poets. Many of his works reflect the English poetic traditions, even more so than American or African-American ones. “Cullen considered the Anglo-American poetic heritage to belong as
Secondly, even the beginning of the film presents an African motif. The drums that open the scene are representative for the ancient tribal singing and dancing. The same drums are present in Cullen's poetry, revealing a deep African symbol. Moreover, the drums also make the passage from the contemporary life in which the film is first set, to the imaginary and ancient time of slavery. The characters are as well particularly
Harlem Renaissance- Literature and Art The Harlem or Negro Renaissance marked the 20s and 30s as a period where the spirituality and potential of the African-American community was expressed in the most explosive way possible. Black art had been relatively unknown to the American public until then, at least to the urban communities. Centered in the Southern states and with a freedom of expression generally trampled with, black art expression was
A cannot live on tomorrow's bread." (Langston Hughs) The poem of Hughs ends by expressing that freedom comes to be needed by those who are deprived the most of freedom. CULLEN: UNCLE JIM In the work of Cullen entitled "Uncle Jim" the entirety of understanding this poem is in the first line which states: White folks is white," says Uncle Jim" (Countree Cullen) In just the first line of this poem it is expressed how
One of the most important themes is about the tension that can oftentimes exist between a business and its surrounding community. In this particular story the tension occurs between the bank, as represented by its bank officer, and one of its customers, as represented by the fourteen-year-old schoolboy. The tension comes about when the bank refuses to allow the boy to withdraw money from his account due to his
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