Gerard Manley Hopkins
Glory be to God for dappled things
For skies of couple-color as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches'wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced fol, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickly, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He father-forth whose beauty is past chage:
Praise him.
Analysis: TPCASTT
T: Pied Beauty
P: The author of the poem appreciateds for the colorful elements he sees, by giving some examples of natures, such as roses that changes its own color of elements, different colors of landscape, chestnut, showing its own special color, and skies, using comparison with brinded cows. Also he gave some examples of animals, like finches on the air and trouts in the water.
C: Alliteration- giving explanations of nature at the second, fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth stanza. Also, from second to fourth stanza, the first word starts with 'F'.
Assonace- emits the change of the rose's color and the landscape, at thrid and fifth stanza.
A: The tone of the author is colorful, thankful, and well articulated
The tone of the poem is colorful because the poet describes every elements with colorful words and stentence
Appreciates God because he is able to see everything with colors and its own beauty. \
The content wise of the poem is articulating.
S: The first six stanzas explains its special colors and its own characteristics, using comparisons. The shift happens after sixth stanza, by explaining about how God put colors in every nature and living things.
T: Colors we see.
T: Every colors and its special elements are created from God only.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Lamb
by William Blake
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight
Softest clothing, wolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and he is mild;
I a child, and thou a lamb.
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
I used a TPCASTT for this poem
T: The Lamb
P: The poem is saying that Jesus made everyone of us and He is the God of lamb. Also the poem tells us positive aspects about the lamb.
C: Rhyme scheme, symbol, alliteration, epithet, and repetition.
A: Curious, biblical, blessing, humble, tender, innocent, detailed words
S: At 10th stanza, the tone and the person talking to a lamb sounds like he/she has discovered something magnificent.
T: Little Lamb, who made thee?
T: There is only one God and one savior, who died for our sins and created not only human natures, but also an innocent lamb. We are implied as a lamb, and Jesus as God.
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight
Softest clothing, wolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and he is mild;
I a child, and thou a lamb.
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
I used a TPCASTT for this poem
T: The Lamb
P: The poem is saying that Jesus made everyone of us and He is the God of lamb. Also the poem tells us positive aspects about the lamb.
C: Rhyme scheme, symbol, alliteration, epithet, and repetition.
A: Curious, biblical, blessing, humble, tender, innocent, detailed words
S: At 10th stanza, the tone and the person talking to a lamb sounds like he/she has discovered something magnificent.
T: Little Lamb, who made thee?
T: There is only one God and one savior, who died for our sins and created not only human natures, but also an innocent lamb. We are implied as a lamb, and Jesus as God.
Friday, January 25, 2008
If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touchnear the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine
I chose "If you forget me" because after I read this poem,
my reaction was both sad and romantic.
This poem is basically saying that there were two couples, but somehow broke up with some issues. They don't either see each other anymore, talk to each other, nor wait for each other.
However, although the guy in poem shows that he forgot about her
and that girl forgot about him, the girl will still be his because love does not change.
Well, I tried to explain as best and most romatically as possible! :)
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touchnear the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think it long and mad,the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.
But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine
I chose "If you forget me" because after I read this poem,
my reaction was both sad and romantic.
This poem is basically saying that there were two couples, but somehow broke up with some issues. They don't either see each other anymore, talk to each other, nor wait for each other.
However, although the guy in poem shows that he forgot about her
and that girl forgot about him, the girl will still be his because love does not change.
Well, I tried to explain as best and most romatically as possible! :)
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