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Howard Nemerov's "Grace to Be Said at the Supermarket"

1 month ago | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction and Text of "Grace to Be Said at the Supermarket"Howard Nemerov's "Grace to Be Said at the Supermarket" consists of two unrimed versagraphs. The former poet laureate's theme dramatizes the contrast between the reality of animals' bodies and the way they seem when packaged to sell in groceries stores.
Philip Freneau’s "On the Religion of Nature"

1 month ago | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Philip Freneau, often assigned the labels of "Father of American Poetry"[1] and "Poet of the American Revolution" [2], wrote "On the Religion of Nature" to advocate and celebrate a faith influenced by nature’s goodness and abundance. Published in the late 18th century, the poem reflects Enlightenment [3] ideals. Freneau’s work often blends nature and philosophy, and at times challenges certain tenets of organized religion.
Emily Dickinson’s "Two Butterflies went out at Noon"

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Introduction and Text of "Two Butterflies went out at Noon"In Emily Dickinson’s "Two Butterflies went out at Noon" (#533 in Thomas H. Johnson's The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson), the speaker is dramatizing an imaginary flight of two butterflies that ease out on a amazing journey. Emily Dickinson creates a speaker, whose mystical vision is revealed in many of her poems, and this one serves as one of the finest examples of that vision.
Richard Blanco's "One Today"

1 month ago | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

On January 21, 2013, poet[aster] Richard Blanco read his piece, "One Today," at the second inauguration of Barack Obama. Blanco lays claim to several firsts as an inaugural reader: he is the first Latino, the first openly gay, and, until Amanda Gorman [1] offered her word salad in 2021 to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential ascendancy, had been the youngest poet to read his composition at an inauguration.
Robert Frost: The First American Inaugural Poet

1 month ago | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction with Text of "Dedication"On January 20, 1961, Robert Frost became the first American poet to present a poem at a presidential inauguration. During the swearing-in of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States, Frost recited his poem, "The Gift Outright."Although Frost had composed a new poem, "Dedication," intended as a preface to his recitation of "The Gift Outright," he had not committed it to memory in time for the ceremony.
Emily Dickinson's "If those I loved were lost"

Jan 16, 2025 | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction and Text of "If those I loved were lost"Emily Dickinson's "If those I loved were lost" features two stanzas, each with two movements. The speaker's musing targets how the speaker would react to both losing and finding loved ones. Her emotions and behaviors signal the importance of those loved ones to her. The value she places on these individuals can only be suggested and not directly stated.
Emily Dickinson's "I measure every Grief I meet"

Dec 2, 2024 | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction and Text of "I measure every Grief I meet"By Dickinsonian reckoning, this poem is quite long. Of course, her longest poem is "Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine," the first one that appears in Thomas H. Johnson's The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. But that Valentine message remains an anomaly, which hardly represents the poet's later accomplishments.
Dylan Thomas' "And Death Shall Have No Dominion"

Oct 31, 2024 | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction and Text of "And Death Shall Have No Dominion"From the King James Version of the Judeo-Christian Holy Bible, Romans 6:9, "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him" (my emphasis). In Dylan Thomas' poem, "And Death Shall Have No Dominion," the speaker is employing the same sentiment in his title and five further repetitions as a chant-like refrain.
Williams and Auden on Brueghel's "Icarus"

Oct 12, 2024 | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

William Carlos Williams' "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus"William Carlos Williams' poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" offers a simple brief sketch describing the subject of Pieter Brueghel's painting with the same title, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus.
Amy Lowell's "A Fixed Idea"

Oct 9, 2024 | discover.hubpages.com | Linda Sue Grimes

Introduction and Text of "A Fixed Idea"Amy Lowell's poem "A Fixed Idea" consists of an octave and a sestet, which signals the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet form. In the octave, the speaker of this sonnet is decrying the "torture" of consistency, more particularly, the consistency of a recurring thought. Then in the sestets, the speaker is dramatizing her wish that her beloved not continue to burden and restrict her life any further. The two ideas seem somewhat disparate at first.