Cyrano, like the skipper, was brave and sure. But this story, was not about a 3 hour tour. It is about a fearless man, with friends and foe galore. Who couldn’t get Roxanne, the girl he’d fallen for. He could speak to women like a Casanova but still the girls would just pass him over it was his nose that made him busted and left the females quite disgusted he was a kind man, caring and giving but people still starred, glaring or quivering he was known for his sword, but of course his nose too he was rarely insulted, unless by a fool or maybe Christian, testing his cool but he'd come quick with his comebacks, till their egos were blue he was challenged by hundreds, in sword fights but left his opponents shaking with fright but he wanted nothing more, than to be with Roxanne but he could not have her, she was taken by Christian he spoke for his buddy, to convey his love because Christian was pretty, but dumb as a slug he acted as though he was helping his friend but it was all part, of his master plan he would enlighten Roxanne, on his undying love while hiding behind, Christian’s nice mug but his plan went arry, during a bloody fight when Christian was killed, while in Roxanne’s sight cyrano couldn’t tell her, that it was him who had written, so gracefully, all those beautiful things he would not make her suffer, any more than she had fore he knew that it would make her, even more sad he kept his great secret, for 15 more years all of the while, having no fears until he was hit, on the back of the head he was knocked unconscious, and then he was dead but before cyrano took his great dirt nap his vow of silence would finally snap he confessed to Roxanne all of his lies and then he died, while by her side.
Cyrano Poem
Cyrano Poem
Cyrano Poem
Cyrano, like the skipper, was brave and sure. But this story, was not about a 3 hour tour. It is about a fearless man, with friends and foe galore. Who couldn’t get Roxanne, the girl he’d fallen for. He could speak to women like a Casanova but still the girls would just pass him over it was his nose that made him busted and left the females quite disgusted he was a kind man, caring and giving but people still starred, glaring or quivering he was known for his sword, but of course his nose too he was rarely insulted, unless by a fool or maybe Christian, testing his cool but he'd come quick with his comebacks, till their egos were blue he was challenged by hundreds, in sword fights but left his opponents shaking with fright but he wanted nothing more, than to be with Roxanne but he could not have her, she was taken by Christian he spoke for his buddy, to convey his love because Christian was pretty, but dumb as a slug he acted as though he was helping his friend but it was all part, of his master plan he would enlighten Roxanne, on his undying love while hiding behind, Christian’s nice mug but his plan went arry, during a bloody fight when Christian was killed, while in Roxanne’s sight cyrano couldn’t tell her, that it was him who had written, so gracefully, all those beautiful things he would not make her suffer, any more than she had fore he knew that it would make her, even more sad he kept his great secret, for 15 more years all of the while, having no fears until he was hit, on the back of the head he was knocked unconscious, and then he was dead but before cyrano took his great dirt nap his vow of silence would finally snap he confessed to Roxanne all of his lies and then he died, while by her side.
Cyrano, like the skipper, was brave and sure. But this story, was not about a 3 hour tour. It is about a fearless man, with friends and foe galore. Who couldn’t get Roxanne, the girl he’d fallen for. He could speak to women like a Casanova but still the girls would just pass him over it was his nose that made him busted and left the females quite disgusted he was a kind man, caring and giving but people still starred, glaring or quivering he was known for his sword, but of course his nose too he was rarely insulted, unless by a fool or maybe Christian, testing his cool but he'd come quick with his comebacks, till their egos were blue he was challenged by hundreds, in sword fights but left his opponents shaking with fright but he wanted nothing more, than to be with Roxanne but he could not have her, she was taken by Christian he spoke for his buddy, to convey his love because Christian was pretty, but dumb as a slug he acted as though he was helping his friend but it was all part, of his master plan he would enlighten Roxanne, on his undying love while hiding behind, Christian’s nice mug but his plan went arry, during a bloody fight when Christian was killed, while in Roxanne’s sight cyrano couldn’t tell her, that it was him who had written, so gracefully, all those beautiful things he would not make her suffer, any more than she had fore he knew that it would make her, even more sad he kept his great secret, for 15 more years all of the while, having no fears until he was hit, on the back of the head he was knocked unconscious, and then he was dead but before cyrano took his great dirt nap his vow of silence would finally snap he confessed to Roxanne all of his lies and then he died, while by her side.
Crucible By Miller
Crucible By Miller
John Proctor was the main character in the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. Will the truth set you free? In Proctor’s case of choosing truth over deceit he was redeemed and set free spiritually. The setting of the play was in the 1690’s during The Salem Witch Trials. During the beginning of the play Proctor was a man filled with hypocrisy but, he changed by the completion of the play into a commendable man. In the beginning of the play, John Proctor was a hypocritical man. By example, Proctor was a Puritan who committed the act of adultery. A Puritan was supposed to be upright and holy. Adultery is not a holy act. Furthermore, he did not attend church consistently. This also was incongruent with the religion he practiced. Although, he did not welcome judgment, he was quick to judge others. For example, in the case of his wife’s penetrating observation concerning the act of adultery he took offense and said, “Judge me not woman”. By the end of the play, John has converted from a hypocritical man to a man to be admired and respected. He then became true to his Puritan beliefs and values and made a turn for the best. After being accused of witchcraft he looked at life differently. John changed because he wanted to incriminate Abigail of deceit, and save his reputation. He also wanted to impact the courts decision on the victims accused of witchcraft. Equally important, he showed courage when he chose not to sign the paper of witchery to save himself. Above all, he admits to adultery and accepts the consequences of his actions. To sum up, John Proctor was a man of integrity, who stood up for himself, and what he believed in. Initially, John was a hypocritical and dishonest man. Consequently, he changes into a admirable and honorable man. Overall, the quote “The truth shall set you free” should be the moral of this play. John takes a courageous stand not only for himself but also for others who have experienced the persecution of witchcraft.
John Proctor was the main character in the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. Will the truth set you free? In Proctor’s case of choosing truth over deceit he was redeemed and set free spiritually. The setting of the play was in the 1690’s during The Salem Witch Trials. During the beginning of the play Proctor was a man filled with hypocrisy but, he changed by the completion of the play into a commendable man. In the beginning of the play, John Proctor was a hypocritical man. By example, Proctor was a Puritan who committed the act of adultery. A Puritan was supposed to be upright and holy. Adultery is not a holy act. Furthermore, he did not attend church consistently. This also was incongruent with the religion he practiced. Although, he did not welcome judgment, he was quick to judge others. For example, in the case of his wife’s penetrating observation concerning the act of adultery he took offense and said, “Judge me not woman”. By the end of the play, John has converted from a hypocritical man to a man to be admired and respected. He then became true to his Puritan beliefs and values and made a turn for the best. After being accused of witchcraft he looked at life differently. John changed because he wanted to incriminate Abigail of deceit, and save his reputation. He also wanted to impact the courts decision on the victims accused of witchcraft. Equally important, he showed courage when he chose not to sign the paper of witchery to save himself. Above all, he admits to adultery and accepts the consequences of his actions. To sum up, John Proctor was a man of integrity, who stood up for himself, and what he believed in. Initially, John was a hypocritical and dishonest man. Consequently, he changes into a admirable and honorable man. Overall, the quote “The truth shall set you free” should be the moral of this play. John takes a courageous stand not only for himself but also for others who have experienced the persecution of witchcraft.
Convergence Of Twain
Convergence Of Twain
Thomas Hardy experienced great difficulty believing in a forgiving, Christian God because of the pain and suffering he witnessed around him. He also endured some pain, with the loss of his wife and suffering during the five years he spent in London that made him ill. As a young man, Hardy wanted to become a clergyman. This vocation was quite a turn around of what he pursued--a career as a famous agnostic writer. He lost faith in his religious, Victorian upbringing. As such, he shared a belief with many modern poets in the futility and waste of human existence. Hardy did believe in a "supreme being" or as he liked to call him "The Immanent Will," but he did not think of Him as a forgiving God like other Christians. Instead, Hardy believed Him to be portrayed as a vengeful God, which we learn from his poem, "The Convergence of the Twain: (Lines on the loss of the 'Titanic')". Thomas Hardy wrote this poem with a very noticeable chronological disruption midway through the poem. Unlike most poets who keep their poems in chronological order to maintain suspense throughout the poem, Hardy believed that the subject of the Titanic was so well known that there was not any reason to keep the readers in suspense of what impending doom awaited the Titanic. Instead, he commenced his poem with a description of the Titanic at present: "grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent"(st III). Then he proceeds to the "fashioning"(st VI) of the famous ship and continues to that famous April evening where the "consummation"(st XI) of the two "titanic" masses occurred--the grand ship made from human hands and the silent iceberg made by the "Immanent Will"(st VI). Hardy does not confine himself inside the walls of set syllables per verse; every stanza has a different number of syllables in each verse. In the first part of his poem the rhythm is very alluring. With proper uses of caesuras, stresses and slacks, Hardy seems to capture the solitude of the sea that he is describing with his steady, gentle sway of words, a "rhythmic tidal lyre"(st II). While reading this poem, the words seem to move persistently slowly up and down like the tide: I In a solitude of the sea Deep from human vanity, And the Pride of life that planned her, stilly couches she. (lines 1-3) Hardy also numbers all of the eleven stanzas of his poem. The numbering indicates the separation of each one of the stanzas as if to imply that we have to look at this poem as eleven different poems in one. This method gives us a chance to understand the poem more efficiently by studying one stanza at a time. A first reading of the poem would reveal five stanzas describing the "gilded gear"(st V) at the bottom of the sea and six stanzas that refer to the ship and to the iceberg converging at a point so "far and dissociate"(st VII). However, an enjambment occurs between stanza VI and stanza VII, as if these two stanzas were meant to be one: "The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything / Prepared a sinister mate"(lines 18/19). Ironically, these two stanzas describe both the creation of the ship and the creation of the iceberg that are destined to come together later in time. Hardy takes more of an antithetical approach toward the story of the Titanic than most people think of or 'chose' to think of when they hear of the tragedy. Most people want the story to be told through a tragic, yet romantic, point of view that relates the tragedy of the men, women, and children who were lost on that gruesome night. People relate emotionally to the story of the Titanic by watching the movie that was released in the past year because it is from the point of view of the people on the ship. We see a romantic mood portrayed be the people on the ship and the tragedy suffered in the loss of their loved ones. Consequently, Hardy does not want us to share in this travesty that they have experienced. Instead of a tragic poem of the people involved in this tragic event, Hardy distances himself from the picture, far enough just to see the two grand and noble objects, a Godlike view solely focused on the two gigantic entities. Through his poem, Hardy explains to us that it is a vengeful God that planned the collision. In the section of the poem that contrasts both the development of the ship and of the iceberg, Hardy points out some human vanity. The era when the 'Titanic' was built was a time that the production of goods was rapidly evolving. Everything had to be made to be faster, larger, stronger and more efficient thus resulting in the building of the Titanic. This grand and "opulent"(st III) machine represented a spectacular symbol of power that was not a match for God. Humans thought themselves to be so evolved that they were above Him. God, on the other hand, heard these vain remarks and decided to play a game with the people. God challenged the humans creation of the greatest mass on the water with His own. So He played with the humans "gigantic toy" with his own water toy--a great iceberg. Therefore, as a small child would do, He smashed them together with some sort of a destructive nature: VIII And as the smart ship grew In stature, grace, and hue, In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too. (lines 22-24) Hence, "the Spinner of the Years"(st XI), another metaphor used by Hardy to refer to the 'supreme being' as a vengeful God; upon hearing the vain cries of man clamouring, "I'm the king on the world!" as in the movie "Titanic" God responds as in the poem, with the event when God said "now!"(st XI) and render unto mankind the knowledge that He is the ultimate King of everything. Accordingly, God sends this vaingloriousness made by humans down to the bottom of the sea as a symbol of the vanity of the age thereby, indicating his power over human vanity.
Thomas Hardy experienced great difficulty believing in a forgiving, Christian God because of the pain and suffering he witnessed around him. He also endured some pain, with the loss of his wife and suffering during the five years he spent in London that made him ill. As a young man, Hardy wanted to become a clergyman. This vocation was quite a turn around of what he pursued--a career as a famous agnostic writer. He lost faith in his religious, Victorian upbringing. As such, he shared a belief with many modern poets in the futility and waste of human existence. Hardy did believe in a "supreme being" or as he liked to call him "The Immanent Will," but he did not think of Him as a forgiving God like other Christians. Instead, Hardy believed Him to be portrayed as a vengeful God, which we learn from his poem, "The Convergence of the Twain: (Lines on the loss of the 'Titanic')". Thomas Hardy wrote this poem with a very noticeable chronological disruption midway through the poem. Unlike most poets who keep their poems in chronological order to maintain suspense throughout the poem, Hardy believed that the subject of the Titanic was so well known that there was not any reason to keep the readers in suspense of what impending doom awaited the Titanic. Instead, he commenced his poem with a description of the Titanic at present: "grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent"(st III). Then he proceeds to the "fashioning"(st VI) of the famous ship and continues to that famous April evening where the "consummation"(st XI) of the two "titanic" masses occurred--the grand ship made from human hands and the silent iceberg made by the "Immanent Will"(st VI). Hardy does not confine himself inside the walls of set syllables per verse; every stanza has a different number of syllables in each verse. In the first part of his poem the rhythm is very alluring. With proper uses of caesuras, stresses and slacks, Hardy seems to capture the solitude of the sea that he is describing with his steady, gentle sway of words, a "rhythmic tidal lyre"(st II). While reading this poem, the words seem to move persistently slowly up and down like the tide: I In a solitude of the sea Deep from human vanity, And the Pride of life that planned her, stilly couches she. (lines 1-3) Hardy also numbers all of the eleven stanzas of his poem. The numbering indicates the separation of each one of the stanzas as if to imply that we have to look at this poem as eleven different poems in one. This method gives us a chance to understand the poem more efficiently by studying one stanza at a time. A first reading of the poem would reveal five stanzas describing the "gilded gear"(st V) at the bottom of the sea and six stanzas that refer to the ship and to the iceberg converging at a point so "far and dissociate"(st VII). However, an enjambment occurs between stanza VI and stanza VII, as if these two stanzas were meant to be one: "The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything / Prepared a sinister mate"(lines 18/19). Ironically, these two stanzas describe both the creation of the ship and the creation of the iceberg that are destined to come together later in time. Hardy takes more of an antithetical approach toward the story of the Titanic than most people think of or 'chose' to think of when they hear of the tragedy. Most people want the story to be told through a tragic, yet romantic, point of view that relates the tragedy of the men, women, and children who were lost on that gruesome night. People relate emotionally to the story of the Titanic by watching the movie that was released in the past year because it is from the point of view of the people on the ship. We see a romantic mood portrayed be the people on the ship and the tragedy suffered in the loss of their loved ones. Consequently, Hardy does not want us to share in this travesty that they have experienced. Instead of a tragic poem of the people involved in this tragic event, Hardy distances himself from the picture, far enough just to see the two grand and noble objects, a Godlike view solely focused on the two gigantic entities. Through his poem, Hardy explains to us that it is a vengeful God that planned the collision. In the section of the poem that contrasts both the development of the ship and of the iceberg, Hardy points out some human vanity. The era when the 'Titanic' was built was a time that the production of goods was rapidly evolving. Everything had to be made to be faster, larger, stronger and more efficient thus resulting in the building of the Titanic. This grand and "opulent"(st III) machine represented a spectacular symbol of power that was not a match for God. Humans thought themselves to be so evolved that they were above Him. God, on the other hand, heard these vain remarks and decided to play a game with the people. God challenged the humans creation of the greatest mass on the water with His own. So He played with the humans "gigantic toy" with his own water toy--a great iceberg. Therefore, as a small child would do, He smashed them together with some sort of a destructive nature: VIII And as the smart ship grew In stature, grace, and hue, In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too. (lines 22-24) Hence, "the Spinner of the Years"(st XI), another metaphor used by Hardy to refer to the 'supreme being' as a vengeful God; upon hearing the vain cries of man clamouring, "I'm the king on the world!" as in the movie "Titanic" God responds as in the poem, with the event when God said "now!"(st XI) and render unto mankind the knowledge that He is the ultimate King of everything. Accordingly, God sends this vaingloriousness made by humans down to the bottom of the sea as a symbol of the vanity of the age thereby, indicating his power over human vanity.
Confession In Rhyme
Confession In Rhyme
Colors Charlotte mixing in with the sailors, is like a drop of gold paint in a bucket of gray paint. Under all the pressure she must feel faint. No other drops of gold paint to accompany her. Only a fraud. Gold on the outside, but hateful clear on the inside. A fraud, trying to be a good captain, but less than the sailors. Since the golden drop of paint is all alone, it blends in with the gray. This relates to when Charlotte is coming aboard the Seahawk. Also it relates to how she becomes one with the crew. This poem is modeled after my poet’s work because Molly Peacock would use metaphors in her poems. She would compare two things together to make one. Revenge For each sailor a flag has fallen and surrender was pleaded, for each sailor a country was overpowered, for each and every sailor a kingdom was conquered. Pain was planted into their hearts and minds. A plan for revenge has just been born. Captain Jaggery has made his last wish. His death wish... This relates to what happened after the Rebellion, all reactions that became one. Everyone wants revenge! Rebellion The captain worked them day and night for he had no mercy, because of this they had a fight though hungry and very thirsty. In that fight two men had died or at least it was thought to be when they found out one was alive they went on happily. They tricked the captain and two of the crew into thinking that Zachariah was dead, but all that was thrown overboard was some cloth in a hammock bed. Because the captain thought he was dead his secret was very big. Every day the sailors would bring him food while he was hiding in the brig. This poem relates to the part of the novel when there is a big fight and two are thought to be dead. It tells what happens before, during, and after the fight. Captain’s Triumph The captain’s musket was once useless until the crew became ruthless. Aiming at all insight, he pulled the trigger with all his might After thinking he stole two people’s lives he collected the sailors’ swords, pistols, and knives. Now that he has a scar on his face, he thinks Miss Doyle is a terrible disgrace. The captain’s rage was at a boil, because of the action of Miss Doyle. Since she hated the captain and he hated her too, She became a member of the Seahawk crew. This poem relates to the rebellion. It also relates to the relationship between Charlotte Doyle and Captain Jaggery. Maximum With fire in their eyes, regret in their minds, and doubt on their faces, they put her to the test. Can she climb the royal main mast up and down? In one whole piece. All in one test. Can she sail with the best, live with the men, rough up her hands and try it again. This relates to when she’s becoming one of the crew. Also it relates to the test Charlotte has to pass. Struggle It’s the struggle to get to the top, do not look down or you might drop! Choose to shimmy up the mast or take the ladder, both ways are fine, neither one is faster. I’ve reached the top! I feel like a bird about to fly, either that or a human about to die. This is the test that Charlotte had to take, climb up there and put her life at stake. This relates to the part of the story when Charlotte Doyle has to take the test to become one of the crew. She was Struggling but she made it in the end. Truth On this day a stark truth came to her, she was where no proper young lady should be. With nobody of her proper station here, She had felt very queer. Since the captain was very mean, she knew not from good and bad. So she didn’t sail as a Miss, she sailed as a Lad. The poem relates to when she became part of the crew and became a mister in the captain’s book. Hurricane Brig Charlotte Doyle would never give up, but when the hurricane came, Charlotte took a drop. She hardly got any sleep and was accused of murder, so now she is in the brig talking with Zachariah. Now knowing that her friend was alive, she was very happy, but since she was still mad at the captain, her attitude was very crappie. This relates to he hurricane scene in the book. This also relates to the murder accusation scene in the book. First Night Though the first night she felt very sadly, when offered some tea felt delighted and happy. When given a dirk by the kitchen’s cook, she felt very scared. Although, she soon discovered it was only for her to bewared. After a few days rebellion is what she feared. And to be a part of it she never dared. This poem relates to her first night on the Seahawk. Then goes on to the other days in that week. Murder Query Who had stolen the knife? Who was where at the time of the crime? Who decided to take Mr. Hollybrass’ life? Who is to blame? All suspects are the same. The Captain is to blame. The Captain is an animal untamed. He tried to pin it on Doyle, ‘cause his anger is at a boil! This poem relates to when Charlotte is accused of murder. It also relates to when they have a trial to discover if she is guilty or not. TAKE HEART Poems By: Molly Peacok Blank Paper This poem is about a girl who’s inheritance is just blank pieces of paper. On the paper her name was not mentioned like other names of family members. She said the blank paper has the life she tried to restore after feeling like a nobody. She thinks the true gift of inheritance is to recreate her past. She is going to “re-blanken” her life and fill it in with the right life experiences. I think this poem is fantastic. It is creative and well written and is also realistic. I like the way that the poet expressed so much in such a short poem, she had a problem and a solution. I think it takes a great writer to do something like that. I also liked the way that she entitled her poem because the title “Blank Paper” means the paper might as well be blank to the poet because her name has been excluded, it also means that her life is like a blank slate that she must now fill in. The Valley of the Monsters This poem is about the author’s life experiences. She is comparing a fictional valley of monsters to her childhood. The fictional valley of monsters is a place where rocks form into monsters’ shapes. In her real life experience it was the minds of her family that were formed into monstrous shapes. Both the stone statues and minds of her family were very permanent. When she wrote this she was comparing the monsters to shapes in the clouds that people pointed at and made fun of. She said that the rocks that form the fictional valley of monsters are statues meant for tourist attractions, but the valley of monster she grew up in was tough slice of life that became part of her normal existence. The monsters in her life were “two dinosaurs... guzzling beer and crushing the cans with their scaly thumb-equivalents.” This poet is creative in the way she compared fictional and non-fictional matters of consequence in one poem. I like the way that this poem is partly realistic and partly unrealistic. If you really think about the poem it is very sad, especially since it is partially biographical. I liked the way that she used so many metaphors to compare the two subjects. It was kind of like a mystery to figure out what she was trying to say. That is why I did not understand the poem at first. I have never read a poem that was more original. THE BOOK OF LIGHT Poems By: Lucille Clifton Thel This poem is about a landscape called Thel. The author said that it was her first landscape, probably meaning where she was born. She described it mahogany as the clay of Georgia. This is also about a woman who has sweet attic of a mind, a safe place to keep of old songs. There was music inside her; she would sit down, shy as ever, humming alone among broken promises and among sweet broken bodies of birds. This is the type of poem known as “short and sweet.” This poem is one of the shortest written in The Book of Light. Although this poem is short it is quite sweet. It is as if Lucille Clifton’s words just make you imagine what is happening. Even though this poem is beautiful and short, I bet if she added more details and story line, then she would have just as beautiful a poem. Imagining Bear This is a poem basically about imagining things about somebody. It seems to be a bear, but could possibly be a human. In this poem the author is imagining him too tall and too fat to enter into the parlors. She imagines his hide as tough and his walking clumsy, with his grown filling the wind. “Give him an old guitar, give him a bottle of booze,” she said. The author gets you to imagine his children and his wife sighing and laughing. We imagine him singing and his granddaughter remembering him in poems. The first time that I read this poem I thought that this poem was about a man. I thought this poem was about a man. I thought this because in the poem she always addresses the character as him. Also she would mention his children, his wife and his granddaughter in the poem. She said “Give him an old guitar, give him a bottle of booze.” Those are thing that men use! The second time I read the poem I thought the author was comparing a man to a bear. The words that she used in her poem are what made me think that. She would say things like “imagine his hide gruff, the hair on him grizzly even to his own hand.” Or, “Imagine him lumbering as he moves. I imagine his growl filling the wind.” Alas, the third time I thought it could be a man or bear and that the poet wanted to demonstrate the similarities in both.
Colors Charlotte mixing in with the sailors, is like a drop of gold paint in a bucket of gray paint. Under all the pressure she must feel faint. No other drops of gold paint to accompany her. Only a fraud. Gold on the outside, but hateful clear on the inside. A fraud, trying to be a good captain, but less than the sailors. Since the golden drop of paint is all alone, it blends in with the gray. This relates to when Charlotte is coming aboard the Seahawk. Also it relates to how she becomes one with the crew. This poem is modeled after my poet’s work because Molly Peacock would use metaphors in her poems. She would compare two things together to make one. Revenge For each sailor a flag has fallen and surrender was pleaded, for each sailor a country was overpowered, for each and every sailor a kingdom was conquered. Pain was planted into their hearts and minds. A plan for revenge has just been born. Captain Jaggery has made his last wish. His death wish... This relates to what happened after the Rebellion, all reactions that became one. Everyone wants revenge! Rebellion The captain worked them day and night for he had no mercy, because of this they had a fight though hungry and very thirsty. In that fight two men had died or at least it was thought to be when they found out one was alive they went on happily. They tricked the captain and two of the crew into thinking that Zachariah was dead, but all that was thrown overboard was some cloth in a hammock bed. Because the captain thought he was dead his secret was very big. Every day the sailors would bring him food while he was hiding in the brig. This poem relates to the part of the novel when there is a big fight and two are thought to be dead. It tells what happens before, during, and after the fight. Captain’s Triumph The captain’s musket was once useless until the crew became ruthless. Aiming at all insight, he pulled the trigger with all his might After thinking he stole two people’s lives he collected the sailors’ swords, pistols, and knives. Now that he has a scar on his face, he thinks Miss Doyle is a terrible disgrace. The captain’s rage was at a boil, because of the action of Miss Doyle. Since she hated the captain and he hated her too, She became a member of the Seahawk crew. This poem relates to the rebellion. It also relates to the relationship between Charlotte Doyle and Captain Jaggery. Maximum With fire in their eyes, regret in their minds, and doubt on their faces, they put her to the test. Can she climb the royal main mast up and down? In one whole piece. All in one test. Can she sail with the best, live with the men, rough up her hands and try it again. This relates to when she’s becoming one of the crew. Also it relates to the test Charlotte has to pass. Struggle It’s the struggle to get to the top, do not look down or you might drop! Choose to shimmy up the mast or take the ladder, both ways are fine, neither one is faster. I’ve reached the top! I feel like a bird about to fly, either that or a human about to die. This is the test that Charlotte had to take, climb up there and put her life at stake. This relates to the part of the story when Charlotte Doyle has to take the test to become one of the crew. She was Struggling but she made it in the end. Truth On this day a stark truth came to her, she was where no proper young lady should be. With nobody of her proper station here, She had felt very queer. Since the captain was very mean, she knew not from good and bad. So she didn’t sail as a Miss, she sailed as a Lad. The poem relates to when she became part of the crew and became a mister in the captain’s book. Hurricane Brig Charlotte Doyle would never give up, but when the hurricane came, Charlotte took a drop. She hardly got any sleep and was accused of murder, so now she is in the brig talking with Zachariah. Now knowing that her friend was alive, she was very happy, but since she was still mad at the captain, her attitude was very crappie. This relates to he hurricane scene in the book. This also relates to the murder accusation scene in the book. First Night Though the first night she felt very sadly, when offered some tea felt delighted and happy. When given a dirk by the kitchen’s cook, she felt very scared. Although, she soon discovered it was only for her to bewared. After a few days rebellion is what she feared. And to be a part of it she never dared. This poem relates to her first night on the Seahawk. Then goes on to the other days in that week. Murder Query Who had stolen the knife? Who was where at the time of the crime? Who decided to take Mr. Hollybrass’ life? Who is to blame? All suspects are the same. The Captain is to blame. The Captain is an animal untamed. He tried to pin it on Doyle, ‘cause his anger is at a boil! This poem relates to when Charlotte is accused of murder. It also relates to when they have a trial to discover if she is guilty or not. TAKE HEART Poems By: Molly Peacok Blank Paper This poem is about a girl who’s inheritance is just blank pieces of paper. On the paper her name was not mentioned like other names of family members. She said the blank paper has the life she tried to restore after feeling like a nobody. She thinks the true gift of inheritance is to recreate her past. She is going to “re-blanken” her life and fill it in with the right life experiences. I think this poem is fantastic. It is creative and well written and is also realistic. I like the way that the poet expressed so much in such a short poem, she had a problem and a solution. I think it takes a great writer to do something like that. I also liked the way that she entitled her poem because the title “Blank Paper” means the paper might as well be blank to the poet because her name has been excluded, it also means that her life is like a blank slate that she must now fill in. The Valley of the Monsters This poem is about the author’s life experiences. She is comparing a fictional valley of monsters to her childhood. The fictional valley of monsters is a place where rocks form into monsters’ shapes. In her real life experience it was the minds of her family that were formed into monstrous shapes. Both the stone statues and minds of her family were very permanent. When she wrote this she was comparing the monsters to shapes in the clouds that people pointed at and made fun of. She said that the rocks that form the fictional valley of monsters are statues meant for tourist attractions, but the valley of monster she grew up in was tough slice of life that became part of her normal existence. The monsters in her life were “two dinosaurs... guzzling beer and crushing the cans with their scaly thumb-equivalents.” This poet is creative in the way she compared fictional and non-fictional matters of consequence in one poem. I like the way that this poem is partly realistic and partly unrealistic. If you really think about the poem it is very sad, especially since it is partially biographical. I liked the way that she used so many metaphors to compare the two subjects. It was kind of like a mystery to figure out what she was trying to say. That is why I did not understand the poem at first. I have never read a poem that was more original. THE BOOK OF LIGHT Poems By: Lucille Clifton Thel This poem is about a landscape called Thel. The author said that it was her first landscape, probably meaning where she was born. She described it mahogany as the clay of Georgia. This is also about a woman who has sweet attic of a mind, a safe place to keep of old songs. There was music inside her; she would sit down, shy as ever, humming alone among broken promises and among sweet broken bodies of birds. This is the type of poem known as “short and sweet.” This poem is one of the shortest written in The Book of Light. Although this poem is short it is quite sweet. It is as if Lucille Clifton’s words just make you imagine what is happening. Even though this poem is beautiful and short, I bet if she added more details and story line, then she would have just as beautiful a poem. Imagining Bear This is a poem basically about imagining things about somebody. It seems to be a bear, but could possibly be a human. In this poem the author is imagining him too tall and too fat to enter into the parlors. She imagines his hide as tough and his walking clumsy, with his grown filling the wind. “Give him an old guitar, give him a bottle of booze,” she said. The author gets you to imagine his children and his wife sighing and laughing. We imagine him singing and his granddaughter remembering him in poems. The first time that I read this poem I thought that this poem was about a man. I thought this poem was about a man. I thought this because in the poem she always addresses the character as him. Also she would mention his children, his wife and his granddaughter in the poem. She said “Give him an old guitar, give him a bottle of booze.” Those are thing that men use! The second time I read the poem I thought the author was comparing a man to a bear. The words that she used in her poem are what made me think that. She would say things like “imagine his hide gruff, the hair on him grizzly even to his own hand.” Or, “Imagine him lumbering as he moves. I imagine his growl filling the wind.” Alas, the third time I thought it could be a man or bear and that the poet wanted to demonstrate the similarities in both.
Clouds
Clouds
I`ve opened the curtain of my east window here above the computer, and I sit now in a holy theater before a sky-blue stage. A little cloud above the neighbor's trees resembles Jimmy Durante's nose for a while, then becomes amorphous as it slips on north. Other clouds follow, big and little and tiny on their march toward whereness. Wisps of them lead or droop because there must always be leading and drooping. The trees seem to laugh at the clouds while yet reaching for them with swaying branches. Trees must think that they are real, rooted, somebody, and that perhaps the clouds are only tickled water which sometimes blocks their sun. But trees are clouds, too, of green leaves--clouds that only move a little. Trees grow and change and dissipate like their airborne cousins. And what am I but a cloud of thoughts and feelings and aspirations? Don't I put out tentative mists here and there? Don't I occasionally appear to other people as a ridiculous shape of thoughts without my intending to? Don't I drift toward the north when I feel the breezes of love and the warmth of compassion? If clouds are beings, and beings are clouds, are we not all well advised to drift, to feel the wind tucking us in here and plucking us out there? Are we such rock-hard bodily lumps as we imagine? Drift, let me. Sing to the sky, will I. One in many, are we. Let us breathe the breeze and find therein our roots in the spirit. I close the curtain now, feeling broader, fresher. The act is over. Applause is sweeping through the trees.
I`ve opened the curtain of my east window here above the computer, and I sit now in a holy theater before a sky-blue stage. A little cloud above the neighbor's trees resembles Jimmy Durante's nose for a while, then becomes amorphous as it slips on north. Other clouds follow, big and little and tiny on their march toward whereness. Wisps of them lead or droop because there must always be leading and drooping. The trees seem to laugh at the clouds while yet reaching for them with swaying branches. Trees must think that they are real, rooted, somebody, and that perhaps the clouds are only tickled water which sometimes blocks their sun. But trees are clouds, too, of green leaves--clouds that only move a little. Trees grow and change and dissipate like their airborne cousins. And what am I but a cloud of thoughts and feelings and aspirations? Don't I put out tentative mists here and there? Don't I occasionally appear to other people as a ridiculous shape of thoughts without my intending to? Don't I drift toward the north when I feel the breezes of love and the warmth of compassion? If clouds are beings, and beings are clouds, are we not all well advised to drift, to feel the wind tucking us in here and plucking us out there? Are we such rock-hard bodily lumps as we imagine? Drift, let me. Sing to the sky, will I. One in many, are we. Let us breathe the breeze and find therein our roots in the spirit. I close the curtain now, feeling broader, fresher. The act is over. Applause is sweeping through the trees.
Clod And Pebble By Blake
Clod And Pebble By Blake
In William Blake’s “The Clod and the Pebble,” the Clod of Clay and the Pebble have opposing views of love. The Clod sees love from an optimist’s view while the Pebble sees love from a pessimist’s point of view. The Clod of Clay sings his verse about love; “So sung the Clod of Clay” (347). This gives a sense of jubilation. The idea of song is associated with happiness and glee. This gives the impression that the Clod is happy and that the things of which he is singing are also happy. The Clod of Clay is also described as “Trodden with the cattle’s feet” (347). The Clod has been stepped on, though he does not seem to mind. The Clod is very optimistic. He knows that his purpose is to be stepped on. He doesn’t resent his place in the world. He can see past his purpose and find meaning in his life beyond his job. The Clod’s song about love says love is a wonderful and beautiful thing. He says “Love seeketh not itself to please, / Nor for itself hath any care” (347). The Clod is saying love is selfless. When a person is in love, he or she desires only to make his partner happy. A person in love wants only the things that his partner desires. The Clod sings, “But for another gives its ease” (347). This means someone in love is willing and does give up his simple life of being alone and dealing only with his own needs to share his life with the one he loves. When the Clod says “And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair” (347) he means that love can overcome anything. Love, in the midst of pain and suffering, can build a grand palace of happiness and hope. The Pebble in the brook has a totally different opinion of love. He sees love in the opposite way the Clod sees love. The pebble warbles his verse about love, “But a Pebble in the brook / Warbled out these metres met” (347). This means, in general, to sing, but it is more like a yodel. This does not sound like the song of the Clod. It is not nearly as jubilant. The Pebble lives in the brook. He lives in clear, fresh, moving water. The Pebble enjoys a life that is more peaceful than the Clod’s. The Pebble, though living a life of comfort, is a pessimist. He resents his place in the world. He does not understand that being a pebble in a brook is his purpose in life and is his position in the universe. The Pebbles warble about love says love is a dismal and dreary thing. He says “Love seeketh only Self to please, / To bind another to its delight” (347). The Pebble is saying love is selfish. When a person is in love, he or she desires only to be made happy by his partner. A person in love is only looking for the ways in which his partner could fulfill his desires. The Pebble warbles, “Joy in another’s loss of ease” (347). This means someone in love expects his partner to give up her simple life of being alone to share it with him. He expects to have an undisturbed life. When the Pebble says “And builds a Hell in Heaven’s Despite” (347), he means that love disturbs a peaceful life. He is saying that love, in the midst of happiness and hope, brings pain and suffering. The Pebble only sees how love can break hearts when they are so vulnerable. Love can make a person helpless, weak, and powerless. The Clod of Clay is an optimist who sees love as a wonderful thing that brings happiness and joy to a couple. The Pebble is a pessimist who sees love as a dismal illusion that only brings heartache and pain.
In William Blake’s “The Clod and the Pebble,” the Clod of Clay and the Pebble have opposing views of love. The Clod sees love from an optimist’s view while the Pebble sees love from a pessimist’s point of view. The Clod of Clay sings his verse about love; “So sung the Clod of Clay” (347). This gives a sense of jubilation. The idea of song is associated with happiness and glee. This gives the impression that the Clod is happy and that the things of which he is singing are also happy. The Clod of Clay is also described as “Trodden with the cattle’s feet” (347). The Clod has been stepped on, though he does not seem to mind. The Clod is very optimistic. He knows that his purpose is to be stepped on. He doesn’t resent his place in the world. He can see past his purpose and find meaning in his life beyond his job. The Clod’s song about love says love is a wonderful and beautiful thing. He says “Love seeketh not itself to please, / Nor for itself hath any care” (347). The Clod is saying love is selfless. When a person is in love, he or she desires only to make his partner happy. A person in love wants only the things that his partner desires. The Clod sings, “But for another gives its ease” (347). This means someone in love is willing and does give up his simple life of being alone and dealing only with his own needs to share his life with the one he loves. When the Clod says “And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair” (347) he means that love can overcome anything. Love, in the midst of pain and suffering, can build a grand palace of happiness and hope. The Pebble in the brook has a totally different opinion of love. He sees love in the opposite way the Clod sees love. The pebble warbles his verse about love, “But a Pebble in the brook / Warbled out these metres met” (347). This means, in general, to sing, but it is more like a yodel. This does not sound like the song of the Clod. It is not nearly as jubilant. The Pebble lives in the brook. He lives in clear, fresh, moving water. The Pebble enjoys a life that is more peaceful than the Clod’s. The Pebble, though living a life of comfort, is a pessimist. He resents his place in the world. He does not understand that being a pebble in a brook is his purpose in life and is his position in the universe. The Pebbles warble about love says love is a dismal and dreary thing. He says “Love seeketh only Self to please, / To bind another to its delight” (347). The Pebble is saying love is selfish. When a person is in love, he or she desires only to be made happy by his partner. A person in love is only looking for the ways in which his partner could fulfill his desires. The Pebble warbles, “Joy in another’s loss of ease” (347). This means someone in love expects his partner to give up her simple life of being alone to share it with him. He expects to have an undisturbed life. When the Pebble says “And builds a Hell in Heaven’s Despite” (347), he means that love disturbs a peaceful life. He is saying that love, in the midst of happiness and hope, brings pain and suffering. The Pebble only sees how love can break hearts when they are so vulnerable. Love can make a person helpless, weak, and powerless. The Clod of Clay is an optimist who sees love as a wonderful thing that brings happiness and joy to a couple. The Pebble is a pessimist who sees love as a dismal illusion that only brings heartache and pain.
Clarities
Clarities
"The Clarities" I choose the word clarity for this OED Essay. It seemed to fit rather well and piqued my interest as well. After reading the poem, I began to wonder what different meanings there were for this word. The author could have intended a less obvious meaning for the word clarities. So I decided to look it up. There were several definitions listed. One of which was brightness, lustre, brilliancy, splendour. I thought this definition was really interesting, because it wasn't the one I thought of orginally, and yet it was still the first one listed. It also was interesting because, considering what the poem is about, it adds a new light or tone to the poem. It adds a new way to describe love. It says how brilliant love is. This is also interesting because most historically this was the accepted definition of this word. Over the years the word must have changed meanings slightly. In that time the word was also used to mean clear, as in: the water is clear. Only more recently was it seen as clear meaning: clearness of thinking. This definition of this word became obsolete in the sixteenth century. The word than came to it's present spelling. This spelling almost became obsolete in the seventeenth century, but was revived more recently. Other definitions of clarity have been light in the literal sense. Clarity was used briefly around the 1650's to mean light referring to the sun. Another definition was glory and divine lustre. This definition was more permanent. It was used from the 1300's through the 1600's. This definition however has not been used in recent times. There also was one other definition other than the one accepted today. This definition was illustrious quality; lustre of renown. This is also an interesting definition to apply to this poem. The thought of love as being renown sheds new light. If one were to go through this poem with that definition in mind it would probably turn out to be a very different poem. The last and final definition is the one that still stands today. Clearness is now what we uses clarity to mean. We can use it to mean clarity of mind or clarity can involve seeing something. This definition of this word has been in use since the early 1600's and it still holds today. This is the longest standing use of this word. It will be interesting to see if this word continues to change meaning.
"The Clarities" I choose the word clarity for this OED Essay. It seemed to fit rather well and piqued my interest as well. After reading the poem, I began to wonder what different meanings there were for this word. The author could have intended a less obvious meaning for the word clarities. So I decided to look it up. There were several definitions listed. One of which was brightness, lustre, brilliancy, splendour. I thought this definition was really interesting, because it wasn't the one I thought of orginally, and yet it was still the first one listed. It also was interesting because, considering what the poem is about, it adds a new light or tone to the poem. It adds a new way to describe love. It says how brilliant love is. This is also interesting because most historically this was the accepted definition of this word. Over the years the word must have changed meanings slightly. In that time the word was also used to mean clear, as in: the water is clear. Only more recently was it seen as clear meaning: clearness of thinking. This definition of this word became obsolete in the sixteenth century. The word than came to it's present spelling. This spelling almost became obsolete in the seventeenth century, but was revived more recently. Other definitions of clarity have been light in the literal sense. Clarity was used briefly around the 1650's to mean light referring to the sun. Another definition was glory and divine lustre. This definition was more permanent. It was used from the 1300's through the 1600's. This definition however has not been used in recent times. There also was one other definition other than the one accepted today. This definition was illustrious quality; lustre of renown. This is also an interesting definition to apply to this poem. The thought of love as being renown sheds new light. If one were to go through this poem with that definition in mind it would probably turn out to be a very different poem. The last and final definition is the one that still stands today. Clearness is now what we uses clarity to mean. We can use it to mean clarity of mind or clarity can involve seeing something. This definition of this word has been in use since the early 1600's and it still holds today. This is the longest standing use of this word. It will be interesting to see if this word continues to change meaning.
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