Rotation 4 Blog 2
Langston Hughes- page 379
“End”
This poem is talking about how in the life of a slave there is no time. Their is also no door for privacy. A slaves life they do nothing for themselevs just for their worker. Their isent light nor dark outside the door saying that no matter what they feel as if there is no hope. This poem does not have a rhyme scheme which I think has a dramatic effect on the poem because rhyming usually makes a poem more lyrical.
Anthony Hecht- page 463
“Adam”
The refrain in this poem is “Adam, my child my son” it is used twice. It is used at the beginning of two of the three stanzas. The first stanza of this poem is in quotation marks. The author wants his song to actually feel like that is what he is saying to him. The rest of the poem (not in quotations) is talking more about God and how he is the father. This poem makes me want to believe in god more for I feel like he is a fatherly figure.
Jane Kenyon- page 125
“The Suitor”
This poem has very interesting imagery. It compares the lifting and falling of curtains to the breathing of someone’s chest. When the poem says “wind moves the leaves of the box elder” I don’t quite understand what it is saying. When the leaves move they show “their light undersides.” Saying how they change directions like a school of fish. This makes the person in the poem happy and she has been feeling this for awhile. Finally the timid suitor comes to talk to her. In this poem there are a lot of similes, which really make the poem come to life.
