You pushed me to my limit
And now I've gone away.
You told me she was different
Than I'd seen yesterday.
You lied behind those cold, cold eyes
You are now my sorrow's demise
Why did I trust your lies?
Your words seemed truer than her cries.
27.11.08
26.11.08
Amazing poetry
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My friend Beth writes amazing poetry. Check it out.
My friend Beth writes amazing poetry. Check it out.
23.11.08
Poetry Essay.... What would you grade it???
Linda Brown
Dr. Gerard Collins
English 1080
A Critical Analysis for the Poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas is from the perspective of a son to his father. Using examples of wise, good, wild and grave men, the speaker is trying to convince his father that, although each man is different, each faces the “dying of the light”, physical or emotional blindness, with the same resistance. He wants his father to resist as well.
In this poem, emotional blindness is a lack of emotions or feelings, and because life is comprised of these things we can further say that emotional blindness is a man’s inability to absorb life. The word “light” emphasizes the concept of losing sight. Light is what enables one to see and without it we could not. “Dying of the light” could indicate the inability to see the positive, bright things in life. The speaker is trying to show his father that he should never become emotionally numb, even if his father is “on a sad height”, or, is dealing with an emotionally blinding experience.
The wise men do not give up on life even if their words have “forked no lightning;” their words have not caused anything brilliant or wondrous to spread. The good men do not succumb to emotional darkness even when their “frail deeds” were not powerful enough to dance, or cause celebration, in a “green bay,” or their worlds, societies or environments. The speaker uses examples of men to show his father that all of them, regardless of their situation, do not let go of life so easily.
The poem’s diction creates contrast within each stanza to show that despite the opposites presented, each stanza ends the same. This structure reinforces the theme of striving to stay emotionally alive under all circumstances by showing that men should choose to resist when blindness approaches, and struggle to emotionally survive . There are beautiful, positive words, and dark, sorrowful words. Some words that give evidence to this are “bright”, “danced”, “sang” and “gay”, contrasted with “frail”, “grieved”, and “death”, each stanza ending with either of the repeated lines stating men should not lose connection with their emotional lives, whether internal, interpersonal or external.
The last stanza in this poem is especially significant. The speaker says, “Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.” This line indicates that the speaker wishes to be cursed and blessed with his father’s sorrows. Cursed because the tears indicate his father has now accepted that his life is forever changed, and this may be a hard realization, and blessed, for the same reason, and that they can now move forward and continue living life. He not only wishes, but prays, that his father will let the burdens be carried by him so he can continue to live. It is at this point the reader realizes the speaker‘s message. The two lines that have been repeated throughout the poem end this stanza, as a somewhat desperate plea to his feather to “rage against the dying of the light.”
Dr. Gerard Collins
English 1080
A Critical Analysis for the Poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas is from the perspective of a son to his father. Using examples of wise, good, wild and grave men, the speaker is trying to convince his father that, although each man is different, each faces the “dying of the light”, physical or emotional blindness, with the same resistance. He wants his father to resist as well.
In this poem, emotional blindness is a lack of emotions or feelings, and because life is comprised of these things we can further say that emotional blindness is a man’s inability to absorb life. The word “light” emphasizes the concept of losing sight. Light is what enables one to see and without it we could not. “Dying of the light” could indicate the inability to see the positive, bright things in life. The speaker is trying to show his father that he should never become emotionally numb, even if his father is “on a sad height”, or, is dealing with an emotionally blinding experience.
The wise men do not give up on life even if their words have “forked no lightning;” their words have not caused anything brilliant or wondrous to spread. The good men do not succumb to emotional darkness even when their “frail deeds” were not powerful enough to dance, or cause celebration, in a “green bay,” or their worlds, societies or environments. The speaker uses examples of men to show his father that all of them, regardless of their situation, do not let go of life so easily.
The poem’s diction creates contrast within each stanza to show that despite the opposites presented, each stanza ends the same. This structure reinforces the theme of striving to stay emotionally alive under all circumstances by showing that men should choose to resist when blindness approaches, and struggle to emotionally survive . There are beautiful, positive words, and dark, sorrowful words. Some words that give evidence to this are “bright”, “danced”, “sang” and “gay”, contrasted with “frail”, “grieved”, and “death”, each stanza ending with either of the repeated lines stating men should not lose connection with their emotional lives, whether internal, interpersonal or external.
The last stanza in this poem is especially significant. The speaker says, “Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.” This line indicates that the speaker wishes to be cursed and blessed with his father’s sorrows. Cursed because the tears indicate his father has now accepted that his life is forever changed, and this may be a hard realization, and blessed, for the same reason, and that they can now move forward and continue living life. He not only wishes, but prays, that his father will let the burdens be carried by him so he can continue to live. It is at this point the reader realizes the speaker‘s message. The two lines that have been repeated throughout the poem end this stanza, as a somewhat desperate plea to his feather to “rage against the dying of the light.”
18.11.08
Entry Number 50!
Since I am studying poetry in English 1080 right now I thought I'd post a poem that I wrote last year.
War Criminals
Did you hear the gunshot across the field?
I sense that it is time for us to go.
I did not think it was so hard to yield
The final contract, was confirmed and sealed.
Was I prepared to feel the final blow?
Did you see the gunshot across the field?
The bodies kept falling and being wheeled
Destruction struck us like a savage throw
I didn’t know it was so hard to yield.
And now to our own court we have appealed.
Us criminals of war will suffer so.
I did hear the gunshot across the field.
Our brothers’ graves are where we are found kneeled
As if we are the victims of sorrow
I didn’t think it was so hard to yield.
Of dignity and honour we’ve been peeled.
The blood of loved ones lost will always flow.
Did you hear the gunshot across the field?
I didn’t think it was so hard to yield.
War Criminals
Did you hear the gunshot across the field?
I sense that it is time for us to go.
I did not think it was so hard to yield
The final contract, was confirmed and sealed.
Was I prepared to feel the final blow?
Did you see the gunshot across the field?
The bodies kept falling and being wheeled
Destruction struck us like a savage throw
I didn’t know it was so hard to yield.
And now to our own court we have appealed.
Us criminals of war will suffer so.
I did hear the gunshot across the field.
Our brothers’ graves are where we are found kneeled
As if we are the victims of sorrow
I didn’t think it was so hard to yield.
Of dignity and honour we’ve been peeled.
The blood of loved ones lost will always flow.
Did you hear the gunshot across the field?
I didn’t think it was so hard to yield.
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