My delightful wall of poetry theses - G Block by Brooke Leonnig https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2019-01-23 13:43:40 UTC 2019-01-23 14:12:51 UTC hello@padlet.com a song in the front yard https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323429423 Brooks employs the overall metaphorical meaning of the front yard and back yard in ”a song in the front yard” demonstrating societies influence on the upbringing of the youth.

]]> 2019-01-23 13:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323429423 For Julia, in the Deep Water https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323429784 Through his use of metaphors and paradoxes, Morris conveys a parent’s struggle and perspective of watching their child grow up and become independent. 

]]> 2019-01-23 13:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323429784 a song in the front yard https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323430582 Gwendolyn Brooks conveys the naivety children epitomize regarding their lack of awareness of the peril that comes with living life in the “back yard”. 

]]> 2019-01-23 13:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323430582 Those Winter Sundays https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323431904  Robert Hayden uses "Those Winter Sundays" to reminisce on a father's love and actions, and he demonstrates that real love should always be recognized and reciprocated. ]]> 2019-01-23 13:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323431904 A Song in the Front Yard https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323432218  
Throughout A Song in the Front Yard, Gwendolyn Brooks uses irony to showcase how having material goods and being rich doesn’t equal happiness in life.  
]]> 2019-01-23 13:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323432218 for julia, in the deep water https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323432302 The metaphor in "For Julia, in the Deep Water" embodies the struggles that parents and their relationships encounter when their children grow up. ]]> 2019-01-23 13:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323432302 Mad Girl's Love Song https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435098 Plath's stewing ideation in relation to her fragmentation in reality in "A Mad Girl's Love Song" centers from the villanelle form, and shows her obsession with the idea of her former lover. ]]> 2019-01-23 13:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435098 Kissing in Vietnamese https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435135  
In "Kissing in Vietnamese," Vuong uses perspectives and symbolism to accentuate the Grandmother's regret and mortality, and her coping mechanisms for living with them. 
]]> 2019-01-23 13:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435135 Kissing in Vietnamese https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435633 In "Kissing in Vietnamese", Vuong demonstrates the younger generations perspective as they try to embrace and understand the prior generation struggle.]]> 2019-01-23 13:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323435633 A song in the front yard https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323437402 2019-01-23 14:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brooke_leonnig/7juoy8w36xfe/wish/323437402