Research Topics: Poetry Samples

Health promotion

1st Section Secondary School State secondary school education in the early twentieth century was marginally extended to children whose parents could not afford school fees. Scholarships or financial grants for clever poor children and some state funding for secondary schools were provided, and more state secondary schools were created. But this state help did not appreciably expand secondary education, and in 1920 only 9.2 per cent of thirteen-year-old children in England and Wales were able to enter secondary schools on a non-fee-paying basis. The school system in the early twentieth century was still inadequate for the demands of society, working-class and lower-middle-class children lacked extensive education and hard-pressed governments avoided any further large-scale involvement until 1944. In 1944, an Education Act or the Butler Act reorganized state primary and secondary schools in England and Wales and greatly influenced future generations of schoolchildren   Most state secondary schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were divided into grammar schools and secondary modern schools. Some grammar schools were new, while others were old foundations, which now received direct state funding. Placement in this secondary system depended upon an examination result. The eleven-plus examination was adopted by most local education authorities (LEAs), consisted of tests which covered linguistic, mathematical and general knowledge and was taken in the last year of primary school at the age of eleven. The object was to select between academic and non-academic children and introduced the notion of selection based on ability. Those who passed the eleven-plus went to grammar school, while those who failed went to the secondary modern school. Although schools were supposed to be equal in their respective educational targets, the grammar schools were equated with a better or more academic education; a socially more respectable role; and qualified children for the better jobs and entry into higher education and the professions. Secondary modern schools were based on practical schooling, initially without national examinations.   Rationale of selection In an article from Evening Chronicle (7 February 2005, p. 8), an estimated 1.4 million people are diagnosed with diabetes in the UK, but a further one million people are undiagnosed. In an article from The Daily Mail (7 October 2004, p. 18), Diabetes is soaring at an alarming rate and now swallows up 5 per cent of the Health Service budget.  According to the charity Diabetes UK, spending on the condition is likely to rise to 10 per cent of NHS resources by 2011. There are now 1.8million people in the country with diabetes up by 400,000 in only eight years, according to a report by the charity published yesterday. Experts believe the number will surge further in coming years as the population becomes older and fatter. By the end of the decade, it is estimated that three million Britons could be sufferers. Campaigners called for early diagnosis and treatment of diabetes to help avoid devastating consequences such as heart disease and kidney and sight problems. The report revealed that 3 per cent of the population has either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Almost 250,000 were said to have Type 1, while just over 1.5million had Type 2. Experts also estimate that there are up to a million people who have Type 2 diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed. Lastly In an article from Western Mail (17 June 2005, the shocking truth about the childhood obesity epidemic and our obsession with dieting was laid bare as dietitians grappled with a solution to overweight Britain. Fat was thrust into the spotlight as experts warned people risk ignoring the most vulnerable in society which are children. Unless childhood obesity is addressed now dietitians fear it will spiral out of control and create a generation of obese adults almost beyond help. 1.8 million children in the UK are now overweight with 700,000 obese Many overweight and obese parents are simply blind to their own children’s weight problems; A third of mothers and 57% of fathers think their obese children are about the right weight; Weird and wonderful adult diets will not work for children, who still need to eat to grow.   This reasons and instances give the reason for choosing the said client group. The increase in instances of obesity with regarding to children may be bad not only for the secondary school children but for the country as well. Obesity may affect the children in the future since they imitate older persons. Obesity that leads to diabetes may be a big problem for the future generation. Preventing the problem of diabetes starts from fixing the root which is the children or secondary school children. Through making the children be prone and alert about diabetes and obesity the future will tend to be brighter for them.   Factors that contributed to the selection There are factors that contributed to the selection of the client group. This includes which client group can be easily dealt with, which client group can give lesser problems on time consumption, which client group has the greater need of such and lastly which client group can be given more attention and monitoring. In determining which client group to use for the undertaking a thing given attention is which client group can be easily dealt with. Some people in the society may be difficult to deal with and hard to please. In dealing with other people or groups of people problems in miscommunication may arise. Due to the situation choosing a client group is a hard task that was given a careful thought. A factor that contributed to the selection of the client group is which client group can cost lesser time to be wasted.  Time is a very important thing that is why in choosing the client group time was considered. The client group that wastes less time and causes lesser time is chosen.    A factor that contributed to the selection of the client group is which client group has a greater need of such. All the client group needs such but among them one client group needs it more. The secondary school needs health promotion since this group is the future of the world, and as previously mentioned the first thing that should be given attention is the one that may be affected by the problem. Lastly factor that contributed to the selection of the client group is which client group can be given more attention and monitoring. The secondary school children can be given more monitoring and attention with the help of the authorities. The said client group is easier to manage and monitor than those client groups older than them.   Social Policy Social Policy focuses on the needs of people and how the government responds to it through different sectors. These sectors include housing sector, education sector, health sector, food sector and others. Through these sectors the need of the people can be given attention. One sector is the health sector.  Health care is one of the most important and vital resources necessary in all social systems. It takes a variety of forms, and may be provided formally or informally through households or specialized institutions. It may be based on folk tradition as well as rational scientific theory, and comprises a range of different methods of assistance and intervention, corresponding to different concepts of health, illness and disease. Professionalized medical and surgical treatment, especially in hospital settings, is commonly regarded as the conventional model for modern health care systems, but this is only part of a more complex and differentiated pattern. The organization of health care generally, and medical services in particular, differs between societies, reflecting their economic, political and ideological characteristics. It also varies over time, depending on the distribution of power and the outcome of social conflict between competing groups and interests.   2nd Section Health Promotion A broad area of public health education, called health promotion, places special emphasis on illness and disabilities that decrease the quality of life. Health promotion efforts in the 1990s, for instance, increased public awareness of osteoporosis, a condition that causes disabling bone fractures among older women. Programs educated women about how to maintain strong bones by including enough calcium in their diets, exercising, and to consider estrogen replacement therapy after menopause. Health promotion also encourages people to take advantage of early diagnostic tests that can make the outcome of disease more favorable. Regular mammograms encourage early detection of breast cancer, for instance, increasing the chances of a cure. Detection and proper treatment of high blood pressure reduces the risk of a stroke, the leading cause of permanent disability in older people.   Health promotion emerged in the 1980s and 1990s amidst considerable ferment and debate within the public health field. Debate was so intense that a new title the new public health emerged to distinguish it from what went before. In one sense, it looked back to the future by drawing upon the spirit of the birth of the modern public health movement in the 1840s. The last decade has seen health promotion come of age, not simply as a standardized term in academia and academic publishing but also as a practice and area of expertise within public and community health. Debate over the definition and scope of health promotion continues, but few today would challenge its centrality in public health practice or its contribution to the development of thought and theory in an evolving social model of health .   The term health promotion has meant many different things to different people. To many social and political activists working to combat the social organization of ill health, it was akin to a new social movement, and a rallying point around which to fight for better health. Development was such that the movement possessed significant moral force and ideological support with its catch phrases, language and values, as some critics pointed out. To others health promotion represented a new way of addressing contemporary health and social care policy needs, and provided a strategy for health at the turn of the twenty-first century which suited new global neo-liberal forms of economic organization. Many of the founding concepts in health promotion grew out of international dialogue and collaboration and the subsequent strategies were intentionally global in vision.   For yet others, health promotion was an exciting intellectual development that presented new theoretical challenges drawing upon a social, as opposed to bio-medical model of health. The possibilities for empowerment, participation, capacity building, and enhancing social capital were not simply a theoretical, values-driven endeavor, but one that had implications for methodology, research, and professional practice. Health promotion promised, uniquely, to make links between environments and behavior, policy and participation, lifestyle and social organization, and public policy and health. This multi-focused approach was truly multi-disciplinary in nature. Health promotion is a way to prevent diseases to come to a person. Through such methodology the chances of a person gaining sickness becomes low. Through such method prevention comes first before any curing will be done. Health promotion main advantage is making sure that the people will not have any health problems; health promotion also prepares a government and its people for health problems they might encounter. Health promotion on the other hand may cause some problems. Health promotion can cause a sense of panic among the citizens. It may ruin day to day transaction that people do. Additionally health promotion can trigger other problems like companies closing down due to lesser people may come to their stores since they became concerned on their health.   Strategies to promote health To promote health there are many things that can be done. This includes house to house campaigning for better health practices; advertisements or reminders using media such as television, radios, newspapers, the web, magazines and other printed materials; word of mouth; and others. To promote health a person can make use of house to house or personal discussion with clients. Through such discussion people will know then be convinced first hand what happens when health practices are not well done. Through such activity people can understand fully the importance of health; they are also given the privilege of asking questions that will give them a better understanding. A way to promote health is the use of advertisements or reminders using media such as television, radios, newspapers, the web, magazines and other printed materials. Through such technique more people can come to know of health and proper health practices. It can reach wider parts of the world. Moreover a way to promote health is word of mouth. Through word of mouth people can be reached in far places. The only problem with this activity is the reliability of the message. The message’s meaning may become different when it is being transferred from one person to another.   Approach that should be applied to the main topic In promoting health an approach will be used so that no problems may arise and promotion of health will happen smoothly. If health promotion will be conducted an approach should be one that would create a big impact and it should attract attention of the people the promotion is aiming for. Therefore the approach for the promotion should be an up to date one. The approach should be adapted and relates to the people.  The approach should not be a traditional one because people might become not interested in it. The approach should help in engraving in the minds of the people the importance of health. The approach should create changes that can benefit the society and the health care they have.  Role as a school nurse Being a school nurse is not an easy task. As a school nurse one must know how to be patient, understanding, and caring for the children. The school nurse serves as another mother or father in school that tends to the medical/health need of a child. The school nurse as much as possible tries to implement changes that will be vital for a healthy child. The school nurse also initiates health programs that will benefit the children.  One of these programs is the health promotion. The school nurse makes sure that the health promotion is understood well by the students, and the said promotion leads to giving them future benefits.   Factors in health promotion program The two factors that contributed to creation of health promotion are the danger diabetes may bring to the children, and the worsening health condition of children. Diabetes has negative effects on people; it’s a disease that can cause pain and misery to its victim. As early as being a child people should be informed about how diabetes affects a person. The children should be given advices on how to prevent themselves from having diabetes. Another factor that contributed to the creation of health promotion is the worsening health condition of the children. Children are becoming lesser concerned about their health. It can be seen in how more children becomes obese. This obesity can lead to diseases such as diabetes. Through such promotion the children may not have such problems in the future. Health Promotion Session Aims and objectives <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Inform to the secondary school children about diabetes and how it might affect them in the future. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Show to the children what happens when they have diabetes.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Assist the children in evaluating their health condition.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Give tips to the secondary school children regarding how to take care of their health.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Instruct the children to prevent them from becoming obese. </li>   Implementation of the health promotion session The first thing that should be done is prepare the materials that will be used to promote health. A material that can be used is posters that can be placed on different parts of the school. Other materials that can be used include putting the information on diabetes on the bulletin boards or other school materials that the children usually see or use, and putting facts about diabetes in front of every classroom. While proceeding with such the next thing to do is ask each student to visit the clinic so that each of them can be informed about diabetes, when they have questions they can freely ask them. This activity will be a requirement for all students to participate in; the students visit in the clinic can be done individually or by group. During the discussion with the students about diabetes their health will analyzed, their health practices will also be questioned. As the discussion goes along materials that depict what happens to those who have diabetes will be shown to the students. Before ending the session the students will be given tips on how to maintain their health and how to prevent themselves from being obese.   Evaluation and Reflection After all students went through with the activity, the result of the activity will then be analyzed so that improvements to the activity can be made. The effectiveness of the said activity can only be seen if the students will refrain from not taking care of their health. The activity’s effects may be evident when they grow up but a little effect can also be seen while they are young. Probable effects of the activity include the children becoming lesser prone to diseases, they will also become more energetic and vibrant, and the children will not be easily tired. The activity tends not only to inform the school children the benefits and effects of diabetes it also assists in creating a better health lifestyle for the children. Through the activity the children’s future will be a one wherein they don’t have to think too much about diabetes.   3RD Section Conclusion Health care is one of the most important and vital resources necessary in all social systems. It takes a variety of forms, and may be provided formally or informally through households or specialized institutions. Health and its care is an important need a person has to have. Without proper knowledge about health and diseases people don’t have any kind of defense and might get sick. The secondary school was given particular attention because those within it are the ones that the future can still be changed. Unlike the older persons those in secondary school can still change their ways with regards to their health practice. A broad area of public health education, called health promotion, places special emphasis on illness and disabilities that decrease the quality of life Through the use of health promotion the young people can be informed about diabetes and things that can be done to prevent it. The health promotion can only be successful if some of its effects will be evident in the young people. The school nurse does an important role in the implementation and follows up of every activity done in health promotion. He/She ensures that the activity will bring out good results.   Recommendation To make sure that the health will be an important matter in any school the government should give its full support in the health promotion. All the resources the government has should be all used for such endeavor. Constant monitoring should also be done not only by the medical team of the school but the administrators and teachers as well. Since they are the ones that are with the students most of the time they should try to monitor how the students live a healthy lifestyle. The government should provide materials that can be used to promote health. These materials should be up to date so that no problems will be encountered. The parents on the other hand should monitor their children’s health while they are home. Anything eaten by the children that can be a bad thing for their health should be removed. The parents should be supporting the activity of health promotion to their children since this activity is for the good of the children. Diabetes management in secondary school can be done well and give positive results as long as the government, the school administrators, the teachers, and the parents work hand in hand to improve the health habits of the students. The children won’t have any problems with diabetes and its complication as long as the older persons will assist the medical team.  Diseases come to a person when his/her health is not properly being lead to a good path. Through the health promotion and diabetes management diseases might not come to a person.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Health promotion

1st Section Secondary School State secondary school education in the early twentieth century was marginally extended to children w...

Counseling Supervision Working with Practitioners who Work with Children

PREFACE Firstly I would like to thank my project supervisor Professor (name of your supervisor) for approving the topic concept of counseling supervision working with practitioners who work with children and for providing me with a good initial starting point who have helped to support me throughout the duration of the dissertation and to those kind people that have proof read the dissertation for me. Lastly, it is my gratitude to have accomplished this dissertation project as it has given me the opportunity to have an in-depth understanding and awareness relating to counseling supervision working within practitioners as they are working with children that needs counseling attention in whatever way. I am proud to have done thorough research with regards to this matter for the experiences and interests keeps me on the right pace of its learning application being a professional individual.   DEFINITIONS Counseling - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action Counseling Process – is the process in which the practitioners will have to follow definite counseling guidelines and principles Counseling Supervision – involves working under counseling supervision in a way that a counselor and or practitioner uses the services of another counselor to review their work, professional development as well as personal development in the process of the situation cases. Supervision – is a professional service for counselors who work in organizations as supervision and its management will normally be of separate ideology. Practitioner – this individual person will act not as a ‘boss’ but as a counseling consultant working with children that needs attention and care in the counseling process. Ethical Standards – involves a set of ethical values adopted in the counseling process of supervision and is to be considered at all times by the practitioners in the actual supervision for children- as the subordinate focus   ABSTRACT The dissertation presentation provides a detailed encounter of counseling supervision process working with practitioners as well as describes the framework and nature of counseling supervision in the United Kingdom, the dissertation is focusing on the marginal community in the UK it has been possible to carry out detailed survey process, case study discussions as well as a brief comparison regarding counseling effectiveness in dealing to such supervision working with practitioners in children. As a result, this research study is of importance not only as an exercise in the social development of counseling supervision but also in revealing enough evidences and findings in relation to the crucial situation and future needs throughout the content process. Since, a comprehensive research process could not have attempted without the proper acquisition of research materials, information and resources. Thus, it has been possible to discount issues such as the influence of counseling supervision along with practitioners and it has not been necessary to use sampling techniques to clarify points in giving clear emphasis to the purpose of completing the study and useful evidence that emerges as a result. The author also notes that what was once a lack of integration between counseling and health care has changed. It is now possible to see counseling as being embedded in health care as well as social and voluntary services. The study incorporates data provided through surveys with key informants in a form of questionnaires needed for the validation of the study and to ensure that the dissertation sets the information in the social context to investigate what counseling supervision is appropriate that could be of great help for the practitioners who work with children perse.   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   BACKGROUND Imagine how practitioners would work effectively with children without adopting to the concepts and foundations of counseling supervision, maybe mental health services lacks prior knowledge and skills needed for every needed application and that without supervising the process of counseling, no one could really prove any important approaches and techniques needed in various cases relating to the attitudes and behaviors shown by the children. Thus, it is a must for the practitioners to know and follow norms and standards when it comes to providing the adequate counseling supervision for children with emotional as well as behavior problems since, it is recommended that those who practice counseling applicable to the needs of children should be aware on some important counseling principles before taking any actions that might cause such possible failure in the end.   Counseling supervision is needed in any important process situation involving and catering to the needs of the children and that the presence of a better practitioner is important in counseling supervision as one of the ways practitioners working with children is by understanding “interpersonal characteristics” that both parties bring to the relationship. It is said that counseling focuses on emotion and emotional process involved in the training of doctoral and masters students would do well to address gender role issues”. Supervision is “an intensive, interpersonally focused, one-to-one relationship in which one person is designated to facilitate the development of therapeutic competence in the other person”. Investigating the impact within the realm of supervision also affords a unique opportunity to assess the role of potential practitioners.   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Counseling Supervision Working with Practitioners who Work with Children

PREFACE Firstly I would like to thank my project supervisor Professor (name of your supervisor) for approving the topic concept of co...

Witnessing the End to Innocence

<body> color:black”>Arabycolor:black”> is about an unnamed speaker, who, by hints of the story, is a male student residing in North Richmond Street.&nbsp; It focuses on the protagonist’s sudden realization, revelation and awakening about life.&nbsp; It is about a boy discovering reality as something disappointing from his ideals and fantasies.&nbsp; The protagonist directs the perception of the story in his own boy eyes.&nbsp; To him, North Richmond Street is a &quot;blind&quot; and &quot;quiet street&quot;. &nbsp;The other buildings are described as having &quot;brown imperturbable faces&quot; (paragraph 1).&nbsp; There is a sense of decadence in the boy’s description of the living place.&nbsp; This places even though &quot;the most hostile to romance&quot; (paragraph 5) is the setting of the boy’s first love.&nbsp; The object of his affection is Mangan’s sister, and for some time he had followed her in a voyeur manner.&nbsp; The boy is clearly overwhelmed by his new emotions of infatuations, &quot;yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood&quot; (paragraph 4).&nbsp; The following passage presents the overflow of indescribable emotions: margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%”> Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom. I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires&quot; margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify”> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This passage too will reveal the author’s choice about point of view and how this develops several aspects of different elements of the story. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The protagonist has been clearly blinded by love and instant devotion just from the excerpt.&nbsp; It compels people to do things spontaneously.&nbsp; In this case, the boy promises the girl a souvenir gift from a bazaar she wanted to go to.&nbsp; He looked forward to this fair but he was not taken seriously by the uncle he was supposed to collect money from.&nbsp; When the boy had gone to the bazaar, it was already closing.&nbsp; The boy felt a sense of defeat and disappointment when one of the store owners, a young lady, had been engrossed in conversation with two men and did not appear interested in him.&nbsp; This is perhaps when reality had struck him, for having expected, but not being able to perform the task.&nbsp; The boy’s perception of the world reveals the innocence and isolation as well as his growth from his experience of first love.&nbsp; His opinions shift from the ideal to the real, which disappoints the boy.&nbsp; Thus one witnesses how the boy falls in love in the midst of an impassive city.&nbsp; From his point of view, Mangan’s sister is a divine character.&nbsp; His magical, mystical, fantastic dreams would be interrupted by how his uncle took long in going home to bring him money.&nbsp; Consequently, the bazaar was already closing when he arrived.&nbsp; The young lady behind a store paid him little attention which enhances this sense of being dejected.&nbsp; Initially, the world appeared ideal thanks to Mangan’s sister.&nbsp; The boy saw the milieu positively despite having unpleasant odours or depressing architectures.&nbsp; There was the mention of the benevolent priest.&nbsp; Then the boy’s entire world becomes to be Mangan’s sister.&nbsp; Clearly from the excerpt above, Mangan’s sister is illuminated with a light that outshines others such as the pious Mercer and the working uncle who delayed his trip to the bazaar.&nbsp; The bazaar presented a reality bite which interrupts the boy’s romantic views of the world.&nbsp; There were only people who did not sympathize with him or love.&nbsp; They did not care beyond financial returns.&nbsp; He realizes the world is not as magical and fantastic as it appears, but in fact it is so engrossed by material things.&nbsp; The point of view emphasizes disillusionment and realization in a manner that directly involves the reader as the story proceeds in the eyes of the boy.&nbsp; By allowing readers to see through the boy’s eyes, the ending may have a stronger impact as the audience is allowed to feel his disappointment and witness first-hand his awakening to reality.&nbsp; Eventually, expectations which are detailed by the lengthy passage above, had not been met.&nbsp; There is a change of the character on the boy before and after the bazaar.&nbsp; Prior to the bazaar, it is well evident that the boy would be incoherent and afloat.&nbsp; Post-Bazaar, there is a bitterness and cynicism through anguish and anger that takes over the love and overflowing devotion of the boy to the girl.&nbsp; Any other Point of view would not have been effective in sending this message across.&nbsp; The reader would be kept outside instead of inside the psyche of the boy.&nbsp; It is important to emphasize that the story is about the boy’s awakening and this will need to be undergone in a psychological, mental or internal sense rather outside.&nbsp; In this manner, the reader is able to witness and undergo the boy’s experience.&nbsp; The point of view brings significant impact and allows the message of the story to be communicated and to resonate clearly.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Advertising Online Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Witnessing the End to Innocence

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Anthem for the Doomed Youth

Sacrifice as a Justification of War as portrayed in the war poems, Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” and Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for the Doomed Youth”   War is decidedly one of the events that truly inflict a personal trauma to a human being.  No one can be more directly affected by the horrors and fatalities of war but the soldiers in the battlefield.  No one can be more physically, mentally and psychologically scarred than the men who march in the battlefield in the risk of ending up dead or suffering dreadful injuries.  War heightens the seeming meaninglessness of human life at the face of heavy artillery and modern equipments of warfare.  A single bomb or missile explosion results to the death of thousands in one snap.  They die, so to speak, “as cattle” true to Wilfred Owen’s description in Anthem for Doomed Youth.  All hopes and dreams perish by a single gunshot or a massive catastrophe.  The effects of war had been nothing but dire, depressing and doomed for those who participate in the war and for everyone who had to witness such event.  While extrinsic scars and wounds may be healed, there is no proper treatment or cure for the wounds in the heart and mind.  Yet, many survive this ordeal despite with difficulty and despite being ruthlessly changed.  Humans are coping beings and this is perhaps because their rationality allows them to channel all their grievances and sentiments in a manner that will provide therapeutic healing or at the very least, acceptance.  Humans know how to move on with life because of this.  The past is a period in life to learn from, not to die from.  One of such channelling methods known to every participant and witness to war is through the writing of war poetry. War poetry belongs to a categorization or genre in its own.  They do not only reek with significant literary analyses but also, historical.  War poems are primary sources and reports of a historical event, as directly seen in the eyes and felt in the senses of those who undergo through such experience.  It does not only reveal the facts existent in a given historical event but it also portrays the emotional status of the person writing.  All poetry attempt to come to terms with the highly dehumanizing experience such that war can brings.    In the case of the two poems mentioned in this paper, they are similar in their attempts to find reason and meaning in a cause that mass slaughters human beings.  They attempt to restore the humanity and substance in every human life put at stake.  It attempts to differentiate between the death of an animal to the death of a human being.      In Rupert Brooke’s The Soldier, the persona of the poem is aware that he may die in the war along with the thousands others who se lives will simply be whiffed off like candles.  But the poetry attempt to at least immortalize the intentions, dreams and thoughts of this one poet.  The poet would like to make a difference in what would seemingly be one insignificant death.  Through the poetry he would like to recognize that his death will be for the good of all, which will thus bring greater gravity to his death.  The fact that he will be offering it to England and to its freedom (and thus to the benefit to all its constituents) will mark him a true hero than just a mere soldier of war.  This emphasizes not only the gallantry of every participant of war but also their inherent patriotism.  In fact, the poem rationalizes war all for the sake of love for a nation, this being England.  The poem would like the addressee to think not of his death, but to the greater good of an entire nation “If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England…”  In this way, the persona is assured and comforted that he will die not out of purpose but in fact he may just willingly do so for a cause that will benefit his countrymen.  Thus the poem is overwhelmed with descriptions, praises and glorification of England rather of the self.  The self will only be revealed in the end, but will only punctuate such selfless dedication to England: “And think, this heart, all evil shed away,/A pulse in the eternal mind, no less/Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;/Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;/And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,/In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.” Clearly, the persona is more than happy to give himself to the land he so loves.  War is thus a celebration of his love for his nation rather what could be a meaningless end to his life. Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth also similarly attempts to give meaning “for those who die as cattle…”  Owen presents the facts saying how each man is silenced by “the monstrous anger of the guns” and “the stuttering rifles rapid rattle”.  One shot can end everything in an instant.  There will be no slow motion, no lamentation, no good-byes, no mourning.  A single clap, blink and sound would already finish a human’s history.  Clearly, the poetry presents the seeming senselessness of the fatalities of war.  But Owen would like to give justice to these fallen soldiers such as what Brooke provided.  This time, he humanizes the deaths by providing them a proper send-off to the after-life.  He justifies thus by their eyes which “Shall shine the holy glimmer of good-byes.” And only the thoughts of their lady loves dear in their mind thus giving each soldier a happy and even peaceful death for dying with such a thought of beauty and grace.  Owen presents the emotional and the true human aspects of a war which is portrayed by the human sensibilities of love and devotion.  Because of one’s love and devotion for something and someone, death is no longer meaningless and insignificant.        This is what joins Brooke and Owen’s poetries together: the love and devotion towards an entity which brings purpose, significance, sense, meaning and reason to war.  Brooke’s poem speaks of love for the nation while Owen’s poem speaks of love for the lady love:  Both different in their objects but similar in their means, that which is the greatest love of all: sacrifice. 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Anthem for the Doomed Youth

Sacrifice as a Justification of War as portrayed in the war poems, Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” and Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for the Doome...

The Child Is Father Of The Man (An Analysis)

THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN (AN ANALYSIS)         The title seems to be odd since the child is not the father of man. This quote came from the poem entitled “My heart lift up and behold” also known as “The Rainbow”. This little literary masterpiece has been written by William Woodworth in March 26, 1802 he has made this short 9 line poems that has been moved by nature and their society but pondering the line “the child is the father of the man” creates a mystical intervention and confusion of what really is in the writers mind. Usually most analysis have decided a positive approach in its meaning but only the writers really knows in his mind what it really mean and this is the secret of poetry. Let us critically analysis what can we extract from such word beyond the authors point of view. You can view the whole poem here in this website; (http://www.bartleby.com/106/286.html)       The child is father of the man they can be viewed and simplified in a song of Whitney Houston saying “I believe the children are the future” and so they are, literally they are the descendant of the world and it belongs to them they are the seed of happiness in every home and they are the inspiration of their parents. They have given their full protection to a child and most nations has given every opportunity and privileges to a child by given them a good life, attention, education and future knowing that they are a gift from god and they will soon inherit the earth. A child is always happy but they can also cry, they may not be mature in words and in action but the world knows the heart of the child is pure and soft that’s why they protected them.          The child is father of the man knowing that we can also predict our maturity and emotion that all of us have come from childhood and we carry it in our adulthood. As an adult we long to go back to childhood and we wanted ourselves to become like them again, we may sometimes wish that we can go back in time where we use to play with our neighbor, run on the hills and valley and go to an adventure, play with our classmate to draw trees and flowers, engage with nature and simply look for the beautiful things that surround us no matter how simple they maybe. A child never mind a problem the just want to play, the world is a paradise a playing field in the hearth of a child and they can fly without wings and they reach the highest hills, their imagination is not limited.       The child is father of the man because we can learn from them simple things so that we can be wise, the feeling of hurt they feel today is gone tomorrow which in itself a struggle for adult, children can choose righteousness without effort much more than a man who are easily tempted by his weak spirit. You can learn valuable things from a child because they can envision their adulthood and how they want to grow through which a man may not, because he may be blinded by fear and insecurities and all worldly thoughts, he is delimited in his own image. A child can be a teacher in the eyes of an adult if they only take time to look in their life and how they grow.       The child is father of the man and they are far from sin, God has deliver children to his kingdom to live with him in eternity. The bible has called upon men to be like a child. According to the bible “Jesus called a little child to be with come to him, Jesus stood the child before the followers then Jesus said, I tell you the truth you must change and become like little children by heart. If you don’t do this you can never enter the kingdom of heaven. The greatest person in the kingdom of heaven is the person that makes himself humble like a child”. (Matthew 18: 2-4). The bible clearly signifies the difference of being childish to childlike the latter is positive and designed to commune with God.       The child is father of the man and the role of adult is to protect and nurture them to become a better part of the society that even the bible ask us to “train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). Whatever we teach to them will become their stronghold that this may shape their life and their future until they become adult with the image created by the society. Literally they will soon be the parents of the new generation and whatever we thought them will also be their guide to teach their children that makes them the “child is father of the man”. The generation will continue and the child will grow but in respect they will still devote their life to a child and the chain would never stop until the end of time.                   Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

The Child Is Father Of The Man (An Analysis)

THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN (AN ANALYSIS) The title seems to be odd since the child is not the father of man. This quote came ...

Sample Poetry Essay: Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” shows a historical placement of the Negroes and the way they have provided for the establishment of civilization giving them power and capability

Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes               Langston Hughes’ strongest point was providing a voice for the African-American community on his poetry while also effectively providing an experimental change on the literature. One of his most popular was through the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” where there are the lines:   “I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” (Hughes, Selected Poems, p. 4)               The poem provided a historical placement of the Negroes and also shows the way that they have provided for the establishment of civilization, therefore also giving them power and capability; it worked to describe the various places, times, and spaces that the Negroes have established their own community and helped with the sense of history. Here, Hughes managed to make a great impact on the people. This was also emphasized by the use of the first-person thus establishing their equality as a race, and as old as the Caucasians. Rivers are considered to be the bastion of civilization and that all throughout the world the historical events on the start of communities are very likely tied to the rivers. By melding the Negroes and the rivers together and showing the transition of time by establishing places all over the world, Hughes pointed out the contribution that the black community has provided to the world.             As such, the poem also managed to show the equality of the Negro race to others while effectively citing how they have also continued to contribute to the building of history. It speaks volumes on the different ideas that the people have found and also shows their ability to establish a more ideal place in the future. There are several ideas that they haves shown including the call for equality and the right to be acknowledged on their contribution to the building of civilization and historical events in which they also were.             By the final line “My soul has grown deep like the rivers”, Hughes thus pointed out that they have placed themselves in the events over time and now have managed to carve a place through history such as rivers have managed to carve their route over the millions of years of forming through rocks, mountains, and soil. These obstructions have managed to help make the river deeper, as such the case with the Negro community, and have also helped with the fertilization of the land and social communication. The ways that they have established their abilities still continues up to today. Indeed, Hughes has managed to effectively show the contributions of the Negroes through history and events, both silent and loud, and also show how equal they are with everyone—and perhaps may also offer more. Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Sample Poetry Essay: Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” shows a historical placement of the Negroes and the way they have provided for the establishment of civilization giving them power and capability

Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes Langston Hughes’ strongest point was providing a ...

Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature

1. Metaphor and Metonymy             Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature. Metaphor is the application of a name or descriptive term to an object to which it is not literally applicable. Metaphors transfer meaning by using a term to describe something else. Metaphors transfer meaning from one conceptual structure to another and so allow the readers to understand one domain of experience in terms of another.               Metaphor was used in the line “Then, we were all the Children of Innocence”. The poet used the term “children of innocence’ to mean that they were young and innocent.               Metonymy is the substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant. Metonymy occurs when the name of one thing is given to another thing with which it associated.               In the poem The Lost of Something Precious, the poet used metonymy to substitute a word with another word that is closely associated to it. The phrase “sands of time” was used to replace the word “years”. In the lines, “My heart would skip a beat each and every time you’d give me that smile” and “My heart would skip a beat every tome we would stop and talk a while” the literal meaning is a mixture of happiness, excitement and at the same time nervousness is being felt by the poet every time his or her friend would smile at him/her or talk to him/her. The line “With those words, you kill my heart from the core” also uses metonymy. The poet meant that with the harsh words that his/her friend told him/her, the poet became extremely sad or devastated.   2. Denotation and Connotation             Denotations tends to be described as the definitional, ‘literal’, ‘obvious’ or ‘commonsense’ meaning of a sign. In the case of linguistic signs, the denotative meaning is what the dictionary attempts to provide. Denotation is the central meaning of a linguistic form. The term connotation is used to refer to the socio-cultural and personal association of the sign. Connotation is a non-central word meaning acquired through frequent associations.   Denotations and Connotations were used in the poem. The word ‘precious’ denotes something that is valuable and may connote a loved one or a friend. The word ‘story’ denotes a narrative and may connote life. The word “world” denotes a planet and may connote people. The word friend means companion but in the poem it carries the connotation “lover”. The words “fun” “joy” and “laughter” all carry the same denotation. The words “pride”, “greed”, and “jealousy” connotes negative feelings. The word “oblivious” was used to connote “innocence” while the word “immaturity” denotes “childishness”. The word “trust” connotes “confidence”. The “word” heart connotes “feelings”. The word “close” denotes “near”. The word “happy” connotes “content”. The word “road” was used to connote “life”. The word “trust” was used to connote “love”. The word “dear” was used to connote “friend”.               3. Narrative Analysis             The poem narrates the pain of a friend or a lover who lost his or her beloved. The poem recounts all the happy experiences of the poet with his/her friend and how they grew up together and used to be with each other all the time. The poet also hinted on the developing between him/her and his/her friend. The poem recounts the experienced of the poet with his/her friend as they grow up. The overall emotion of the poem is one of sadness, and on the later part of the poem, hope. The poet was broken hearted because of the rift between him/her and his/her friend.     I’ve lost something very precious today, I’ve lost something that never ever was; I have lost the core of my soul today And I mourn in despair for my sad loss. I have lost what I once believed was true, I’ve lost what I once thought would surely be; I have lost what I have believed in for years And I cry out in my sorrow-why me!               The poet is experiencing sorrow because he/she lost the love or friendship of someone that is very precious to him/her. He/she was hoping that his/her relationship with that precious person will last and that they will never change.     Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature

1. Metaphor and Metonymy Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature. Metaphor is the applicatio...

The Lost of Something Precious

1. Metaphor and Metonymy             Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature. Metaphor is the application of a name or descriptive term to an object to which it is not literally applicable. Metaphors transfer meaning by using a term to describe something else. Metaphors transfer meaning from one conceptual structure to another and so allow the readers to understand one domain of experience in terms of another.               Metaphor was used in the line “Then, we were all the Children of Innocence”. The poet used the term “children of innocence’ to mean that they were young and innocent.               Metonymy is the substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant. Metonymy occurs when the name of one thing is given to another thing with which it associated.               In the poem The Lost of Something Precious, the poet used metonymy to substitute a word with another word that is closely associated to it. The phrase “sands of time” was used to replace the word “years”. In the lines, “My heart would skip a beat each and every time you’d give me that smile” and “My heart would skip a beat every tome we would stop and talk a while” the literal meaning is a mixture of happiness, excitement and at the same time nervousness is being felt by the poet every time his or her friend would smile at him/her or talk to him/her. The line “With those words, you kill my heart from the core” also uses metonymy. The poet meant that with the harsh words that his/her friend told him/her, the poet became extremely sad or devastated.   2. Denotation and Connotation             Denotations tends to be described as the definitional, ‘literal’, ‘obvious’ or ‘commonsense’ meaning of a sign. In the case of linguistic signs, the denotative meaning is what the dictionary attempts to provide. Denotation is the central meaning of a linguistic form. The term connotation is used to refer to the socio-cultural and personal association of the sign. Connotation is a non-central word meaning acquired through frequent associations.   Denotations and Connotations were used in the poem. The word ‘precious’ denotes something that is valuable and may connote a loved one or a friend. The word ‘story’ denotes a narrative and may connote life. The word “world” denotes a planet and may connote people. The word friend means companion but in the poem it carries the connotation “lover”. The words “fun” “joy” and “laughter” all carry the same denotation. The words “pride”, “greed”, and “jealousy” connotes negative feelings. The word “oblivious” was used to connote “innocence” while the word “immaturity” denotes “childishness”. The word “trust” connotes “confidence”. The “word” heart connotes “feelings”. The word “close” denotes “near”. The word “happy” connotes “content”. The word “road” was used to connote “life”. The word “trust” was used to connote “love”. The word “dear” was used to connote “friend”.               3. Narrative Analysis             The poem narrates the pain of a friend or a lover who lost his or her beloved. The poem recounts all the happy experiences of the poet with his/her friend and how they grew up together and used to be with each other all the time. The poet also hinted on the developing between him/her and his/her friend. The poem recounts the experienced of the poet with his/her friend as they grow up. The overall emotion of the poem is one of sadness, and on the later part of the poem, hope. The poet was broken hearted because of the rift between him/her and his/her friend. The poet is experiencing sorrow because he/she lost the love or friendship of someone that is very precious to him/her. He/she was hoping that his/her relationship with that precious person will last and that they will never change. I’ve lost something very precious today, I’ve lost something that never ever was; I have lost the core of my soul today And I mourn in despair for my sad loss. I have lost what I once believed was true, I’ve lost what I once thought would surely be; I have lost what I have believed in for years And I cry out in my sorrow-why me! A lugubrious expression on my face, I do try in vain to our story retrace…             The poem started with a sad tone where the poet was referring to something special that he/she lost. He/she thinks that that precious thing that she lost will never come back again.             In the succeeding stanzas, the poet described how he/she lost that something. He/she recounted the happy times he/she spent with his/her friend and how he/she thought that it will never end. He/she hoped that their friendship will bloom into something more special but he/she was devastated to learn that his/her friend does not feel the same. The memories are hazy, but very strong And I woefully wonder, “What…what went wrong?” Teary-eyed I remember those parties- Oh, the fun…the joy…the laughter-so hearty! Our school festival-how we danced! How we sang! And throughout the day and night, our voices rang! Then, we were all the Children of Innocence, Then, pride, greed, jealousy were of no essence. We all believed in living for the moment, And our time together was very well spent. We were oblivious to the world outside And our immaturity, we did not hide. We walked hand-in-hand without a single care, Our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions we did share. Some said that we were more than just childhood friends, Others said we would stick by each other to the end. But we did care little to what people said And with our own lives, we simply went ahead. ‘Friends Forever!’ That’s what we declared to all; We would stand united, we would never fall.   Then, he/she recounted how their relationship crumbled and how his/her friend became distant and avoided him/her.                             Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

The Lost of Something Precious

1. Metaphor and Metonymy Metaphor is the implied comparison between two things of unlike nature. Metaphor is the applicatio...

Analysis on the Poetry ” The Negro Speaks of Rivers “

Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”               strongest point was providing a voice for the African-American community on his poetry while also effectively providing an experimental change on the literature. One of his most popular was through the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” where there are the lines:   “I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.” (, p. 4)               The poem provided a historical placement of the Negroes and also shows the way that they have provided for the establishment of civilization, therefore also giving them power and capability; it worked to describe the various places, times, and spaces that the Negroes have established their own community and helped with the sense of history. Here, Hughes managed to make a great impact on the people. This was also emphasized by the use of the first-person thus establishing their equality as a race, and as old as the Caucasians. Rivers are considered to be the bastion of civilization and that all throughout the world the historical events on the start of communities are very likely tied to the rivers. By melding the Negroes and the rivers together and showing the transition of time by establishing places all over the world, Hughes pointed out the contribution that the black community has provided to the world.             As such, the poem also managed to show the equality of the Negro race to others while effectively citing how they have also continued to contribute to the building of history. It speaks volumes on the different ideas that the people have found and also shows their ability to establish a more ideal place in the future. There are several ideas that they haves shown including the call for equality and the right to be acknowledged on their contribution to the building of civilization and historical events in which they also were.             By the final line “My soul has grown deep like the rivers”, thus pointed out that they have placed themselves in the events over time and now have managed to carve a place through history such as rivers have managed to carve their route over the millions of years of forming through rocks, mountains, and soil. These obstructions have managed to help make the river deeper, as such the case with the Negro community, and have also helped with the fertilization of the land and social communication. The ways that they have established their abilities still continues up to today. Indeed, has managed to effectively show the contributions of the Negroes through history and events, both silent and loud, and also show how equal they are with everyone—and perhaps may also offer more.     Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Analysis on the Poetry ” The Negro Speaks of Rivers “

Analysis on the Poetry “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” strongest point was providing a voice for the African-American commun...

The Divine Comedy

THE DIVINE COMEDY     <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> In what ways does  make clear to the reader the central importance of freedom in the Purgatorio?</li> </ul>   Freedom in the context of  Purgatorio is based primarily on the freedom of man to decide upon himself/herself, devoid of any intervention from the divine.  evidently speak clearly of his sentiments on human nature in Purgatorio, specifically he addresses the concept of freedom in this second part of the Divine Comedy. He demonstrates in Canto XVI: The heavens your movements do initiate, I say not all; but granting that I say it, Light has been given you for good and evil, And free volition; which, if some fatigue In the first battles with the heavens it suffers, Afterwards conquers all, if well ’tis nurtured. To greater force and to a better nature, Though free, ye subject are, and that creates The mind in you the heavens have not in charge.   This means that God bestowed human beings with the materials of the individual perception. This material takes account of one’s soul. However, it is dependent on a person’s individual free will to permit the soul to direct him and steer in earthly affairs. In the subsequent quote in Canto XVI: Before it is, like to a little girl Weeping and laughing in her childish sport, Issues the simple soul, that nothing knows, Save that, proceeding from a joyous Maker, Gladly it turns to that which gives it pleasure    claims are anchored on the basic nature of yearning, a human sentiment that is at the foundation of one’s awareness. Moreover, he places the importance to what the soul implies. It implies an ethereal entity that only man could mold because of his possession of free will. Thus, in his work in Purgatorio,  speaks of freedom of the soul.   <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%"> Why can it be said that love is one of the principal themes and structural principles of the Purgatorio?</li> </ul>   In the three parts of the Divine Comedy, Purgatorio is probably the only part where it reveals souls nearest to what we perceive as a normal representation of the human state. They are evidently in torment; ironically they are in high spirits. Unlike those that have been encountered in the depths of Inferno, the torment that these souls are encountering is geared towards an eventual purpose. Unlike to those souls in Inferno, their pain is not eternal, futile affliction, but compensation which bestows these souls gradually nearer to God. This is the reason love is the principal themes of Purgatorio. It is the unconditional love of these souls and their continuous repentance to receive the glory of God through the gates of paradise is what keeps them doing what they do.   Moreover, the sins presented in this part of the Divine Comedy are brought about by imperfections in love.  segregates the seven deadly sins into three clusters. One is categorized as the distorted kind of love which is based on perversion. Sins like pride, envy, and anger are those which entail love for things which should not be loved in the first place. Another kind of love in this context is characterized by a derisory kind of love, sloth. This exemplifies laziness and indolence. And lastly, the remaining sins of avarice, gluttony, and lust are grouped together in order to characterize the sins of excessive love. Purgatorio resolves love by instructing souls to love the appropriate things in the suitable extent.   Normally, purgatory is perceived as a place of pain and endless suffering, however, the work of  reveals that there are two elements that constitute purgatory, castigation and purification.  gave emphasis to purification, which is acquired to a certain extent by anguish, but similarly by lessons. The souls that subsist in Purgatorio are able to gain knowledge of helping each other. As a consequence, in Purgatorio it is perceived that the souls that dwell there are in full swing to their goal of going to Paradiso, and in doing so still possess the ability to love.   o       In what ways does  Paradise constitute a procession of symbols? What values do these symbols represent? On the work of  in Paradise, a collection of symbols are presented to the reader. These symbols are revealed when  guides  into the Spheres in heaven. The first sphere is stated in Canto II until Canto V of the Paradiso. The first sphere is represented by the moon. Based on the descriptions of the characters, the moon represents those individuals who have forsaken their vows. The second sphere is discussed in Canto V to Canto VII. This sphere is embodied by Mercury. In looking at the verses of the Paradiso, this sphere symbolizes individuals who have done well in their lives in their conquest of fame.      On the sphere of Venus, the said object symbolized those who have done well with regards to the context of love and affection. The discussion in this part is reflected in Canto VII and XIX. The sun, on the other hand, represents the souls who are wise as discussed in Cantos X to XIV. Moreover, those who have defended the principles and teachings of Christianity have also been symbolized in the fifth sphere. The fifth sphere is characterized by the planet Mars. Similarly, justice is depicted in the scenes that took place in Cantos XVIII until XX. This sphere is represented by the planet Jupiter. On the other hand, the use of the planet Saturn revealed the symbolic use of the thoughtful and meditative souls as depicted in Cantos XXI to Cantos XXII. The eighth sphere as presented in Cantos XXII to XXVII represents the blessed souls that have entered heaven. It is at this point of the story where faith, hope and love are tested on the part of . The ninth sphere basically reflects the prime movers according to . Specifically, this sphere symbolizes the angels.   The concern of the  who does not discover heavenly enlightenment is the concern of the poet who has not brought into being an inspiration. All in all, the Divine Comedy reveals that the poem is not fashioned by a vision, nevertheless is the construction of a vision; or conceivably more precisely, the Comedy is construction aimed in the direction of a vision.          Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

The Divine Comedy

THE DIVINE COMEDY In what ways does make clear to the reader the central importance of freedom in the Purgatorio? Freedom i...

Cane

In one story or poem from Cane show how emotion (perhaps stimulated by sight,   sound, scent, touch, and physical memory) or desire (sexual, spiritual, or material   longing) causes personal or social conflict.   Perhaps one poem that best describes emotion and desire in  Cane would be “”.  “” is a third person lyrical narrative that presents a portrait or an image of a persona named .   is perceivably a woman yearned by men for her ravishing beauty as she resembles “the dusk on the eastern horizon”, and this line will be repeated all through-out the poem so to insist this attractive feature.  The description presented the desire on  even as she was a child, and how  presented her to be as “perfect as dusk when the sun goes down”.  She was a “wild flash” epitomizing the vibrancy of life and at sundown, she was still the “vivid colour”.  Eventually matures in this narrative in such a young age and as a woman she becomes impregnated.   meshes visual and touch stimulants to draw watching eyes at .  Besides the dusk of the eastern horizon,  repeats how  “carries beauty” from her childhood to when she is pregnant.  However, the repetition is not only performed so to emphasize the inherent attraction in  but to also stress the disappointment that will be revealed in the final line: “But  is a woman, and she has a child.” The very passage concretizes the conflict of the persona as there is an inability to claim  despite her stunning beauty.   has an inherent complicatedness that will make her elusive much to the disappointment and dismay of the persona.  It is clear that  is a little girl grown too early and she had submitted herself to men until she was left pregnant with an unwanted child.  Clearly the persona is so drawn and haunted by .  This is not typical in a poem in those times as women (black women especially) are seen to be lower than men.  They would immediately be branded as prostitutes, detested, mocked and looked down upon.  Yet the persona is so much attached to  despite the circumstances.  Somehow the attraction is not just physical or sexual but also spiritual.  The repetition of “Oh can’t you see her” challenges the reader to try to look beyond the physical to find  essence which completes the beauty of her dark skin or dusky beauty.  There is an expressed fragility and mysterious at this female, who is still very much a girl.  The conflict is on a personal level because the persona somehow desires K when it is forbidden.  The poem is delivered in a restrained level that the persona cannot say anything more than the beauty  carries or the dusk of the eastern horizon.  These lines are repeated over and over, thus presenting a pain that is repressed and unspoken.  The persona never tells more information other than these nor does the persona inform the readers why  killed the child.   may also suggest a social conflict because it presents a girl who has lost her virginity at such a young age.  It presents woman as a sexual object of men.   One possible interpretation is that  was actually raped, which would not be a far off inference knowing how she was already desired by men even at age 12.  It can very much be a tragic story of a girl who becomes a victim of an oppressive society who only sees her as a mean towards sexual satisfaction.  It can be the tragic story of an aborted child who was born out of wedlock or out of rape due to the secrecy and mystery that embraces the poem.  No one can speak entirely of what had happened. Credit:ivythesis.typepad.com

Cane

In one story or poem from Cane show how emotion (perhaps stimulated by sight, sound, scent, touch, and physical memory) or desire (se...