Poetry Analysis Essay Brainstorm, Period4 by Kenneth Fleming

"Welcome to our Poetry Analysis Essay Brainstorm Padlet!

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

This is a collaborative space to help you plan and organize your thoughts for your summative essay. Please follow these steps:

Central Idea/Thesis Statement: Begin by posting your working central idea or thesis statement in the first column.
Literary Devices: Identify and list at least two relevant literary devices in the second column, explaining their purpose.
Evidence (Direct Quotes): Find and post direct quotes from the poem that support your analysis in the third column. Include page numbers or line numbers.
Non-Fiction Connections (Push Yourself): If you're incorporating non-fiction, post your source and explanation in the fifth column.
Peer Feedback: Feel free to comment on and react to your classmates' posts to provide constructive feedback.

Central Ideas / Thesis Statements

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

Do this one last!

Post your potential central idea or thesis statement for your essay. Remember, this should be a clear, concise claim about how the author develops the central idea and addresses societal injustices.

You can revise this later; this is just a starting point.

Poems and Songs

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

Post the title and author of the poem or song you are interested in analyzing.

Also, please write 3-4 sentences about your interest in this poem or song. What topics does it cover? What does it say about the topics?

If applicable, provide a link or upload the text.

Possible Poems

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

Here is a Google Drive Link to a bunch of poems. We've covered some. Others may be new. There are also videos to help with context!

Literary Devices

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

List at least two literary devices an author might use in a poem or song.

Briefly explain each device's purpose and how it conveys a central idea.

Examples: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Symbolism, Imagery, Conflict, Characterization, Setting, Denotation/Connotation, Irony.

Evidence (Direct Quotes)

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

Post direct quotes from the poem or song that support your chosen literary devices and central idea. Aim for at least four quotes. Include page numbers, line numbers, or timestamps for MLA citations.

Non-Fiction Connections!

kfleming9_1 — 2025-04-01 14:51:05 UTC

If you are pushing yourself, post a non-fiction text (article, historical context, etc.) that supplements your analysis.

Explain how this text connects to a poem's or song's central idea and societal injustices.

iamcase-missing you

2025-04-01 15:22:59 UTC

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"Still i Rise"- Maya Angelou

poem

2025-04-01 15:28:30 UTC

"Counting decent" by Clint Smith

This poem covers the topics of family and past experiences shape how an individual views the world. The writers shares stories of his family to portray the issue he faces in the community. I chose this poem as it is relatable and talks about family experiences, which can connect to other peoples lives.

Nemzzz-Escape

2025-04-01 15:28:53 UTC

I am interest in this song not just because his one of my favorite music artist but the messages he has one this song and his point of view on the world and his peers. And some things I can relate to. Personal and family experiences.

POEM

2025-04-01 15:30:58 UTC

A Poem Is A City - Charles Bukowski

2025-04-01 15:31:39 UTC

Maya uses repetition, simile, rhetorical questions, and enjambment in her poem "Still i Rise"

Song

2025-04-01 15:32:15 UTC

I chose the song,¨Power Trip¨ by Yeat because within the song, I feel that there is a story of A War Within. Through my interpretation, I see a mindset where power, regret, paranoia, and self-destruction all collide. I feel as if his 2093 version of himself is questioning himself of his own reality even though he is aware that something is off with an inevitable future. In my opinion of the song, I feel a more emotion heavy understanding than a textual understanding because of the surreal and scattered structure. Personally, I chose this specific song because it is one of my favorite songs on the album and I see many decipherable verses, almost treating it like a poem. - Raihan

Literary device

2025-04-01 15:35:01 UTC

The writer uses imagery and simile throughout the poem. the author uses descriptive words to create more realistic images in the readers brain. He also uses similes to compare his thoughts with other things. through the literary devices Smith shares his experiences and thoughts.

Poem

2025-04-01 15:35:04 UTC

To Julia de Burgos- this poem talks about the same person dealing with two different personalities. The author uses a lot of repetition that is significant to what she has gone thought. She is constantly comparing her inner self to her public self.

Reincarnated by Kendrick Lamar

leop25 — 2025-04-01 15:35:21 UTC

The reason I chose this song/poem was because of how the artist gives examples of other people and of his too. He uses the word "Reincarnated" to show different life examples like John Lee Hooker and Billie Holiday and talks about how they manage to get famous, what they suffered and how they ended up losing their life.

2025-04-01 15:36:12 UTC

Name: Happy Face

Author: Jagwar Twin

Main subject: be happy even when things are bad

A Poem Is A City

2025-04-01 15:36:27 UTC

Charles Bukowski uses Motif and Symbolism in his poem "A Poem Is a City".

2025-04-01 15:36:47 UTC

¨War Pigs¨ by Black Sabbath

I choose this because I like the song and the message and story that it tells. This song is an anti war song that talks about the wrong doings of politicians. In the song the narrator is against war and the people endorse it.

TWENTIES by Giveon

sanjuktar — 2025-04-01 15:37:06 UTC

One of the biggest reason I want to analyze this song because currently it's my favorite song. In this song by Giveon I think the lyrics are very powerful and can resonate powerfully with someone. The main takeaway from this song is spending your time and youth on someone and reflecting on that time spent on them. I think this is a very interesting song to debunk.

miccahk — 2025-04-01 15:37:21 UTC

The Marías use imagery and metaphors to convey their message of life and find meaning within themselves. Imagery is used with descriptive details of meadows. Metaphor is combined with imagery, using the meadows as a symbol for freedom.

Song

naturells1 — 2025-04-01 15:37:51 UTC

The song I'm interested in is Reincarnated by Kendrick Lamar. This song peaked my interest because of the overall message of getting rid of the tireless cycle and experiencing change. As well as his openly discussions about the music/celebrity life.

I think what makes the central idea better is when the author or artist has pain in their heart showing that the central idea is not just an idea but a real experience

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daelyns2 — 2025-04-01 15:38:10 UTC

compartir - Carla Morrison

mosaic - iqra

2025-04-01 15:38:23 UTC

I am interested in this poems because I wrote it and it gives me the opportunity to analyze my own personal thoughts. It covers personal thoughts of why I am what I am. The poems uses the term mosaic to describe the pieces of what makes me.

Literary devices

2025-04-01 15:38:35 UTC

Two literary devices in the poem " To Julia de Burgos" is the use of repetition and allusion to represent a topic of society or conflict she is facing. It is significant because it explains the difference between societal expectations and who she really is from the inside.

Dear White America by Danez Smith

2025-04-01 15:38:48 UTC

I chose this poem in particular due to the unique way the poem is presented. The poem contains many enjambments and many sentences do not end in a line break. The way the poem s written creates a powerful message and feeling within the writing, and interests me in how poets can write their poems to get a message across.

2025-04-01 15:39:01 UTC

The literary device used in Happy face is symbolism.

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Paul McCartney uses repetition, symbolism, conflict and metaphors in "Yesterday".

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Lines 40-44: "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise." (Reptition)

Lines 25-28: "Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise. That I dance like I've got diamonds. At the meeting of my thighs?"(Simile)

Lines 5-8: "Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room." (Rhetorical questions)

Lines 29-32: Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise (Enjambment)

hailiejader — 2025-04-01 15:40:09 UTC

He uses repetition and conflict.

2025-04-01 15:40:11 UTC

the poem uses symbolism and connotations.

naturells1 — 2025-04-01 15:40:16 UTC

Kendrick Lamar uses Symbolism and Characterization to protray the central ideas in the song "Reincarnated". He uses Sy

daelyns2 — 2025-04-01 15:40:29 UTC

irony and repetition

Imagery & Symbolism

sanjuktar — 2025-04-01 15:40:29 UTC

In poems or songs I think the author would use helpful literary devices like imagery and symbolism. The author can use imagery by writing different lines and quotes which paint a different picture for everyone's imagination. The author can use symbolism by having different symbols which add to the central idea of the poem/song. These symbols can have different meanings and help readers create connections.

2025-04-01 15:40:52 UTC

"I see the light" by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. It talks about how both characters were blind to the beauties of the world and they each helped each other see clearly.

Fingenails

2025-04-01 15:40:53 UTC

The central theme in fingernails would be resilience. This is further expanded on through imagery, which puts a picture in our head.

Literary Devices

aaronr229 — 2025-04-01 15:41:13 UTC

a simile is a form of speech that compares two different things using the words like or as
why would authors use simile to create clear and relatable comparisons for readers to visualize
a metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two things without using like or as
author uses metaphor to add a deeper meaning in a poem promoting emotion for readers to visualize.

Blackbird - The Beatles

2025-04-02 15:33:39 UTC

Blackbird written by Paul McCartney is about black women in the civil rights movement. The song was written with black women symbolized as a blackbird and their resilience in the movement. The song was made as a sign of hope.

Immigrant by Sade

lailam77 — 2025-04-02 15:33:56 UTC

I find this song interesting because it talks about how black people are treated in America. Sade talks about the difficulties of being treated inhumane by society because of your skin color.

2025-04-02 15:35:16 UTC

Paul McCartney uses symbolism, imagery, a metaphor, and repetition. To portray black women, their struggle, resilience and hope.

"Be Free" by J. Cole

2025-04-02 15:36:32 UTC

I'm interested in this song because it covers the struggles of the Black community and talks about his story life and what struggles he has to deal with. The topic covers Freedom and self-Determination. It says a lot of the Black community struggles.

-Jonathan

lailam77 — 2025-04-02 15:37:20 UTC

"He didn't know what it was to be black

till they gave him his change, but didn't wanaa touch his hand"

"comin from where he did

he was turned away from every door like joseph

2025-04-02 15:37:44 UTC

In lines 9-11 "Blackbird, fly Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night" the line is repeated in the following stanza, this is to portray the resilience to keep fighting for their rights as citizens.