"Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley

In Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"  the middle stanza is ironic compared to the last stanza.  The Stanza has a powerful language used to describe a fallen Ozymandias. It leads use to think that there use to stand a statue of someone with power. Describing what he did and how he would be remember throughout history. Shelley then abruptly change the tone in the last stanza. By phrasing the reality of this once powerful ruler. Now we see it clearly how pride comes before a fall.

Shelley wrote "My name is Ozymandias, kings of kings:" Shelly wanted to think that the statue that once stand belong to a king. "Look on my work, ye Mighty and despair!" it clearly shows that shelley wanted us to think that he will be remembered throughout history. Shelly's last stanza

" Nothing beside remains, Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare"

quickly erase the idea of him being remember throughout history by saying that the once standing tall statue is "wreck" (like a ship, can't be fixed) in the vast desert sand 

"Inside an Island" by BootsandCatsandBootsandCats

A land filled with joy and beauty
The Harbor drinks the Atlantic ocean
witty climate that is sometimes moody
People with a proud and healthy notion.

Signal hill looks over where we are;
The houses here are made of the rainbow.
George Street is where you will find all the bars,
And many times a fishing you will go.

A famous boat crashed here, off of the coast;
A lot of people died, but not Kate Winslet
Republic of Doyle is watched the most,
A strong accent is found here, in this inlet.

City with numerous beautiful ponds
City in Newfoundland that is St.John's!


Didn't think i had it in me to write a sonnet, in my first sonnet the form helps the reader
understand the mood, which is curious and joyful. With out using this form my sonnet wouldn't sound great.
I didn't deliberately use poetic language, because I was caught up on making sure to have the iambic pentameter.

"landscape:1" by bpNichol

landscape: I – 1986 – bpNichol

alongthehorizongrewanunbrokenlineoftrees

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Analysis:

The form of the poem and content works hand in hand to help understand the the poem.
 The single line of the poem can be viewed by readers as an example of symbolism and irony. The poem quotes "alongthehorizongrewanunbrokenlineoftrees," readers can easily view the line of words as being unbroken, with no spaces to separate them. Like the unbroken line of trees mentioned in the poem, so are the words of the poem. The words themselves, could symbolize the trees, because both are unbroken lines.
   Along with an example of symbolism there also appears to be a sample of irony. Both the line of trees and the line of words in the poem remain unbroken; the line of trees, with no spaces between them, become a border and separate the land from the horizon. The unbroken line, breaks the boundary between the land and the horizon.

"We Real Cool" Gwendolyn Brooks'

 "We Real Cool" Gwendolyn Brooks'

The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon. 

Analysis: 
The form of the poem contains two lines in each stanza, forming what is known as a "couplet." 
Although my knowledge about this poem is limited; possibly because Gwendolyn Brooks appears to address her poem and its message to a specific audience; preferably the African American community, who have a better understanding of the ideology and imagery behind her poem. Despite my lack of knowledge about the poem's main theme, what I can say about this poem is that it portrays seven pool players in the Golden Shovel (assuming it is a recreational building for pool players). The seven pool players believe they are cool by leaving school and playing pool instead, where they sing and drink. Jazz June  could mean they flirted with a girl name June or they played/listened to a jazz song name June. In the end of the poem, readers are presented with an imagery of death, although I am unsure as to why.

"Forever and Always" Analysis

One of the best lyric put together by parachute that not everyone will know, bummer :( . The song name speaks for itself something to do with love. At first I thought it would be a cliché love/sad song, but the second verse killed that though :

"She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says, "Something's happened."
That she should come right now
Her mind goes to December
She things of when he asked her
He bent down on his knee first
And he said"

This song don't have a particular scheme, as you can see in each chorus, it started with ABCAB, to ABCAAAB. This shows that they really took time to make the lyrics work together. The words also makes you see the situation through the persons eyes.

The words on the last verse was unexpected, sad, and perfect to end the whole idea of the song. It may be hardcore cause most songs don't end with someone died but it works perfectly here.

Overall it's a beautiful piece of art. It express different emotions, and at one point went back in time to help understand their relationship. The chorus showed a timeline of what could have happen if the incident didn't happen.

"Forever and Always"- Parachute

She's sitting at the table
The hour's getting later
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would've called
She waits a little longer
There's no one in the driveway
No ones' said they've seen him
"Why, is something wrong?"

She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says, "Something's happened."
That she should come right now
Her mind goes to December
She things of when he asked her
He bent down on his knee first
And he said

I want you forever
Forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always

She pulls up to the entrance
She walks right to the front desk
They lead her though a million halls
A maze that's never ending
They talk about what happened
But she can barely hear them
She tries to keep a straight face
As she walks into the room

She sits by his bedside
Holds his hand too tight
They talk about the kids they're gonna have
And the good life
The house on the hillside
Where they would
Stay

Stay there forever
Forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
And always remember
Whether rich or for poor or for better
We'll still love each other
Forever and always

Then she gets an idea
And calls in the nurses
Brings up the chaplain
And he says a couple verses
She borrows some rings
From the couple next door
Everybody's laughing
As the tears fall on the floor
She looks into his eyes and she says

I want you forever
Forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always

And always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other
Forever and always
Forever and always
Forever and always

She finishes the vows but
The beeps are getting too slow
His voice is almost too low
As he says

I'll love you forever
Forever and always
Please just remember
Even if I'm not there
I'll always love you
Forever and always

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7W0xJ5YqSM&noredirect=1

Analysis "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams

The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams is a short poem relating the life of a farmer  on how it depends on his wheelbarrow. The poems shape is simplistic that could relate the simplicity of a wheelbarrow as a tool. 

Critical Approaches

Elizabeth McMahan mention a couple of critical approaches in Literature and the writing process, one approach that appeal to me is Formalism. It appeals to me most because it is a straight forward. This method makes it easy to describe the literature. I like it because you do not need to use outside sources and that all the evidence comes from within the literature.  We look at it as a whole work instead of separate  parts which appeals to me.