#poemanalysis

Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Trigger alert: Depression, Melancholic

EXPECTED OUTPUT #4: Poem Analysis

Title: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" ; a metaphorical title that imposes the brave encouragement to fulfill something before departing, a soft whisper that hopes to defy the inevitable, the death.

Mood and Tone: It must be noted that the author was going through his own father’s death as the poem was being written. His tone is serious as he talks about dying and becomes sorrowful towards the end.

Register Used:

- Informal register: It may appear like a formal register due to its lack of slang or colloquial words, but it features figurative language to deliver the emotions the author wants to express.

Speaker's whereabouts: It could be assumed that the author is right beside his father, with a silent prayer and hope that death will be defied, while picturing various scenes of people who fought death during critical times.

Audiences: At first, it seems that he was pertaining to general public with a story and a wish to tell. In the last stanza, it was revealed that he was talking to his father.

Translation: The poem talks about death for four kinds of men. The wise, the good, the wild, and the grave. All of these men face death and the speaker, having accepted it as an inevitable reality, encourages these men to face death with defiance.

Triggers: The poem is a villanelle because it has nineteen lines. These lines are divided among six stanzas. Five stanzas have three lines and one consists of four lines. The poem’s quatrain is its last stanza, wherein the narrator speaks to his dying father whose death weighs the most out of all men. Two refrains are also a distinct feature in villanelles. The poem’s refrains, “Rage, rage against the dying night” and the titular “Do not go gentle into the good night” are repeated interchangeably at the end of every stanza. This repetition shows that the speaker is adamant that one must not be so yielding towards death. The author makes use of “good night” as a euphemism. It is a phrase often used to bid someone to sleep but in the poem, the author uses “good night” to refer to death; eternal sleep.

Theme: The poem centers on the act dying rather than death itself. Throughout the poem, death was established as a natural and inevitable reality for all kinds of men. The choice lies in the manner in which one dies.

Here’s what I got. Make of it what you will.

Poem Analysis by Nikko Marcos and Sheng Seiras 

The poem Fonda 1 written by Marlon B. Guerrero is all about the night before the celebration of St. Clare feast. Fonda is a celebration where communities enjoy the different festive activities such as rave, parties, programs, social interaction and many more. Throughout this festive celebration, many teenagers tend to do things that can harm or cause trouble for them. The issues that has been dramatize in the text are the pre-marital sex and early pregnancy. It was portrayed by a teenage girl who is in flamed with love willing to disobey her mother’s advice or warning.

               The 21st Century teenagers are filled with curiosity but sometimes when curiosity with misguidance can lead to conflicts and problems also. The poem reveals that some teenagers are immature and irresponsible in doing such things. They don’t think before they act. The teenagers can change the simple Fonda into a source of scandalous act and behaviors. Even visiting lads can be scheming filled with troublesome thoughts. Elders warns the young ones not to engage with immoral acts because there were once a product of this such acts. It can either affect you or sometimes your loved ones.

Title: Best Friend

Figures of speech:

                     Personification

                       Irony

                      Oxymoron

                       Imagery

                         simile

Rhyme

Narrative Poems

Theme: “The Kind of Friend I have”

Title:I Have PhiloPhobia

Figures of speech:

                          simile

                         Hyperbole

                      personification

                        Alliteration

                        Imagery

Rhyme

Free Verse

Theme: “ A girls who’s afraid to fall in love”

Title: Tears

Figures of speech:

                       Personification

                      Alliteration

                       Imagery

Rhyme

Free Verse

Descriptive Poem

Theme: “The feeling of a tear, every moment a person cry”

Title: The one with the yellow petals

Figures of speech:

                 Personification

                Alliteration

                 Simile

Free Verse

Descriptive Poem

Theme: “ How beautiful a sunflower is”

Title: The Kid on the Street

Figures of Speech:

Imagery

Alliteration

Rhyme

Narrative Poem