The poem “That time of year thou mayst in me behold” by Shakespeare and “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas both have a theme of death and nature. In “That time of year thou mayst in me behold,“ death is compared to the nature. However, “do not go gentle into that good night” explains death by expressing the feelings of four different men and how they portray death.
“That time of year thou mayst in me behold” is a sonnet number 73. In the poem, the poet compared death of a human being to the change of weather. “When yellow leaves or none, or few, do hang” refers to the winter when all the leaves start falling. This connection has to do with the nature of death. As the leaves of the trees fall every year and new leaves grow, people in this world die and new ones are born. It is a cycle of life that no one has any control on. “As the death bed whereon it must expire, Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.” This line in the poem has a very strong meaning. One must expire that was once nourished. No one is immortal in this world, everyone who came must also leave at the end of their life cycle. The reference to “black night” also conveys the meaning of death. The use of dark night and changing weather, refers to human life cycle. For instance, after every night there is a new day with a new weather. In Sonnet 73, the end of a human’s life is also referred to a dark knight and beginning of the life is referred to new weather of the day.
“Do not go Gentle into that good night,” takes a different approach to the death and nature. Dylan Thomas, compared for men: wise mean, good men, wild men, and grave men, and how they all portray death. The meaning of this poem of opposite compare to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73. Death in this poem is not considered as natural decision. The “wise men” tried to escape for death as it was coming closer and closer. The “good men” thought about the good deeds that they did in their entire life. “Wild men” did not care about death even though they knew that death is coming closer. The author tried to portray different perspective of different kind of people in this world. As compare of Sonnet 73, this poem also refer darkness to death. Light has always been a symbol of something new and a good start and darkness is a symbol of sadness and death. Thomas’s poem focuses on the perspective of different type of men in the world. There are some people in the world, who don’t think about death and there are some people who are scared of death. Both of the poems have some similarities between them. Both of the poems mention that death is uncertain and nobody has any control over it.
Dylan Thomas, in the last four lines talked about his father. “Sad height” may refer to the death of his father. That he is not alive anymore and ask his father to bless him. He miss his father’s love and this poem might be dedicated to his father. “Curse, bless me” shows that how much he misses his father and how badly he wants him back. However he also know the truth of life, that once somebody dies they never come back. This is why death is the theme of both of the poems. Both of the poems are trying to convey a message to the people that death is not controlled by anyone. Death is part of the nature.
Both of the poems had an imagery of nature, light and darkness. The imagery helped convey the meaning better. Both of the poems have different patterns. “Do not go gentle into that good night,” is a volatile in which some lines repeat themselves over and over again. However, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 is like a regular poem that does not have any repetition in it neither it rhyme with anything. Both of the poems have a common theme of death and its relevance with nature. The poems try to send a message to the people. Death is a circular cycle that keeps on going. The world will not end if a person dies and it will be keep moving at the same pace. These poems are meant to give people better understanding of life and peace to one’s heart and soul who have lost there loved one’s. Both of the poems in the end mention “love” also. Thomas is his poem express his love towards his father. Shakespeare in his sonnet 73 mentions that when somebody leave their loved ones, their love gets even stronger. So therefore, people should not think that love ends when someone dies, in fact the love gets even stronger. The relationship between death and love is prevail in these poems very mannerly.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Life Cycle
The poem “That time of year thou mayst in me behold” by Shakespeare and “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas both have a theme of death and nature. In “That time of year thou mayst in me behold,“ death is compared to the nature. However, “do not go gentle into that good night” explains death by expressing the feelings of four different men and how they portray death.
“That time of year thou mayst in me behold” is a sonnet number 73. In the poem, the poet compared death of a human being to the change of weather. “When yellow leaves or none, or few, do hang” refers to the winter when all the leaves start falling. This connection has to do with the nature of death. As the leaves of the trees fall every year and new leaves grow, people in this world die and new ones are born. It is a cycle of life that no one has any control on. “As the death bed whereon it must expire, Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.” this line in the poem has a very strong meaning. One must expire that was once nourished. No one is immortal in this world, everyone who came must also leave at the end of their life cycle. The reference to “black night” also conveys the meaning of death.
“Do not go Gentle into that good night,” takes a different approach to the death and nature. Dylan Thomas, compared for men: wise mean, good men, wild men, and grave men, and how they all portray death. The meaning of this poem of opposite compare to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73. Death in this poem is not considered as natural decision. The “wise men” tried to escape for death as it was coming closer and close. The “good men” thought about the good deeds that they did in their entire life. “Wild men” did not care about they even though they knew that death is coming closer. The author tried to portray different perspective of different kind of people in this world. As compare of Sonnet 73, this poem also refer darkness to death. Light has always been a symbol of something new and a good start and darkness is a symbol of sadness and death.
Dylan Thomas, in the last four lines talked about his father. “Sad height” may refer to the death of his father. That he is not alive anymore and ask his father to bless him. Both of the poems had an imagery of nature and light and darkness. The imagery helped convey the meaning better. Both of the poems have different patterns. “Do not go gentle into that good night,” is a volatile in which some lines repeat themselves over and over again. However, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 is like a regular poem that does not have any repetition in it neither it rhyme with anything. Both of the poems have a common theme of death and its relevance with nature.
“That time of year thou mayst in me behold” is a sonnet number 73. In the poem, the poet compared death of a human being to the change of weather. “When yellow leaves or none, or few, do hang” refers to the winter when all the leaves start falling. This connection has to do with the nature of death. As the leaves of the trees fall every year and new leaves grow, people in this world die and new ones are born. It is a cycle of life that no one has any control on. “As the death bed whereon it must expire, Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.” this line in the poem has a very strong meaning. One must expire that was once nourished. No one is immortal in this world, everyone who came must also leave at the end of their life cycle. The reference to “black night” also conveys the meaning of death.
“Do not go Gentle into that good night,” takes a different approach to the death and nature. Dylan Thomas, compared for men: wise mean, good men, wild men, and grave men, and how they all portray death. The meaning of this poem of opposite compare to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73. Death in this poem is not considered as natural decision. The “wise men” tried to escape for death as it was coming closer and close. The “good men” thought about the good deeds that they did in their entire life. “Wild men” did not care about they even though they knew that death is coming closer. The author tried to portray different perspective of different kind of people in this world. As compare of Sonnet 73, this poem also refer darkness to death. Light has always been a symbol of something new and a good start and darkness is a symbol of sadness and death.
Dylan Thomas, in the last four lines talked about his father. “Sad height” may refer to the death of his father. That he is not alive anymore and ask his father to bless him. Both of the poems had an imagery of nature and light and darkness. The imagery helped convey the meaning better. Both of the poems have different patterns. “Do not go gentle into that good night,” is a volatile in which some lines repeat themselves over and over again. However, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 is like a regular poem that does not have any repetition in it neither it rhyme with anything. Both of the poems have a common theme of death and its relevance with nature.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Mr. Ronald Macdonald
Mr. Ronald Macdonald
Dear Mr. Ronald Macdonald, What ethnicity are you?
I wonder if your chicken nuggets have bird flu?
I see you all over the world.
Hey hamburgaler, I know you steal hamburgers,
But have you ever tried Wendy’s chili?
Its been in the newspaper, white, black and red.
Dear Mr. Ronald Macdonald, is your patty 100% beef,
Because when I see fat kids on TV, I watch in disbelief;
I see you all over the world.
Hey hamburgaler, how do these chicken nuggets die?
I don’t want to believe Pamela Anderson. I think she’s telling a lie;
I see you all over the world
Its been in the newspaper, white, black and red.
Dear Mr. Ronald Macdonald, What ethnicity are you?
I wonder if your chicken nuggets have bird flu?
I see you all over the world.
Hey hamburgaler, I know you steal hamburgers,
But have you ever tried Wendy’s chili?
Its been in the newspaper, white, black and red.
Dear Mr. Ronald Macdonald, is your patty 100% beef,
Because when I see fat kids on TV, I watch in disbelief;
I see you all over the world.
Hey hamburgaler, how do these chicken nuggets die?
I don’t want to believe Pamela Anderson. I think she’s telling a lie;
I see you all over the world
Its been in the newspaper, white, black and red.
The use of a popular culture action figure in the poem, makes the poem more familiar. Sinister is talking about batman in this poem and trying to show the audience a different picture of the Batman. First, the poem is very less literary because of the format. It looks like a short story more than a poem.
In the starting of the poem, the poet mention a lot of things about batman, which he expect the audience’s to already know about. For instance, “no crime fighting” and being poor. Sinister is showing the real world and a real life picture of the Batman. He is telling the life story of Bruce Wayne, and how he is heart broken. It does not sounds like a poem to me, but rather a short story with a lot of visual description. One similarity between this work of Sinister and poems is that it lists a lot of things in the starting. The description makes the audience picture the scene in their minds and that’s what the poems are meant to do.
Since the format of this poem is not like every other poems and it does not rhyme like all the other poems, it is straight forward to understand the meaning of the poem. The reader does not have to make any predictions on anything. Sinister shows the heroic figure in poor circumstances and telling the people that everyone has to face hard times in life, even Batman. When I was reading this poem, I was very much engaged in it. The description of the scene got me into it and I felt like as if I was their with Sinister watching the real life Batman. The use of the Batman, engaged the audiences right in the starting and made them curious to read further.
In the starting of the poem, the poet mention a lot of things about batman, which he expect the audience’s to already know about. For instance, “no crime fighting” and being poor. Sinister is showing the real world and a real life picture of the Batman. He is telling the life story of Bruce Wayne, and how he is heart broken. It does not sounds like a poem to me, but rather a short story with a lot of visual description. One similarity between this work of Sinister and poems is that it lists a lot of things in the starting. The description makes the audience picture the scene in their minds and that’s what the poems are meant to do.
Since the format of this poem is not like every other poems and it does not rhyme like all the other poems, it is straight forward to understand the meaning of the poem. The reader does not have to make any predictions on anything. Sinister shows the heroic figure in poor circumstances and telling the people that everyone has to face hard times in life, even Batman. When I was reading this poem, I was very much engaged in it. The description of the scene got me into it and I felt like as if I was their with Sinister watching the real life Batman. The use of the Batman, engaged the audiences right in the starting and made them curious to read further.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Dashes
In the poem “I dwell in possibility” Emily Dickinson has used dashes many times to convey the meaning of the poem. When I was reading the poem, I felt like the dashes were helping set up the tone of the poem. In some places the dashes are separating things and at some places the dashes are connecting things.
In the first eight lines of the poem, the dashes are used to connect different things. “A fairer House than prose--” the dashes in this line are used to connect everything that is said after this line. The poet is talking about the house and with the use of the dashes, she list several important things about the house. Another thing that I have noticed is that, the dashes are used only at places with important connection. The pattern that I have found is that the dashes are also used for continuation of a sentence.
Later on in the poem, the dashes are used to separate things. There is a Volta in the poem at line 9. Starting from line 9, the poet starts talking about something else. The poet is trying to say many things in few words. There is no connection between those words, therefore the dashes are used to separate the meanings. For example, “For occupation--This--” These two words have no connection with each other. “This--” is not even in a complete sentence and the dashes over here are used for continuation. The last two lines in the poem are very meaningful. There are no dashes used in them until the end. This tells us that these two lines have a connection between them which the poet did not break by using the dashes. The pattern of continuation is also found at the end of the poem, which could also mean that the poem is not ended yet and there is still a lot more to say.
In the first eight lines of the poem, the dashes are used to connect different things. “A fairer House than prose--” the dashes in this line are used to connect everything that is said after this line. The poet is talking about the house and with the use of the dashes, she list several important things about the house. Another thing that I have noticed is that, the dashes are used only at places with important connection. The pattern that I have found is that the dashes are also used for continuation of a sentence.
Later on in the poem, the dashes are used to separate things. There is a Volta in the poem at line 9. Starting from line 9, the poet starts talking about something else. The poet is trying to say many things in few words. There is no connection between those words, therefore the dashes are used to separate the meanings. For example, “For occupation--This--” These two words have no connection with each other. “This--” is not even in a complete sentence and the dashes over here are used for continuation. The last two lines in the poem are very meaningful. There are no dashes used in them until the end. This tells us that these two lines have a connection between them which the poet did not break by using the dashes. The pattern of continuation is also found at the end of the poem, which could also mean that the poem is not ended yet and there is still a lot more to say.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Burning Ship
The poem “Casabianca” by Felicia Hemans mentions about virus images. However, the most dominant image is of the flames. The ‘burning deck’ and ‘rolling flames’ are mentioned several times in the poem. The image of flames recur within the poem and sets the scene of the poem.
The flames mentioned in the poem are symbol of destruction. The fire sets a theme of a war and people getting killed. The little boy is surrounded by dead bodies and is helpless. He saw his father dying in front of him, which put him into a shock. He can not think of anything and asking his father for help. But his father is not alive any more. There is also some very good alteration of rhyme in the poem, such as form and storm. ‘Form’ and ‘storm’ are totally two different words and have opposite meanings. If one is creations, then the other one is destruction.
When I was reading the poem, I kept thinking that is there nobody else on the ship to help the boy? Is he the only one left on the ship? He kept seeking help from him father, because as a child, he feel safe with his father. The boy is very courageous. He did not care about the danger that was about to come, in fact he was with his father the entire time. Another thing that I noticed in the poem was that the boy was very obedient. He asked his father if his task is done. The flames represented darkness in the poem and danger for the boy. This poem reminds me of many historical wars and disasters. It reminds me of all the children who became orphans and left in danger. The ‘rolling flames’ mentioned in the poem are part of every child’s life out there in the world who lost his or her loved ones. Terrorism, which is the biggest fear of every child in the world, puts the future of the world in flames.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Morning Blog!!
When i think about Into to Literature, only one thought comes to mind and that is "8am?" I chose this title because it will remind me that i have 8am class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This way i wont miss any class. the title 'Morning blog' sounds very interesting to me, because it can also be as a starting of a new day with an interesting blog. The title is a very essential part of writing. its the first impression that the reader has about the writing and as they say first impression is always the last impression. Morning blog sounds something fresh and new.
i not only chose this title because it sounds impressive, but i also chose this tile because it means something to me. Like every other student i hate waking up early. but at the same time i also believe that if i wake up early i feel more energetic and get all my work done. That is why i decided to take an early morning 8 am class, even though i know it is going to be hard to wake up that early. but i will do it to make sure that i stay on my task and write morning blogs!
Morning blog sounds something like morning news on TV. So i am pretty sure that when ever anyone will read this title they will think about a daily morning journals. this will make them read my blogs eventhough sometimes my blog posts might not be very interesting.
i not only chose this title because it sounds impressive, but i also chose this tile because it means something to me. Like every other student i hate waking up early. but at the same time i also believe that if i wake up early i feel more energetic and get all my work done. That is why i decided to take an early morning 8 am class, even though i know it is going to be hard to wake up that early. but i will do it to make sure that i stay on my task and write morning blogs!
Morning blog sounds something like morning news on TV. So i am pretty sure that when ever anyone will read this title they will think about a daily morning journals. this will make them read my blogs eventhough sometimes my blog posts might not be very interesting.
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