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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Stafford poem
Read the following poem - consider the elements of poetry (sound, structure, image, etc.)
This poem has a complete element of sadness to it. To me it is referring to every event, place and person lost and forgotten in war. It's not necessarily saying we intentionally forget, but more that we don't know so we can't remember.There is also a theme of death and denial. The way is says "this is the field where we the battle did not happen" and " Where the unknown soldier did not die" symbolize to me this idea of denial. Part of the denial comes from not knowing and part comes from not wanting to know or believe. I also noticed the element of rhyming used. Each paragraph has two sets of lines with different rhymes. Connotation is used to give you clues as to what the poet is intending you to envision.
this poem is one to read a couple of times, than sit back and think about. It is truly deep and thought out.This poem make you sad, because it makes you the reader sit back and think, like how we forgot about wars and what they stand for. Why we fight and how far and how much, it has made a differnce in our state,nation, right and world. I think so many ppl get caught up in hating something( like the war now) and dont step back and think. they need to think about what they felt, when they heard about 9/11 or about any terriost attack they have heard of.How much they wanted to get back and wanted justices. Ok but i like this poem, becuase it is a great lost poem about the war, that is needed and should be shared.
This poem really makes you think. It's one of those you have to take in and think about it. I liked it! It had rhyming in it and some visual imagery I thought.
ts about how places are remembered and memorializd because something violent/death/tragic took place there rather than a place being remembered for being peaceful and tranquil. I think that is very telling of western culture and probably of humans in general. Conflicts are remembered.
I think its about a place being peaceful and beautiful, but since no historic event such as a war was there people forget about it, they cant just like a place for its natural beauty and uniqueness.
I view the poem as something about nature and how nothing happened on this stretch of land, but most empty fields that we look on have had a tragedy with mass deaths on it. We don't keep wide open spaces without it having some significance to a bloody past unless someone owns it and declares it a monument. I think it holds a bit of irony with the title and it mentioning "no one died here".
To me this poem is not about how we forget about wat, but encouraging us to appreciate the true beautie of our world and to keep it that way. There is also some good rhyming a imagery used in this poem
It almost has a tempo like a lymric in how that first part is rhymed. I like how it is symbolic in saying "did not happen", "did not die" as though he wants to beleive that. To consider war and death its no easy topic to think of. I can see the setting of the monument with visual words he uses about sky and grass
The poem has a prevailent sound of illeteration. There are a lot of s' sounds and th' sounds in this poem. Also, assonance seems to play an important role in the sound the poem gives. There are a lot of i' sounds and o' sounds in the piece. Personification is used when the author talks about grass having hands. There also a specific rhythm to the poem. It is smooth and continous.
I really enjoyed this poem. It had some rhyming in it and i think it made a point about how some things should be celebrated just because they are beautiful, they shouldn't have memorials only when there was a war or battle that took place there. This field is a very peaceful place and the author is just enjoying its beauty.
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This poem has a complete element of sadness to it. To me it is referring to every event, place and person lost and forgotten in war. It's not necessarily saying we intentionally forget, but more that we don't know so we can't remember.There is also a theme of death and denial. The way is says "this is the field where we the battle did not happen" and " Where the unknown soldier did not die" symbolize to me this idea of denial. Part of the denial comes from not knowing and part comes from not wanting to know or believe.
I also noticed the element of rhyming used. Each paragraph has two sets of lines with different rhymes. Connotation is used to give you clues as to what the poet is intending you to envision.
this poem is one to read a couple of times, than sit back and think about. It is truly deep and thought out.This poem make you sad, because it makes you the reader sit back and think, like how we forgot about wars and what they stand for. Why we fight and how far and how much, it has made a differnce in our state,nation, right and world. I think so many ppl get caught up in hating something( like the war now) and dont step back and think. they need to think about what they felt, when they heard about 9/11 or about any terriost attack they have heard of.How much they wanted to get back and wanted justices. Ok but i like this poem, becuase it is a great lost poem about the war, that is needed and should be shared.
This poem really makes you think. It's one of those you have to take in and think about it. I liked it! It had rhyming in it and some visual imagery I thought.
ts about how places are remembered and memorializd because something violent/death/tragic took place there rather than a place being remembered for being peaceful and tranquil. I think that is very telling of western culture and probably of humans in general. Conflicts are remembered.
I think its about a place being peaceful and beautiful, but since no historic event such as a war was there people forget about it, they cant just like a place for its natural beauty and uniqueness.
I view the poem as something about nature and how nothing happened on this stretch of land, but most empty fields that we look on have had a tragedy with mass deaths on it. We don't keep wide open spaces without it having some significance to a bloody past unless someone owns it and declares it a monument. I think it holds a bit of irony with the title and it mentioning "no one died here".
To me this poem is not about how we forget about wat, but encouraging us to appreciate the true beautie of our world and to keep it that way. There is also some good rhyming a imagery used in this poem
It almost has a tempo like a lymric in how that first part is rhymed. I like how it is symbolic in saying "did not happen", "did not die" as though he wants to beleive that. To consider war and death its no easy topic to think of. I can see the setting of the monument with visual words he uses about sky and grass
The poem has a prevailent sound of illeteration. There are a lot of s' sounds and th' sounds in this poem. Also, assonance seems to play an important role in the sound the poem gives. There are a lot of i' sounds and o' sounds in the piece. Personification is used when the author talks about grass having hands. There also a specific rhythm to the poem. It is smooth and continous.
I really enjoyed this poem. It had some rhyming in it and i think it made a point about how some things should be celebrated just because they are beautiful, they shouldn't have memorials only when there was a war or battle that took place there. This field is a very peaceful place and the author is just enjoying its beauty.
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