Knoxville Tennessee - Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer
Best
you can eat fresh corn
From daddy's garden
And okra
And greens
And cabbage
And lots of
Barbeque
And buttermilk
And homemade ice-cream
At the church picnic
And listen to
Gospel music
Outside
At the church
Homecoming
And go to the mountains with
Your grandmother
And go barefooted
And be warm
All the time
Not only when you go to bed
And sleep
Best
you can eat fresh corn
From daddy's garden
And okra
And greens
And cabbage
And lots of
Barbeque
And buttermilk
And homemade ice-cream
At the church picnic
And listen to
Gospel music
Outside
At the church
Homecoming
And go to the mountains with
Your grandmother
And go barefooted
And be warm
All the time
Not only when you go to bed
And sleep
Margaret Walker, For Malcolm X - Poem Explication
Situation: Yes the poem tells a story, it talks about how blacks were treated by whites and what was the outcome of that mistreatment. The mood is dark and eerie. The speaker is walker, she is peaking to a fictional persona, to white men.
Tone: The attitude is harsh, upset and angry.
Structure: There are 14 lines in the entire poem, they are not arranged in any special order, but written traditionally probably wanting to show the seriousness of the poem.
Movement:There are images that develop through the poem, but produced by cause and effect. It does not circle back but has a new attitude , a little harsher than in the beginning.
Syntax:There are 14 sentences with a mixture of complex and simple words.
Punctuation: The poem uses all kinds of punctuation including periods, question marks and explanation points, they are end-stopped lines
Title: the title is dedicated toward Malcolm X, but displays what he stood for.
Language: The language is formal and simple. The words are mostly simple but helps to depict the mood the author was going for.
Imagery: The literary elements makes the poem go from simple to more complex, the words are simple, but the literary devices gives the poem a deeper meaning.
Musical Devices: There is no rhyme scheme
Allusion: The poem refers to a period in history in which civil rights was at its peak and was the poem was for Malcolm X.
The poem makes me dislike most white people and want to beat them the way they treated us. The technological elements help the poem go from simple to having a deeper meaning, so you may have to read it various times to understand the message.
Tone: The attitude is harsh, upset and angry.
Structure: There are 14 lines in the entire poem, they are not arranged in any special order, but written traditionally probably wanting to show the seriousness of the poem.
Movement:There are images that develop through the poem, but produced by cause and effect. It does not circle back but has a new attitude , a little harsher than in the beginning.
Syntax:There are 14 sentences with a mixture of complex and simple words.
Punctuation: The poem uses all kinds of punctuation including periods, question marks and explanation points, they are end-stopped lines
Title: the title is dedicated toward Malcolm X, but displays what he stood for.
Language: The language is formal and simple. The words are mostly simple but helps to depict the mood the author was going for.
Imagery: The literary elements makes the poem go from simple to more complex, the words are simple, but the literary devices gives the poem a deeper meaning.
Musical Devices: There is no rhyme scheme
Allusion: The poem refers to a period in history in which civil rights was at its peak and was the poem was for Malcolm X.
The poem makes me dislike most white people and want to beat them the way they treated us. The technological elements help the poem go from simple to having a deeper meaning, so you may have to read it various times to understand the message.
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