With the given poems, which one restrains emotion, and which one cherish emotion?
Im not good at understanding poems at all. Out of these poems, which one restrains emotion
and which one cherish emotion?
Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So, boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps.
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now”
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
POEM # 2
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
POEM # 3
I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me —
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.
And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
Wherever they drive the boat.
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire —
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
POEM # 4
when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels
or
when I watch you
in your old man’s shoes
with the little toe cut out
sitting, waiting for your mind
like next week’s grocery
I say
when I watch you
you wet brown bag of a woman
who used to be the best looking gal in Georgia
used to be called the Georgia Rose
I stand up
through your destruction
I stand up
A good clue to whether a poem indulges its emotion or resists it is given by whether the poem is mainly about people (it is likely to cherish its emotion) or about things (it is likely to be emotionally resistant).
The Langston Hughes and the Clifton (1, 4) are both about people (mother and son, mother and daughter) and both are sentimental (cherish their emotion).
The Robert Frost (2) is about a snow-filled wood, the Edgar Lee Masters (3) is about a grave headstone. Both resist their emotion.
This test won’t always work. But it works so often, it is well worth using.
The Video shows High skills from the captain of the Boat as he battles to save the ship and crew against the stong currents, this time the tsunami doesnt eat the boat.
My friend took this video of me just for one of my BEST sneaker friends 🙂
Recent Comments