Poetry March Madness 2024 by Margaret Robinson

Love After Love

alwardh24_ — 2024-03-08 18:40:22 UTC

In the poem Love After Love, Derek Walcott, uses a hopeful tone to express the theme of learning to love yourself again. This is interesting because it focuses on the self love after a heartbreak, as opposed the actual heartbreak itself.

Eschatology

2024-03-08 18:42:57 UTC

Ewing in Eschatology uses an optimistic tone towards society and how the little things in life and the interactions we share between humans is what makes life so special. Also, life is meaningful because we are all a part of something and we share this life together which makes humanity good.

All bread

2024-03-08 18:43:50 UTC

the tone in "all bread" is angry, blunt, somber, and a little detached. the mix of tones highlights the amount of emotions that happens when change is confronted.

Dead Stars - Ada Limon

rudyg24_ — 2024-03-08 18:45:08 UTC

In the poem Dead Stars by Ada Limon, the speaker approaches the mundane, weekly experience of taking the trash out with a sentimental tinge. The two individuals find comfort in their constellation indentification, and their distant relation to the stars of which they are focused, this allows the speaker to be reflective of where they will be long after death, perhaps the subject of people in the very same state.

Perhaps the World Ends Here

2024-03-08 18:47:38 UTC

Prehaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo has a dictactic, sentimental, and nurturing tone to connect the kitchen table and the human experience, along with community.

Barbie Doll

alwardh24_ — 2024-03-08 18:47:47 UTC

In the poem Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy, uses a snarky and yet pensive tone to show how society expects the girl in the poem to look as she goes through her life. It does a great job of showing the theme while also showing that the poem doesn't endorse it.

Dirge Without Music

2024-03-08 18:50:43 UTC

In Dirge Without Music, Millay uses a mournful tone towards losing someone you love and having to understand and accept the fate that timing doesn't always work out.

The End and the Beginning

hazelo24 — 2024-03-08 18:52:47 UTC

In the poem The End and the Beginning, Wislawa Szymborska uses a candid tone to illustrate the theme of moving forward after devastation occurs. This tone is interesting because it leaves the emotional side of the poem up to interpretation for the reader.

Perhaps the World Ends Here

2024-03-11 17:39:22 UTC

In this Poem, Harjo uses Juxtaposition to give the reader the impression that being present in the small moments of life, such as meal time, is significant due to connections being built; this is demonstrated by the contrast between highs and lows of life that take place during communion.

Dead Stars

2024-03-11 17:46:03 UTC

In this poem, Limón uses personification to give the affect that in the end we all are just dead stars within the universe, who have control over their own fate. We have the power to declare who we are, and if we choose, we can make a difference in the world.

The End and the Beginning

alwardh24_ — 2024-03-11 17:47:39 UTC

In the poem, The End and the Beginning, the author uses Juxtaposition to give the effect of before and after a war. Showing the contrast of before where they were optimistic and hopeful for the future, to later, where they are fixing up everything that was destroyed.

Dirge Without Music

2024-03-11 17:47:53 UTC

In Edna St. Vincent Millays "Dirge Without Music" she uses juxtaposition to contrast the beauty, warmth, vibrance and complexity of life with the cold, harsh darkness of death that makes us all equal in despairity to illustrate how the transition between the stages of life and death can often be something we are reluctant to approach or accept however ultimately we must reach the stage of life we are in.

All Bread

richara24_ — 2024-03-11 17:48:09 UTC

All Bread by Margret ~~Robinson~~ Atwood uses juxtoposition in order to examine the things that are required to make good bread. By bringing up things like corpses and sweat, in contrast to the bread, Atwood confronts the changes that must occur to get bread, and how it is still connected to everything that came before.

Barbie Doll

2024-03-11 17:49:58 UTC

In the poem, Piercy uses juxtaposition to show the contrast of the way people viewed the young girl before and after she transformed herself. In the beginning of the poem, Piercy conveys how classmates only saw the girl as fat over being healthy, then at the end of the poem she was finally seen as pretty. This contrast shows that this drastic change was not worth it.

Love After Love

laudena24_ — 2024-03-11 17:51:03 UTC

In this poem, Walcott uses metaphors to give the reader a clear image in their mind about loving themselves while talking about reflections within yourself. By using this metaphor he gives the reader a sense of familiarity, showing that one day we will notice ourselves and relish in our own beauty and self worth.

Eschatology

2024-03-11 17:52:05 UTC

In the poem Eschatology, Eve Ewing uses juxtaposition to give the reader a positive perspective on death by talking about happy moments like running your feet into the sand, laughing until you choke, and getting notes from people you care about. She compares these events to our plasma imploding, our earth being a flaming trash cake, and dying to become a star in the sky.

Love After Love

2024-03-12 22:33:52 UTC

In the poem, Love After Love, the theme that Walcott supports throughout his writing is love, specifically self-love within yourself. Walcott speaks of a time in the future when you will meet yourself and find joy and contentment in being alone. He encourages you to find comfort in this version of yourself and let go of the past that you’ve held on to. By using the phrase “Sit. Eat.” Walcott shows the importance of recognizing this self-worth and self-love within yourself and not neglecting the versions of you that used to be you.