-
The Command to Remember: Joy Harjo
The command of Joy Harjo’s poem Remember is exactly as stated in its title- but why? What power and what necessity lies in memory? Harjo’s writing is saturated with poetic devices including anaphora, asyndeton, and anthropomorphism, all creating an emotionally impactful narrative influenced by her native heritage. As a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, her Continue reading
anaphora, andrew, asyndeton, birth, cherokee, creek, culture, destiny, education, election, environment, family, father, government, harjo, heritage, history, identity, indian, jackson, Joy, jr, Jr., junior, king, knowledge, life, luther, manifest, mother, native, of, poetry, president, remember, school, self, states, tears, united, worcester V Georgia -
More Thoughts on Eternal Human Themes: Classic Poet Dickinson and Instagram Writer Kate Baer
While different thematic movements in poetry utilize different strategies to create meaning, the art that results has often challenged social conventions in the same way. Romanticism and the poets of the movement enforced strict boundaries around creating poetry from how many syllables there could be per line, rhyme structures, and stanza structures. Modernist poets have Continue reading
-
News Coverage of Non-Profit Hope Loves Company and its Misalignment with the Company Purposes
This article is a bit different than anything else I’ve ever written, but it’s also about a subject that’s incredibly important to me and I’m proud to share it. Introduction The news coverage of Hope Loves Company, like all media, has influence on the perspectives of its viewers. The focus of the articles I examined Continue reading
-
Eternal Human Themes: Sappho’s Fragments and Rich’s Hubble Photographs
In studying both Sappho’s fragments and Rich’s Hubble Photographs: After Sappho, the legacy of art across decades, strengthened by common human interests, can be observed. Poems as old and incomplete as Sappho’s works could be disregarded in our modern time. Their worth could be questioned after so many years. Yet in Rich’s response to Sappho’s Continue reading
-
Humanity, Alterity, and the Responsibility of Creation: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein and Milton’s Paradise Lost
I’ve written before about the theme of responsibility in creation as seen in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein, and today I want to go a step further by pointing out the parallels between the aforementioned novel and another culturally significant literary work- John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The original paper I wrote on this was ten pages Continue reading
adam, alterity, analysis, atheism, book, books, creation, divinity, doctor, feliz culpa, frankenstein, frankensteins' monster, God, hierarchy, horror, humanity, John, Lost, lucifer, Mary, mary-shelley, Milton, monster, Paradise, religion, responsibility, sci-fi, science-fiction, Shelley, theism, Wollstonecraft -
Is Lydia Bennet a ‘Feminist’ Character?
Lydia Bennet does not conform to the traditional expectations for a woman of her age and marital status within the setting of Pride and Prejudice, but that is not because she is a feminist ‘ahead of her time,’ instead, the patriarchy’s expectations and structure are what dictate her actions in the novel. In her book, Continue reading
-
Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides My rating: 5 of 5 stars On the front cover of my most recent read, a review reads, “The perfect thriller.” After reading it, I am inclined to agree. Based off of the past reviews I’ve shared here alone, anyone who reads this blog most likely can tell that Continue reading
-
Notes on Disability in Johanna Spyri’s Childhood Classic Heidi
Before I begin I’d like to make a note that I am aware this article is nit-picky. Heidi is a children’s book, and it is quite an older one at that. I do not expect some sort of politically correct representation from it, nor do I dislike the novel in any way. In fact, I Continue reading
Birdyline Book Blog 