comparison of all the poems

7/24/2019 Comparison of All the Poems

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By Hamzah, Abbie, Jack, Georgia, Ben and Joel

COMPARISON OF ALL THEPOEMS

LO- To compare many of the poems that eha!e st"died and de!elop a re!ision g"ide#

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2/13

%&'(

)ary Lamb compares an en!io"s person to that of a rose tree,

s"ggesting that a rose anting to be like a different floer o"ld

be blind to its on bea"ty#

*f the rose ished to change its +nat"ral bent+ and gro other

floers, it o"ld be "nable to do so# he pict"res the rose

orrying, and says if it co"ld only appreciate its on red floer

and smell its bea"tif"l scent, it o"ld ne!er be "nhappy again#

This comparison is "sed to s"ggest that, if e too co"ld only

appreciate o"r on strengths, talents and bea"ty, e o"ld

ha!e no need to be ealo"s of others#


3/13

%&'(

.%n!y/ is a grand metaphor comparing the floer that cannot see its

bea"ty to the people in the orld ho cannot see their talents# Lamb

"ses a rhyme scheme and a choice of ords that con!ey a gentle

and bea"tif"l feeling to the reader hen they are read alo"d# The

title .en!y/ brings images of ealo"sy and of green en!y to the mindand not ones of delicate roses, b"t this is here Lamb did e!erything

right# he "sed the rose, the most bea"tif"l of floers, to con!ey her

message that being en!io"s is a aste of time# 0ed roses signify

lo!e, poer, passion and co"rage# By "sing this floer Lamb is

trying to make the statement that people sho"ld not be en!io"s, they

are rare floers and ha!e lo!e poer, and passion ithin them#

Lamb effecti!ely "ses different ords to con!ey this o!erall message

thro"gho"t the poem#


4/13

A&TH%) 1O0 $OO)%$ (O2TH

Thro"gh .Anthem for $oomed (o"th,/ a ell knon sonnet ritten

by 3ilfred Oen, conflict is portrayed directly thro"gh the effects

of ar# The reader sees the horrors of ar and ho "nfort"nate it

is to die in ar beca"se the soldiers .die as cattle/# This similie

shos ho af"l ar is beca"se it shos lots of people beingsla"ghtered and the nat"re of ar to be f"ll of mass deaths#

Oen fo"ght in 334 and rote this poem hile in a hospital

reco!ering from shell shock# .Anthem for $oomed (o"th,/

solemnly disc"sses death in ar and shos ho those ho die inar do not recei!e the normal ceremonies that are "sed to hono"r

the dead#


5/13

A&TH%) 1O0 $OO)%$ (O2TH

Oen as able to e5press ho he felt abo"t those ho passed

aay hile fighting in the ar, and he s"ccessf"lly

comm"nicates a mo!ing message to his readers thro"gh the

o5ymoron, .$oomed (o"th,/ beca"se the a"thor s"ggests that

the soldiers ill die before they e!en begin to fight#

By "sing a sonnet for the str"ct"re of his poem, Oen

immediately introd"ces a to"ch of irony, beca"se the

con!entional f"nction of the sonnet is lo!e, hoe!er this poem is

abo"t anti-lo!e#


6/13

LA)%&T

6Lament6, is a poem by Gillian 7larke hich disc"sses the de!astating effects ofthe G"lf 3ar# 7larke stri!es to inform readers of its effects from many different

points of !ie8 nat"re, the soldier fighting, and the 6farmers in it for the m"sic6#

7larke brings "s readers into the realization that this ar has p"t o"t light, and

no the sea and sand are co!ered by a layer of black# The bea"ty of the arab

nation is symbolized by the silk8 hat once made this land charming asstripped aay by the "nfort"nate effects of ar# The birds are no also co!ered

ith the layer of oil, symbolizing the eight of oppression and depression nat"re

as left ith#


7/13

LA)%&T

The ar is described as a .mortal stain/ that blemishes

e!eryone9s heart and ca"ses death to all the li!ing things and

o"r s"rro"ndings# 7larke mo!es from the en!ironmental cost of

the h"man cost of the ar beca"se .Ahmed/ as a soldier b"rnthen his tank as bombed :.his "niform of fire/;# This creates

an impacting image of ho the ar ca"sed so m"ch pain to

e!eryone#

.Lament++ is like a ake "p call to e!eryone, re!i!ing people intothe reality that the nat"re in all its forms sho"ld not be destroyed

d"e to political differences pro!en by .ashes of lang"age#/


8/13

1LAG

This poem seems to be b"ilt on the idea that nationalism :Strong feelings of

identification with your country; is a p"rely abstract idea# He dras on !ies of

co"ntries as 6imagined comm"nities6 < gro"ps of people bo"nd by myths, stories

and flags# 3e are all h"man and yet certain indi!id"als, poerf"l leaders, ill

create di!isions simply by gi!ing meaning to a limp and .fl"ttering piece of cloth/#

1lag e5plores how national symbols bind nations together < and in

doing so also or!e "eo"le a"art# 1or Agard this poer is a dangero"s

ill"sion# 1lags do not represent anything real at all# &ations are merely

6imagined comm"nities6# 3hile groing "p in +British+ G"yana, for

e5ample, Agard as ta"ght all abo"t British history and as meant to

identify ith British c"lt"re < e!en tho"gh hot tropical G"yana, hoe!er,co"ld not be more "nlike cold, rainy Britain#


9/13

1LAG

The poer of the .flag/ can bring a .nation to it9s knees/# The

reader can infer pain and s"rrender that makes the reader angry

toards the actions of this .piece of cloth#/ =nees co"ld connote

s"rrender, imagery of praying# Being on yo"r knees is

personifying the flag, and if someone is on their knees they are

loer than yo", hich means they ha!e less poer

:symbolically;, hich makes the flag so"nd degrading#


10/13

HO&O20 =*LL*&G

The concept of oman as >property9 and >hono"r9 is so deeply rooted in the

c"lt"re of ?akistan that the state ignores the reg"lar occ"rrences of omen

being killed by their families# *t is also beca"se the religio"s leaders "se

"stifications from their religio"s books for sanctioning p"nishments against

the >disobedient9 omen# The poet feels empathy and desires that all omen

m"st protest against these deadly religio"s sanctions# he mocks the

religio"s a"thorities that instead of p"nishing the c"lprits, the incident as

elcomed as Hono"r =illing# o she is in an open re!olt ith her c"lt"re in

.Hono"r =illing/@

.At last * am taking of this coat

This black !eil of a faith

That made me faithless

That tied my mo"th/


11/13

HO&O20 =*LL*&G

Hono"r =illing is the homicide of a member of a family or social

gro"p by other members, d"e to the belief of the perpetrators that

the !ictim has bro"ght dishono"r "pon the family or comm"nity#


12/13

?A0T*T*O&

This poem is abo"t the .?artition/ beteen *ndia and ?akistan

and the narrator seems frightened to go ith her a"nt, b"t the

reader is not told hy, therefore the reader can infer of the

!iolence beca"se before the partition there as a lot of !iolence

and crime# .he stood in the garden listening,/ possibly for anythie!es, hich indicates ho terrible her conditions of her life

ere#


13/13

?A0T*T*O&

The tittle .?artition directly relates to the poem .1lags/ beca"se

they both ha!e similar meaning, hich is that yo" sho"ldn9t

.di!ide a co"ntry#/

The irreg"lar str"ct"re toards the end s"ggests her state of

mind beca"se she may be conf"sed or depressed beca"se she

doesn9t kno hy she didn9t go and the g"ilt contin"es ith her

"ntil today beca"se she is told this at .midnight/ hich s"ggests

that her past is like a horror story#

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