Eating Poetry by Mark Strand
A man has been eating poetry which upsets the librarian. The man turns into a dog and starts licking her hand. It becomes beyond her understanding and she cant take it anymore!
Six stanzas, 18 lines, tercets (three line stanzas), no rhyme scheme or meter
Anaphora: repetition of certain words (The poems, The light, The dogs)
Alliteration- “walks with her hands in her dress.” “their blond legs burn like brush.”
Assonance- believe what she sees, feet and weep, she screams
Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
20 lines, no rhyme scheme, no stanzas
Poem is about the thoughts of a mother whose life is fairly miserable. However, she knows that the best way to fight everything she goes through is to be strong.Despite her challenges, she managed to move forward. She encourages her son in this poem to follow her path and to push through life also.
Major Themes: Hardships, hope, courage, dignity, and determination
Assonance: “So boy, don’t you turn back”
Imagery: “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair"
Metaphor: The mother's life is compared to a staircase.
Symbolism: “Staircase” (hardships)
Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House by Billy Collins
Heavy title for light, imaginative poem, no further mention of a gun
Narrative is mainly about a barking dog and an annoyed neighbor.
Repetition in the first three lines (barking, barking, bark, barks) and the steady iambic rhythm
Entire sentence is repeated to emphasize his annoyance over the dog next door.
Tone is frustration
Assonance: muffled/music, part/barking,
Consonance:barking/can/music/confidently/included/record/section/conductor/respectful/ coda
Personification: Dog is seen as being part of the orchestra, barking out a solo performance.
Themes: Gun law, Pets, Neighbors
5 Stanzas, Stanzas are different amounts of lines, 20 lines, no rhyming
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