The poem starts with a laying in a grove hearing music, which make them feel happy until the rememberance of ...
"What has man made of man." line 8
(a pun for man made) brings back some sad memories. The persona, really feels linked to nature (pathetic fallacy) but modernisation has severed their tie with nature.
The boundary in this poem acually isn't a boundary but the lack of one as shown in the fourth stanza...
"The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:-
But least the motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure."
There is a rhyme scheme in this poem, it being 'abab' (that is for the first stanza other wise I'd end up filling the page... maybe :-] )
Michael Parkes 8.1
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Blog 3 "She Who Knows No Boundaries" by LaTiefa Alston
A subjective and personal style of poem with a strong assertive tone. It is also definately written about Alston due to the use of 'I' at the start of almost every stanza.
The poem shoves the racial, emotional, spiritual,and moral of LaTiefa's life in your face and commands your attention.
The ending to the poem to me is quite effective but is it totally neccesary. I mean it does come across like she is screaming at her audience. SEE IF I DO THIS TO YOU, YOU WOULD FEEL AS IF I WAS SHOUTING AT YOU!!!
So in a calm voice I find that the poem is great except if I SHOUT at the end.
Michael Pakes 8.1
The poem shoves the racial, emotional, spiritual,and moral of LaTiefa's life in your face and commands your attention.
The ending to the poem to me is quite effective but is it totally neccesary. I mean it does come across like she is screaming at her audience. SEE IF I DO THIS TO YOU, YOU WOULD FEEL AS IF I WAS SHOUTING AT YOU!!!
So in a calm voice I find that the poem is great except if I SHOUT at the end.
Michael Pakes 8.1
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Blog 2 "I Dream a World" by Langdon Hughes
'I Dream a World' is a hopeful poem with a subjective and personal style. The persona, who I would think to be Hughes, is writing about his wants for our developing world...
"I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn"
"I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's ways"
Hughes repeats 'I dream a world' as though trying to make a statement. He also has two types of boundaries; Moral Boundaries, such as our greed, and Racial Boundaries, such as the colour of our skin doesn't matter.
Hughes uses language tequnigues such as similes...
"And joy, like a pearl"
And personification...
"Where wretchedness will hang its head"
To get the readers of the poem thinking. He also uses a ryhme scheme of 'abcb'. I enjoyed reading this poem and hearing the views of Hughes, which i couldn't agree more with.
Michael Parkes 8.1
"I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn"
"I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's ways"
Hughes repeats 'I dream a world' as though trying to make a statement. He also has two types of boundaries; Moral Boundaries, such as our greed, and Racial Boundaries, such as the colour of our skin doesn't matter.
Hughes uses language tequnigues such as similes...
"And joy, like a pearl"
And personification...
"Where wretchedness will hang its head"
To get the readers of the poem thinking. He also uses a ryhme scheme of 'abcb'. I enjoyed reading this poem and hearing the views of Hughes, which i couldn't agree more with.
Michael Parkes 8.1
Blog 1 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost
Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall' is written with a very subjective and personal style with a sarcastic tone...
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down. I could say "Elves"to him" (35-36)
The neighbour is faithful to his father's saying' "Good fences make good neighbours." although the persona, who isn't Frost, feels no need for a wall due to the fact that they own trees not animals, which is stated in lines 23-26.
While rebuilding the wall an allusion to tennis is given
"Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side." (21-22)
And they always stay on their side of the wall
"We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each..." (14-15)
This poem sort of contradicts itself because the persona reminds the neighbour and then has a change of heart and fell absolutely no need for a physical boundary.
Michael Parkes 8.1
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down. I could say "Elves"to him" (35-36)
The neighbour is faithful to his father's saying' "Good fences make good neighbours." although the persona, who isn't Frost, feels no need for a wall due to the fact that they own trees not animals, which is stated in lines 23-26.
While rebuilding the wall an allusion to tennis is given
"Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side." (21-22)
And they always stay on their side of the wall
"We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each..." (14-15)
This poem sort of contradicts itself because the persona reminds the neighbour and then has a change of heart and fell absolutely no need for a physical boundary.
Michael Parkes 8.1
Thursday, March 25, 2010
BLOG 4 - She who knows no Boundaries (By: LaTiefa Alston)
The poem ‘ She who knows no Boundaries’ by LaTiefa Alstoon associates with three boundaries:
- Emotional Boundaries
- Moral Boundaries
- Spiritual Boundaries
Eg. Stanza six:
‘...I have grown to be
A proud spelman women
With a spiritual base,
Who isn’t quite religious,
But won’t forget who’s in control’
This poem is told in first person and uses the repetition of ‘I’ which confirms that the speaker is herself.
Writing techniques include a Subjective Personal Style and an Assertive Strong Tone.
- Emotional Boundaries
- Moral Boundaries
- Spiritual Boundaries
Eg. Stanza six:
‘...I have grown to be
A proud spelman women
With a spiritual base,
Who isn’t quite religious,
But won’t forget who’s in control’
This poem is told in first person and uses the repetition of ‘I’ which confirms that the speaker is herself.
Writing techniques include a Subjective Personal Style and an Assertive Strong Tone.
Blog 2 - I Dream a World (By: Langton Hughes)
The poem ‘I Dream a World’ by Langton Hughes involves moral, racial, and mental boundaries.
Eg. Racial Bondaries-
..‘I dream a world where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free’
‘I Dream’ is repetitively used to make a clear statement concerning the fact that what is right cannot always be in reality although we may wish for it to be
Eg. Racial Bondaries-
..‘I dream a world where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free’
‘I Dream’ is repetitively used to make a clear statement concerning the fact that what is right cannot always be in reality although we may wish for it to be
BLOG 1 - Mending Wall (By: Robert Frost)
The poem ‘Mending Wall’ by Robert Frost gives examples of mental and physical boundaries.
Language Techniques Robert Frost uses includes imagery which occurs in the first few lines in this poem...
“...Something is there that doesn’t love a wall,
That send the frozen-ground-swell under it
And spills the upper boulder in the sun”.
A quote is repeated frequently throughout this poem...
“...Good fences make good neighbours”.
This statement could be used as a mode of sarcasm towards the persona.
It could also be a simile in which it compares people (neighbours) to beings (the fence) which ideally outlines what the rival had wanted the persona to be before the problem was taken further.
Language Techniques Robert Frost uses includes imagery which occurs in the first few lines in this poem...
“...Something is there that doesn’t love a wall,
That send the frozen-ground-swell under it
And spills the upper boulder in the sun”.
A quote is repeated frequently throughout this poem...
“...Good fences make good neighbours”.
This statement could be used as a mode of sarcasm towards the persona.
It could also be a simile in which it compares people (neighbours) to beings (the fence) which ideally outlines what the rival had wanted the persona to be before the problem was taken further.
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