Compare And Contrast Two Mexican-American Poets

Many Chicanos remember their civil rights movement and many Chicano writers wrote about Chicano movement. A famous Chicano writer, Rodolfo Corky Gonzales wrote a poem, “I am Joaquin”. This poem describes Chicanos struggles and social discrimination at 1960s. When I read this poem, I could find similarity with Gloria Serna’s story and could think about Chicanos feeling.

In the “The Achievement of Desire” and “Para Teresa” Richard Rodriguez and Inez Avila describe the troubles of balancing life at home and at school. Rodriguez conveys the difficulties he had to face separating from his own culture to achieve academic success. His article portrays the cultural world and the educational world as separate institutions that cannot coexist in America. Throughout his text Rodriguez provides detailed experiences in order to explain his thought process. Inez Avila however presents her article as a letter dedicated to a school bully. In contrast to Rodriguez perspective Avila wrote her poem in English and Spanish to appeal to Mexican -American culture. She walks the reader through an argument between her and a fellow classmate as she was cornered in a bathroom. Her poem depicts how children who share the same culture discriminate within their own community. Both these articles are told from a Latino-American point of view yet they radically differ from each other.

For a long time, poems and books have been written as a way of expressing feelings, telling stories and criticizing problems of the society or the world in general. In the three poems that I will be analyzing we can see all of those. They were written by really talented American poets. For the first one, Gary Soto, a 64 years old, white, Californian man, who had a great formation and success with his poems. Langston Hughes, the author for the other two pieces, was born in Missouri and died when he was 65 in New York. He portrayed the black life in America and was one of the leaders of Harlem

By Alyssa WagnerDiego Velázquez and Pablo Picasso both created a work of art called “Las Meninas.” Velázquez created this painting for the royal family of Spain. Picasso created 58 interpretations of “Las Meninas,” but each in their own unique way. He may have borrowed Velázquez’s idea, but he created his own, very original, works of art around that idea. Now, the 58 pieces stand in a museum in Spain, where they are displayed to be gazed upon and to be appreciated by other citizens of Spain. Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” is now in Museo del Prado, in Madrid, Spain.Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Picasso’s Versions of Las Meninas have quite a few similarities. For starters, in both paintings there is the little princess in the middle of a room. She is also wearing the same outfit in each painting, even though Picasso’s version looks a little more like a block. In both of the pictures, the little princess is taking what looks like a cup from one of her ladies in waiting that is handing it to her on a golden tray. If you look closely at Velázquez’s painting, you can see that the cup in the princess’ hand has a hint of red color, and Picasso’s also added a bit of orange color to the cup in his painting. In both pieces, you can see that the room that the little princess stands in is dark, with different shades of dark colors, like gray, black, and a lighter gray. There are few differences between the two Las Meninas paintings. Here’s a few of them. One is

In the poem “‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez, connotation, imagery, and syntax was used to enhance the writing by helping us visualize and feel what the main character went through while dealing with racism in a neighborhood among whites and Mexicans.

Poetry is often used as a form of writing to express emotions or tell a story. The poems “LA Nocturne: The Angels”, by Xavier Villaurrutia and “Meditations on the South Valley: Poem IX” by Jimmy Santiago Baca, are two distinctive poems. In Baca’s poem he expresses the disbelief and the sorrow of the death of a boy named Eddie. While, in Villaurrutia’s poem reveals an expression of secret desire men have. Baca and Villaurrutia’s poems, both use repetition, imagery and metaphors in their poems to convey their message.

Romance de la Pena Negra (Ballad of the Black Sorrow) was written by Lorca on the 30. July 1924 (Catedra:80). It was one of a collection of poems he entitled the Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads) that, when published, was a huge success, among academics and the general public alike, making this book one of his most well known pieces of work. There are many reasons why the poems received such wide acclaim in terms of Lorca’s wider audience: It is clear that the ballad, with its simple, eight-syllable line rhyming structure makes for uncomplicated reading, in addition, the subject matter would have sparked general interest due to the mysterious nature

The poem "Journeys" by Lily Li Zhang and "Home" by Milly Wang both have their similarities and differences. Their are many different similarities between these two poems. Firstly, the two poems share the same human right which is, "Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living." This human right appears in "Journeys." The quote in "Journeys" that demonstrates this is "...burned the straw-thatched house row by blazing row until nothing was left but charred skills and sated flies." In the quote it states that they lived in straw-thatched houses and that they were maybe living in a war zone because the quote also states that this straw-thatched house was burned down, meaning that they now do not have shelter or an adequate standard

Although many common denominators do indeed exist between Nyuyorian and Chicano works of literature, it is also true that many differences separate their writings. Both types of writers give a voice to the members of the Latino culture and generations. However, their dialogue is set under a prognostication of different cultural, social, historical and political ideologies. This is revealed by an analysis of the themes, characters, narratives and poetic voices found in their works. Nyucorian writers rise in antagonism towards the American culture that has ignored their Latino culture while the works of Chicano writers seem to seek the wanting of a relationship between the Spanish and American cultures.

M.Wickert poem form approach gets more “close to the reader” then J.Lopez essay form. “The border Is a fight” transmits the ideas in a poem that almost sound like a music. The verses of the poem mix Spanish and English, and make the connection with the idea of someone that has to cross the border every day to try reaching a better life, so it reaches the “sensible” part of the reader. Also, the way Wickert repeats some of the words and conduct the poem is very interesting. On the other hand, J.Lopez use an essay form, which can make the text longer, and contain more details than the poem

The dynamic of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is one of the ways Cervantes entices his readers. He creates a stark contrast between these two characters right off the bat and creates a rapport that leaves readers laughing. He establishes the contrast in stature and mental state and creates two characters that, in time, learn to love and complement each other greatly.

In the profile article “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver” author Rob Baker, who also is a creative writing and English teacher proves to not only the readers but also the National Council of Teachers of English the significance of poetry. The authors main point is that poetry saved Jimmy Santiago Baca’s life, he shows us how by explaining the emotions when Baca began to read poetry; he then went on to write poetry and even publish his own works while still in prison, after Baca’s release, he became a dedicated teacher who also works with gang members and teaches workshops.

In the time that Alastair Reid worked on writing, he wrote many different poems. One called Curiosity, and another called Where The Truth Lies. These poems are both very different. The poem Curiosity tells more of a story. Where The Truth Lies doesn’t seem to do that as much. Instead it is more of an experience. Besides what the poems are about, Curiosity is much longer and more detailed. The two poems, Curiosity and Where The Truth Lies, are written almost completely different.

Both poems share a story of a type of love, one is a love for numerous people front their past and the other is a love for someone who was very close and dear to their heart that died. In both poems, they each felt grief. Another similarity share in each is that the characters do not feel that they will feel love again. The two poems used many different symbols to express a deeper meaning of their grief. Both characters arrive at the same conclusion when reflecting on the ones they loved; a life lived without meaning is

Both Octavio Paz and Juan Felipe Herrera are somewhat similar and somewhat different because Octavio’s poem is more emotionless whereas Juan Felipe Herrera uses his feelings and emotions and experience into the poetry and we can actually feel the flow of the poetry. He is more of the imagism like the poem “Let Me Tell You What a Poem Brings” where he set readers up for something more direct and discursive than the complex. His poetry is indefinite and evanescent and these qualities also render it an essential place of play life without boundaries. Octavio Paz poetry is a lot of complex and deal with abstraction descriptions. Whereas Juan Felipe Herrera doesn’t