Summary
Nikki Giovanni "Poetry"
Poetry is Giovanni’s personal reflection of a poet’s life. The poet reflects about their life as artistes and as family members. Poems cherish their life; they value their work, and exemplify it through their written thoughts. Giovanni says poets do not except love and acceptance, rather, they look forth for questions, controversies, and understanding.
Rita Dove "Sonnet in Primary Colors"
A Sonnet is a poem made up of 14 lines. Rita’s Sonnet in Primary Colors qualifies as sonnet. Primary colors are a collection of colors which other colors (secondary) colors are derived from. The colors cannot be created by mixing. They are re red, yellow, and blue. The poet describes Frida, a woman painter, A Mexican painter who is famous for her use of primary colors. Frida is not only a painter but also an imagery adopted by Rita.
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Emily Dickinson "I'm Nobody! Who are You?"
The poet asks the question after explaining, she is nobody. She want to know whether the reader is nobody too. Emily says being somebody makes people public and comes with tones of problems. Emily lived an isolated life, and she never cherished being a public image, irrespective of her prowess in poetry.
Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"
In the Fire and Ice, Frost present a debate of two groups; people who believed the world will be destroyed by ice and those that holds that the final moments will come from fire. The poem is a reflection of the poet’s conversation with an astronomer Harlow Shapley, who presented his views on how life on earth will either be destroyed by "incineration" or a "permanent ice age." Frost has used many symbolisms in the poem.
Personal Experiences
Nikki Giovanni "Poetry"
In Poetry the persona is a poet, Giovanni reveals what is deep in within poets. She is talking to every reader and audience who is interested in understanding the life and meaning of a poem. With each of my readings, the most prominent tone is emphatic; the strength of poem is perfectly illustrated. The poem is presented in an energetic and passionate mood. Each time I read the poem I feel attracted and rejuvenated with the wonderful works of poets.
Rita Dove "Sonnet in Primary Colors"
The Sonnet in Primary Colors by Rita Dove is a composition of a man to woman. The poem is a manifestation of beauty. In each turn of reading, glorification of beauty is evident. The woman stands out among the peasant, beautiful beyond words, but at the same time in pain of losing a loved one. When read aloud love and beauty illuminates the poem, while when I read it slowly and in somber mood, the conflict or beauty, love, and pain emerges.
Emily Dickinson "I'm Nobody! Who are You?"
I'm Nobody! Who are You is a poem of diverse meaning and understanding. The short poem, based on the tone comes out as a ridicule to the public figures, a remorse to the isolated people, and a satire. The title I'm Nobody! Who are You, is laughable when spoken loudly and in a satirical manner, at the same time, the poem present the complexes aspect of publicity and privacy when read in a relaxed mood.
Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"
The mood in this poem is clinical; the poet addresses a delicate balance of desire and hate. As once reads aloud and with strength, the complex of the intricate balance becomes evidence. In relax and sober mood, the short lines and rhymes scheme generates a detached and ironic mood. The words "ice" and "suffice" rhymes. The penultimate line is short and emphasizes the extent of destruction. The poem presents a delicate analysis of life.
Imagery
Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"
Frost’s poem, as most of its works has more depth than what readers perceived. It is created around two implied metaphors; fire is related to desire and ice to hatred. The poet explores the similarities and differences between them. The visuals fire and ice is accompanied by images, which reflects them. The images are apparent in line 3 and 4, where he says “From what I've tasted of desire.. I hold with those who favour fire.”
Fire appeals to sight and emotion at the same time. Frost also speaks of “tasted” desire, a sense of feeling. The imagers presented by Frost are strong and vibrant, and enables readers to link the poem with the real world. Frost as well, coins antitheses by putting ice and fire under comparison.
It is clear that welcomed human desire such as passion and love, can cause the same destruction as hatred. It is clear that there is an irony inherent in human desire. The lines 1 and 2, “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice,” are illusions to scientific theories. With regards to structure, Frost developed and interlocking rhyme scheme with iambic meter. The poem has also incorporated alliterations such as “Some/say and favor/fire.”
Frost has explored the use of metonymy by replacing the human feelings such as passion and hatred with fire and ice, respectively. While the entire poem reflects on the destruction of man owing to his values, metonymy has been successfully adopted to create a picture of the destruction of the earth through fire and ice.
References
Emily Dickinson "I'm Nobody! Who are You?"
Nikki Giovanni "Poetry"
Rita Dove "Sonnet in Primary Colors"
Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"
