Poetry Analysis
Poetry Analysis
Choose two of the poems here for your analysis, or you may also use Poets.org, http://poets.org/, to search for other poems, or review the resources in this week’s My Humanities Kit.
Source: The Academy of American Poets. Poets.org. Retrieved from http://www.poets.org/
Langston Hughes. Let America Be America Again
Source: Hughes, Langston. Let America Be American Again. Retrieved from: http://www.poets.org/
June Jordan. A Poem about Intelligence for my Brothers and Sisters . (audio only)
Source: Jordan, June. A Poem About Intelligence for my Brothers and Sisters. Retrieved from http://www.poets.org/
Ted Kooser. A Happy Birthday
Source: Kooser, Ted. A Happy Birthday. Retrieved from http://www.poets.org/
Billy Collins. Introduction to Poetry
Source: Collins, Billy. Introduction to Poetry. Retrieved from http://www.poets.org/
Elaine Sexton. Public Transportation
Source: Sexton, Elaine. Public Transportation. Retrieved from http://www.poets.org/
In your response to question two, identify the two poems selected, and provide the consulted source links to both poems. List the titles and authors of the two poems you chose to analyze. Research the authors to learn a bit about their lives. Discuss them one at a time. Include the reading material and links to the poems in your response; incorporate APA formatting.
In your response, consider the following:
- Was the poem difficult to understand?
- How did you interpret it?
- What do you think is the idea of the poem beyond the descriptions?
- What does the biographical information add to an understanding of the poem?
Answer preview
Let America Be America Again-1st poem
This is my first choice of poem from the variety of many poems. This poem was not difficult to understand and so I clearly understood everything about the poem. The person is an American because he or she really praises America and encourages all the people to like America for the love that the Americans show to one another. The speaker in the poem has great expectations for America because at some point it is mentioned that let the America be what it used to be and its is clearly that according to the poem, all Americans have one dream which is to make America a very nice and wonderful place to be and to experience great love .That simply means the persona is probably an American or a person has been to America for quite a period of time and knows how the systems in America operate.
WORD COUNT:480WORDS
FORMAT:APA