Unit 5

Birches

- life can be harsh and overtime it wears people down. It brings struggles and hardships and people wish to regain their hope to start a new. The connection between the boy and the speaker is that the boy is the speaker when he was young. The activity of swinging on birches symbolizes a state of youth. Everyone wants to go back to the time of being care free, no stress when they were younger.

Stoping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

-despite how busy they took a moment to watch the snow falling

Dramatic Monolog

-type of poem The poem demonstrates how people can go back and forth about a choice: basically explaining the decision making process, discovering more about the character through his upcoming choices.

Robert Frost 1875-1963

Born in San Francisco, but moved to New England 1912 when he was eleven. Worked various jobs while writing poetry on the side. Published a couple books of poetry. Read at Kennedy's inauguration. One of the best known and loved poets. Popular with public and the critics. Used traditional forms and language to paint portrait of New England landscape and lifestyle. Simple straightforward language.

The Far and the Near

The engineer (exposition) does the same thing everyday/ loyal to his job worked for more than 20 years excited to see a women never spoken beautiful and enduring - sees the same thing for years he decides to retire Rising Action - when he gets off the train Anti-climax: the moment he saw the women Theme/Insight - it makes things bigger than they really are everything may not be what it seems The story matches with the MODERNIST movement because the story is based off perception, alienation from his own ideas and he was devastated.

Modernism

Modernism is marked by a strong an intentional break with tradition. This break includes a strong reaction against established religious, political, and social views. Modernists concern themselves with the sub-conscious Modernists believe the world is created in the act of perceiving it; that is, the world is what we say it is. Modernists feel no connection with history or institutions. Their experience is that of alienation, loss, and despair. Modernists champion the individual and celebrate inner strength. Modernists believe life is unordered.

Pear Tree

The poem is mostly an expression of her fascination with a beautiful pear tree. In this poem, the pear tree is described as a beautiful with silver dust which just out of her reach to her . If you just plainly see the words without the meanings behind them you would only see a huge tree that is glazed in silver buds. The Silver dust that seems too high for her to touch is a symbol of prosperity that we as humans cannot reach. The tree is a symbol of perfection to h.d. The untenable silver represent the somehow unattainable goals in life. The silver cannot be touched for that matter. To touch the blooms would only destroy them. Their beauty would be completely lost. Even though the she might want to touch the branches they are higher than her arms can reach. This conflict reminds her that there are certain goals in life that can not be reached by all of us.The second stanza continues with the pear tree now representing all that is good, beautiful, and perfect.

The Negro Speaks

The speaker claims that he has known rivers as "ancient as the world," older than the blood that flows in our veins. His soul has grown deep, just like the rivers. He writes about bathing in the Euphrates at the beginning of civilization, and later, he built a hut along the Congo and listened to the river as he fell asleep. He looked at the Nile and watched the pyramids rise nearby; he heard the muddy Mississippi sing when Abraham Lincoln traveled to New Orleans. He repeats that he has known "ancient, dusky rivers," and his soul has grown deep like the rivers.

Out, out"

Theme You don't know what you have until it is gone When something bad happens, in the end you have to move on Younger kid doing a grown man's work and using a saw. Hand gets severed, doesn't want to be taken to the hospital because he doesn't want it cut off. dies in the end

Mending Walls

Theme you can't hide behind barriers. You have to break them down to become close to someone privacy is good since nature brings the wall down, maybe we aren't meant to put when we put up a wall they can be both physical and emotional rural area, overtime wall collapses & lets his neighbor know, they work together to put the rocks back up, "good fences make good neighbors" keep people away, but brings neighbors together, not bothered/protection wondering if its worth it, caused by nature (should they actually have it) no reason for the wall but they put it up anyway... Why? not really a point Symbols Stones - parts that make up a barrier Walls- borders we put between ourselves

"In Another Country

Trying to regain use of a knee that was wounded during World War I, Nick is in an Italian hospital for therapy, riding a kind of tricycle that his doctor promises will keep the muscles elastic. Nick is dubious of the machine and the therapy, as is a friend of his, an Italian major who is also undergoing therapy with a machine that exercises his hand that was injured in an industrial accident.Four other young men, Italian soldiers, are also using therapy machines, and they brag about the medals that they've received for their valor in battle. In contrast, the major never brags about his own bravery. He is deeply depressed and finally reveals to Nick that his young wife has just died.

Winter Dreams

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3rd person point of view - character not in the story Dexter 14 years old - middle class - caddy wishes he was winning golf tournaments - big imagination has winter dreams and quit his job because he doesn't want to caddy for Judy Judy 11 years old Dexter likes her putting on a mask when she smiles - internal conflict treats babysitters very mean - Dexter thinks its funny

Old Age Stcicks

contrasting images, the old and the young. The old doesn't want the young to progress and move forward to challenge new ideas. Old folks tend to hold on to traditions while the young wants to start a new.

Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town

describes a life that is uneventful and overlooked. When the husband and wife die it is almost like they aren't missed. People are going through life without asking questions or leaving a mark on the world. Depressing, or a call to voice your ideas and make a difference to not just live your life under the radar but cause dramatic changes to make life better. HAVE opinions and EXPRESS them. "They sowed their isn't they reaped their same."

Ezra Pound/ William Carlos Williams/ H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

direct presentation of images, word pictures spare & clean descriptions express essence of object, person, or incident without explanation hope to evoke an emotional response

Refugee in America

hows the emotional upheaval that resulted from being free but on equal in one's own country. Hughes analysis the meaning of the words "freedom" and "liberty" from an Afrian American's point of view in America. Freedom is used as meaning: without physical restraint or oppression; liberty represents a persons rights and control over one's own actions. The use of freedom in the first stanza indicates that the release from the bonds of slavery and a new physical freedom that the narrator's ancestors did not have. However, liberty has not yet been given to the African American community. Freedom has been a release from the heavy chains, but the narrator is still held by a rope without complete control of his own actions.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by: T.S Eliot POEM

negative poem metaphor of yellow fog & creepin like a cat puts on a fake look because he doesn't want to go to the tea party debating on talking to the girl

"The Corn Planting"

The Corn Planting is a short prose that narrates the story of Will Hutchenson, his untimely death, and how his parents cope with the loss. Will travels to the city to study in order to become a cartoonist. There he meets Hal and the two develop a deep friendship. Later, Hal travels to Will's home to meet with his parents and deliver the news of his death to them that happened in an accident. The parents are devastated but seek solace by planting corn even though it's the middle of the night. The following morning the parents prepare for their son's funeral calmly. The act of planting the corn seemed to have helped them cope with the loss of their beloved son