Robert Frost 3
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Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
He…
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down today.
Nothing gold can stay.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost is about the plants changing throughout the season. This poem has a rhyme scheme for example:
A-gold
A-hold
B-flower
B-hour
and etc.
An example of a metaphor in this poem is "So dawn goes down today." because dawn cannot actually go down. The words "Her" and "So" are repeated giving an example of repitition. This poem is an extended metaphor comparing the plant when it blooms and when it dies because of it's the end of the season. This is a poem that can have more than one meaning.
Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng 2
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Country Scene by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng
The waterfall plunges in the mist.
Who can describe this desola…
Country Scene by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng
The waterfall plunges in the mist.
Who can describe this desolate scene:
the long white river sliding through
the emerald shadows of the ancient canopy
. . .a shepherd's horn echoing in the valley,
fishnets stretched to dry on sandy flats.
A bell is tolling, fading, fading
just like love. Only poetry lasts.
"Country Scene" by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng is about the beauty of a waterfall. This poem gives me imagery of laying next to a waterfall hearing all of the lovely sounds of my surroundings. In the second to last line the word "fading" is an example of repitition. A metaphor in this poem is "the long river sliding through." because a river cannot slide. I like this poem because it is interesting and relaxing.
Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng
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The Jackfruit by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng
I am like a jackfruit on the tree.
To taste you must plug me qu…
The Jackfruit by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng
I am like a jackfruit on the tree.
To taste you must plug me quick, while fresh:
the skin rough, the pulp thick, yes,
but oh, I warn you against touching --
the rich juice will gush and stain your hands
"The Jackfruit" by Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng is about a jackfruit. This poem provides a lot of imagery of eating a jackfruit and the juicyness of it in your mouth. This is a free verse poem with no repitition or rhyming.
"To taste you must plug me quick..." is a metaphor because you can't plug a person. This is a simple, yet enjoyable poem.
Carl Sandburg
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Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
o…
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches and then moves on.
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg is a free verse poem about fog. This poem is comparing fog to a cat making the poem an extended metaphor. Comparing the fog to a cat is also an example of personification saying that the fog covers the harbor and city like a cat pouncing on its prey. This poem is imagery because I can imagine the fog throughout the city. I like this poem because it is simple, but can be taken a few different ways.
Robert Francis
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The Base Stealer by Robert Francis
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like …
The Base Stealer by Robert Francis
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,
Fingertips pointing the opposites,
Now bouncing tiptoe like a dropped ball,
Or a kid skipping rope, come on, come on!
Running a scattering of steps sidewise,
How he teeters, skitters, tingles, teases,
Taunts them, hovers like an ecstatic bird,
He's only flirting, crowd him, crowd him,
Delicate, delicate, delicate, delicate - Now!
This poem is about running bases in a baseball game. The quote "Both ways taunt like a tight-rope walker..." is a simile. The last line repeats the word "delicate" multiple times providing an example of repitition. A good example of alliteration is "...teeters, skitters, tingles, teases, taunts them..." these all using the "T" sound. Overall, I thought this poem was okay, but I didn't get that into it.
Langston Huges
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Dreams by Langston Huges
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
Th…
Dreams by Langston Huges
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
"Dreams" by Langston Huges is about accomplishing your dreams before it is too late. Huges is saying that life is boring and empty without dreams. The word "dreams" is repeated throughout the poem providing an example of repetition. Two metaphors in this poem are "Life is a broken-winged bird." and "Life is a barren field." I like this poem a lot because it is inspiration for me to accomplish my dreams.
Robert Frost 2
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Once By The Pacific by Robert Frost
The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked ove…
Once By The Pacific by Robert Frost
The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God's last 'Put out the Light' was spoken.
In this poem, Robert Frost expresses his view of the ocean from a mountain. Frost compares the beauty and destruction of the ocean making this poem an extended metaphor. This poem includes the rhyme scheme AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, GG. "The clouds were low and hairy in the skies." is a metaphor describing the placement and appearence of the clouds. "The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff." is an example of personification because a shore cannot be lucky. I like this poem because it provides imagery of the beach and ocean, which I think is beautiful.
