Hurt Hawk Poem

In his poem “The Great Scarf of Birds”, John Updike uses a flock of birds to show that man can be uplifted by observing nature. Updike’s conclusion is lead up to with the beauty of autumn and what a binding spell it has on the two men playing golf. In Updike’s conclusion and throughout the poem, he uses metaphors, similes, and diction to show how nature mesmerizes humans.

can only feel. The greatest poems tell stories that readers wish to be true. They open doors to

Some believe that birds help express spiritual freedom and psychological liberation with the different colors of birds that are associated with various meanings; specifically the yellow bird means you should keep your guard up. In the novel, The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers, John Bartle becomes guarded and isolated because of his internal battles created by his experiences from war. Bartle struggles with the lack of control he has over the events that happen to him in during his time in the military. He fights with his helplessness when he tries to transition to his lifestyle at home. He also cannot control how he changes as a person. When we think of war we think of the physical damage we see on the exterior but what we cannot see is the psychological damage in the interior of a person.

When I read “This Morning I Sat” by Rosalie Fowler, I thought the title was very simplistic as it was named after the first line of the poem. It had very vivid imagery and I found myself imagining the events, such as the cat with “leap and speed and stealth and strength” and the “frantic sparrow” evading the feline. I liked how the poem depicted an ordinary morning as the narrator observes the outside world before having to start the day; this is something that I experience many mornings, where I would look at the sky and trees and listen to the chirping of birds. The line “The bird only had poetry to wield and lost” resonated with me because violence and force seems so much more powerful than words and poetry in our world. The question Fowler inquired at the end of the poem was “Do I have wings or claws?” and I found it very intriguing. To me, it seems similar to a flight-or-fight response, where wings represent the flight and the claws represent the fight. I believe that everyone, including myself, has wings and claws. Sometimes, we avoid situations where we aren’t comfortable. On the other hand, we can confront the issue head on; occasionally, the circumstance may provoke people to bring out their claws. Perhaps the author is suggesting the differences of people in the situation of the cat and the sparrow; will they fight or fly away? Will they confront or avoid? I think this poem was extremely effective because although it is a simple poem, it has a deeper meaning if you

The poem, “Hurt,” was demonstrated in a motion picture of an old man singing this poem. As he sang this poem, his memories and flashbacks were revealed as well - his music career, fame, and even his family. The poem mentions his empire of dirt, which in this case is compared to his fame. The man is witnessing his life was coming to an end and his empire of fame had died too. The man reminisces and has “broken thoughts” (Line 20) of his dead music career and regrets wasting his life, knowing that it's already too late to alter the past. Describing and comparing his fame to dirt, gives a negative connotation, meaning his fame doesn't mean much to him anymore like it had been before. The motion picture also reveals a photograph of his wife and

Ted Hughes, the author of this poem, is trying to convey that nature isn’t always pretty thing. The hawk is a metaphor of humans because humans dominate the world as does the hawk in this poem. This poem has been written in 1st person so its like the hawk is speaking. The hawk’s tone of voice is proud, arrogant, confident and boastful. He also sees himself as the centre of the world and the best of creation. His whole life is spent awake; hunting or asleep; dreaming about hunting or killing. Almost every image in the poem relates to the hawks control and importance, which shows how highly he thinks of himself. The title of this poem is a contrast. The word hawk connotes killing, hunting,

The Song of Warriors Hearts of fury, we are Blood Ravens, Sons of the Red Warrior who eternally pursues Artemis Golden Bow across the night sky. Bearers of the black sword, wearers of the dragon helm, we are the blades of destiny. Guardians of the Light, we stand eternal watch on the ramparts of Beth Jahuz, Gateway to the Everdark.

Artworks are veracious works because of its originality and reality it invades just like the work of Zhao entitled “Broken Officer". This artwork is politically committed perchance the views and opinions express by police officers and the thoughts they convey.

While we were reading the different poems in the Springboard book, I took notice to the poem “Scars”. I especially enjoyed this poem because of the word choice, flow of the poem, and the message that the poet was trying to convey to the audience. The poem “Scars” talks about how Scars only remind us of the bad memories and that, the good memories fade away because we don’t have anything that reminds us of them. I enjoyed stanza 13 where it states, “It’s easy to recall what doesn’t heal, more difficult to call back what leaves no mark, what depends in memory to bring forward what’s been gone so long”. I don’t know what it is about this stanza, but it makes me want to think back about all of the good memories I have.

Off the coast of Belize, on a small island you’re walking on the beach. The morning sun is just rising. You can feel the soft sand below your toes. You hear the waves splashing against the shore. You look down at the white sand and realize that something odd is in front of you. You become curious and run up to it. At first glance it looks kind of like a multicolored rock. The size is rather large for a “rock” to float ashore. You hesitantly try to pick up the rock. As soon as you touch it you reel in disgust. It’s really squishy! You run off in fear of what this “rock” could be. After overcoming the fear you become very curious. Was it an animal? Was it a rock? Or worse. In fact you are so intrigue by what you found you Google it. The all

Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood was not the typical mom and dad experience. Her father died when she was 8 months old and her mother, when she was five, was checked in at an insane asylum. She stayed in the asylum until she died. Most of her poems was about her childhood. Her childhood played in a factor for not having a religious connection of some sort. As I was reading her poem, “Roosters”, she refers to the roosters in comparison with a religious event, the denial of St. Peter. Although she had no recorded religious background, I believe the story of Peter’s denial of knowing Jesus. The poem “Roosters”, is a comparison with her life as well as is with the last hours leading to Jesus’ death, regarding St. Peter, his disciple. How this poem relates to her life is quite simple. As a child she was forced move to different homes, all within family relations. She had to have the feeling that her family denied her when things got hard and they acted as if they didn’t know her and shipped her off. This experience made it easy for her to write this poem.

In the sympathy poem I see that it there is no racism but it is still segregation.They are free but the white people still don’t treat them with the same equality.They wanted to be equal but they have to go to the colored side of everythings and they are not treated right and every time it is something colored it is dirty and they don't respect the African Americans they thought that they weren’t

It connects to my life because it illustrates that the idea of school creates all sorts of sicknesses and diseases throughout my body. It mentions that I try my best to look back into my past. But because school has started and all the homework there is to do, I have forgotten my prefect friend from Mongolia and the prefect bed that I used to constantly lay on with relaxation and happiness. I used to be a “prince” or anything, but now that school commenced I am the late afternoon light filled with sadness or like a cloudy day with all the blue drained out of it. Now I have to say good-bye to my friends and turn bigger. It was JUST yesterday where there was something that shined and pleased me, but now that light disappeared, and I fall and bleed of sadness. This links with my role as a student in grade 10 because this poem tells me that in order to be successful in my grade 10 year, I will have to my best to work hard and never give up. Lastly, in order to overcome my sadness from the idea of school, I will have to say hello to new friends and become Andrean brothers with them. As Patrick Lindsay once said, “Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more delight

Unique she was and never did she fail to surprise me in her own ways!!!

I read this poem when I was about fourteen years old. I cried when I read all of the poems but this one touched me. I thought, what does my heartsong sound like? Maybe my favorite song or the sound of the leaves falling on the ground. I hope I would think of it