1. http://dvargasrhsenglitcomp1.blogspot.com/2012/09/heros-journey-odysseus.html
( Hero's Journey Odysseus)
2. http://dvargasrhsenglitcomp1.blogspot.com/2012/11/allegory-of-cave-sonnet.html
( Allegory of the Cave)
3. http://dvargasrhsenglitcomp1.blogspot.com/2012/11/lit-anal-kite-runner.html
(Kite Runner Lit Analysis)
All my Lit Term definitions are also highly viewed on my blog.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Practice Essay 4
Prompt: In the two poems below, Keats and Longfellow reflect
on similar concerns. Read the poems carefully. Then write an essay in which you
compare and contrast the two poems, analyzing the poetic techniques each writer
uses to explore his particular situation.
"What
is death but a passage to life." Travis M. Farnsworth
Although both poems, When
I Have Fears by John Keats and Just Before Leaving for Home by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, talk about the short time they have left to really
live their lives they take a surprising turn when they both take a different
approach in their conclusions. Although Longfellow sees his past "half-way
up the hill" and sees it vanishing he fears seems to fear death that is
thundering above him. Keats on the other hand feels that he will never get to
live up to what he wanted to do in life. At the end of the poem he also seems
to give up and mention that either way love and fame will be nothing when he's
gone.
Both poets approach the coming
of the end with love and the feeling of sorrow through their poems. "That
I shall never look upon thee more", Keats mentions to fear he has to never
see this love again. He does mention it to be love because in the last line he
mentions love deteriorating to nothing in the end. Longfellow approaches love
by saying, "Of restless passion that would not be stilled" which kind
of makes it sound as is Longfellow feels he has been wasting time in life with
worthless love. Both authors seem to regret a lot of their past because they do
not seem to want the end to come so soon. With words like "fears",
"not fulfilled", and "death" there is a feeling that these
poets have a very similar view on the fact that they see and know death is
coming but they wish they had longer time to not just end up with what they
have experienced so far.
Although very similar in one way
both poets in their poems in very different ways. Keats takes a very low key
and not very exciting ending. On the other hand Longfellow takes on the
approach of full imagery and a very interesting ending ("The cataract of
Death far thundering from the heights"). Keats throughout his poem talks
about wishing for being more then he is and loving but in the end has no hope
and reveals that he feels no matter what those things will go away so why
bother dealing with them. Longfellow on the other hand talks about the love he
has wasted through the years and is closing his past in the twilight but still
is more apprehensive about the life he has before death then Keats. Longfellow
is still climbing the hill he is talking about during his poem but Keats seems
to be done.
Although both poems carry
very similar messages about the end to come, these poets have taken very
different approaches to the way they have lived life. They both carry sad
messages but Longfellow seems to be a wanting to see ahead more the Keats.
Through the diction and syntax used by both poets we are able to make an
analysis on the contrasting views that can only be seen when read and analyzed
carefully. Both poets honestly making death a realization that no matter what
it will happen.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Practice Essay Day 3
"It did everything it could to discourage the people walking along the street." In this excerpt from Ann Petry's The Street we are introduced to an urban setting that starts as windy day, however through the use of imagery, personification, and figurative language we explore a different relationship the wind carries with the character Lutie Johnson. Even though the relationship with the wind is not established until a couple paragraphs later in the passage, we come to be more acquainted with the "personality" of the wind before the connection is made. Through the extended personification and vivid imagery we begin to see the true relationship Lutie Johnson will carry with this Urban Setting.
"Fingering its way along the curb,..." through extended personification as an audience we begin to fill the wind taking on a very human like form. Setting the tone to how vicious the wind is and how inconvenient it is for the people walking in the streets. All the people want to do is get out of the way so that the wind does not take over them as they are walking by. The personification and the vivid imagery provided when we first meet the character Lutie Johnson provides a meeting of what seems like two enemy's. Lutie Johnson does not seem to fond of the wind moving the sign she is trying to read, however at the same time she does not seem phased by the gusts of wind that are lifting her hair and making her feel naked in the back of the neck. The fact that not only was Lutie Johnson trying to take refuge but what seemed like actual move into the city she encountered the wind in tells us as an audience that the wind does not become such a big problem to her.
The sudden meeting of the wind with Lutie Johnson seems very unkind and unwanted as set up by the imagery and extended personification in this excerpt. Without any verbal exchange to what seems like two characters the setting for Lutie Johnson is set in the first encounter.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Practice Essay Day two
It's finally up....Sorry life got in the way.. >.< (one day behind on all practice essays)
Desire creeps into us, makes us only want more and forget the true happiness we can get when we have self fulfillment. In the poem "Thou Blind Man's Mark" by Sir Philip Sidney we explore complex views on desire through a speaker that seems to have grown to despise desire. A speaker who feels that desire has taken over him mentally and done nothing by waste his time. "Who shouldst my mind to higher things prepare". Through diction and the flow of parts to the poem as an audience we realize that desire can basically drive a person mad.
Since the beginning of the poem we see words like "worthless", "ruin", and "kill" giving the overall feeling of the poem a dark and angry tone. Those words help portray the big idea that the speaker really does not like desire as it has carried on. Through the line "Desire, desire ! I have too dearly bought,..." we come to realize that the author seems to be speaking from personal experience. The feelings he expresses come from the bad experience he has had with desire. The speaker tells us that even though desire took him far he still did not achieve what he wanted and therefore all the hard work he put in was nothing but a big waste of time. Comparing desire to a web with no end the speakers attitude is clearly defined as a frustration that he feels with desire.
From the beginning to the last line, where he has said he will kill death, the speaker expresses through each stanza the points of madness that desire has brought to him. Starting with the first couple of lines we are given a few examples as to the fact that desire makes people make stupid decisions and act upon them. We are also given to understand that the "blind man" referred to is the speaker, and those who do not realize what desire has done to them. In the middle of the poem we realize that the experience he has makes him feel that desire is nothing but a waste of time that he deeply regrets falling into. Leading us into the conclusion of the poem where the speaker wants to end desire completely and all he wants is to seek for fulfillment within himself.
In this poem we explore the wonders of the speaker through his experience with desire. The unwillingness to continue trapped with desire but to continue on to seek for reason within himself. Through the whole poem we come to the realization as an audience that desire does nothing but drive a person mad as it starts to draw you in. Although the speaker does not say what it is he desires, the concept of desire in itself is something unwanted.
Desire creeps into us, makes us only want more and forget the true happiness we can get when we have self fulfillment. In the poem "Thou Blind Man's Mark" by Sir Philip Sidney we explore complex views on desire through a speaker that seems to have grown to despise desire. A speaker who feels that desire has taken over him mentally and done nothing by waste his time. "Who shouldst my mind to higher things prepare". Through diction and the flow of parts to the poem as an audience we realize that desire can basically drive a person mad.
Since the beginning of the poem we see words like "worthless", "ruin", and "kill" giving the overall feeling of the poem a dark and angry tone. Those words help portray the big idea that the speaker really does not like desire as it has carried on. Through the line "Desire, desire ! I have too dearly bought,..." we come to realize that the author seems to be speaking from personal experience. The feelings he expresses come from the bad experience he has had with desire. The speaker tells us that even though desire took him far he still did not achieve what he wanted and therefore all the hard work he put in was nothing but a big waste of time. Comparing desire to a web with no end the speakers attitude is clearly defined as a frustration that he feels with desire.
From the beginning to the last line, where he has said he will kill death, the speaker expresses through each stanza the points of madness that desire has brought to him. Starting with the first couple of lines we are given a few examples as to the fact that desire makes people make stupid decisions and act upon them. We are also given to understand that the "blind man" referred to is the speaker, and those who do not realize what desire has done to them. In the middle of the poem we realize that the experience he has makes him feel that desire is nothing but a waste of time that he deeply regrets falling into. Leading us into the conclusion of the poem where the speaker wants to end desire completely and all he wants is to seek for fulfillment within himself.
In this poem we explore the wonders of the speaker through his experience with desire. The unwillingness to continue trapped with desire but to continue on to seek for reason within himself. Through the whole poem we come to the realization as an audience that desire does nothing but drive a person mad as it starts to draw you in. Although the speaker does not say what it is he desires, the concept of desire in itself is something unwanted.
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