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Jun 6, 2020 · 6. William Carlos Williams, ‘ Peace on Earth ’. This poem from one of America’s greatest modernist poets looks to the stars for its subject – and, specifically, the constellations. Whilst Orion’s sword glistens and the serpent writhes, all is peaceful and calm on earth.
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Glossary of poetic terms (Representative Poetry Online) anaphora. the repetition of a word or phrase, usually at the beginning of a line. alliteration. the repetition of sounds in a sequence of words. (See also consonance and assonance.) allegory. narrative with two levels of meaning, one stated and one unstated.
by Jean Bleakney. Jean Bleakney’s ‘Consolidation’ is a deeply personal poem about the act of rearranging the cowry shells that the speaker and her children gathered in the past. This poem presents the act of gathering cowrie shells and arranging them. The speaker thinks it could bring peace to her sad mind.
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- John Lennon: "Imagine" Some of the best poems are song lyrics. John Lennon's "Imagine" invokes a utopia without possessions or greed, without the fighting that he believed nations and religions, by their very existence, promoted.
- Alfred Noyes: "On the Western Front" Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain.
- Maya Angelou: "The Rock Cries Out to Us Today" Maya Angelou, in this poem invoking natural imagery to portray human life against a long span of time, has these lines explicitly denouncing war and calling for peace, in the voice of the "rock" that has existed since early time
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the middle of the Civil War, wrote this poem which has more recently been adapted as a modern Christmas classic.
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The forty-six line poem is a long commentary on how one should consider their day to day life. This includes how to keep what’s important in front of mind, balance one’s career, inner peace, and aspirations. While also striving to be a good person in a world that doesn’t always treat you fairly.
‘Desiderata’ by Max Ehrmann is a prose poem that in its original form was contained within one long paragraph or stanza. In later years, without the consent of the author, it was separated out into stanzas. As a prose poem, this piece has some of the attributes of prose, or structured, purposeful writing that is focused on outcomes and plots, and s...
Despite being a prose poem, there are several poetic techniques at work in ‘Desiderata’. These include but are not limited to enjambment, sibilance, and alliteration. The first of these, enjambment, is a very prominent technique in this poem. It occurs when a line is cut off before its natural stopping point. Enjambment forces a reader down to the ...
Lines 1-8
In the first eight lines of ‘Desiderata’ the speaker, who is without gender or race, asks that everyone, no matter their background or future “Go placidly amid the noise and haste”. This is one of the best-known lines in this piece and is often used in place of the title. The word “placidly” means peacefully or calmly, this is one of the major themes of the text. In that peace, one can find “silence,” something that is beneficial for one’s state of mind. The next few lines suggest ways of dea...
Lines 9-21
As a complement to the emphasis on silence in the first lines, the next suggest that you “Avoid loud and aggressive persons”. It is better to stay away from things that rouse your spirit painfully or unnecessarily. One of the features of this poem is the way that Ehrmann chose to arrange each line of advice. Generally, the statements take up two lines the first half telling you want to do and the second telling you why it is a good idea. For example, lines seven and eight. The first tells the...
Lines 22-33
In one of the shortest lines of the poem the speaker suggests that you should “Be yourself”. This is followed by details and reasons why not staying true to one’s nature can be detrimental. Age, he continues on, is not something to be fought. One should “Take kindly the counsel of the years”. In the eighth line of this stanza, a reader can find an example of sibilance. It is similar to alliteration but it is concerned with soft vowel sounds such as “s” and “th”. This kind of repetition usuall...
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Peace is a place I love to be. Where worries disappear from me. It’s where I run, where I can play. And all my fears just fade away. It’s where the sky is always blue. And everything is bright and new. The birds sing and the flowers grow. And there’s a gentle breeze that blows. Peace is a feeling in my heart.
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Aug 30, 2021 · Poetry is one of the most elegant and evocative forms of human expression, but its terminology can overwhelm even the most assiduous of students. Though you don’t need to be a master of poetic jargon to appreciate the artistry of a well-crafted poem, knowing the terms can help you discuss poetry in spoken conversation or in writing.
