Poems

            As we discussed and learned about poetry during class, I began to make comparisons about all the different types of poetry there are, and how they relate and how they are different. When doing this I picked three of the poems that we read, or listened to in class. All very different, and all very unique. The three poems I picked are Harlem by Langston Hughes, My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, and If I Should Have a Daughter by Sarah Kay. There are many reasons why I picked these three poems; they are all very different in many ways, including length, topic, and style, they are all very creative, and meaningful, and these were probably my three favorite poems that we read during class.

            Harlem is a what happens to poem, and has a ton of literary devices. This poem is about dream, and what happens when you ignore them. My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun is about a intimate friend of Shakespeare, and how even though she is by all means not perfect, he still loves her. It is a sonnet, and follows the correct rhyme scheme and the iambic pentameter. If I Should Have a Daughter is a poem that was intended to be said out loud. This poem also has a lot of literary devices, and deeper meaning. It is about what a mother would do, and teach her daughter is she was to have one, one day.

            There are many similarities between these poems, but also many differences. All of these poems have many literary devices. They use similes and metaphors mostly, to show the deeper meaning of the poems. Also, besides the sonnet, they all use their own rhyme patterns, and follow their own beats. All of these poems have deeper meaning; you just have to read closely, and carefully to figure out what they are, and what the poems are really about. However they are all about different things, one about dreams, one about love, and one about teaching. Still these poems are very similar. Although on the outside they may seem very different, but if you look closely they are extremely similar.

            Also, if you think about it, they are all wondering about something in the feature, although they really all know the answer. Harlem is seeing if you can really put of a dream, or ignore, and forget about it. You can tell the author has thought about doing this, but realized it is simply impossible. My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun is kind of showing that he really doesn’t like the outside of this girl, and is probably embarrassed by her, but maybe he tried being without her before, and realized it was all worth it. If I Should Have a Daughter seems to be about what her mother did for her as a child, or what she wishes she had done. She is trying to relive, or maybe even remake her childhood, by making what she wants for something else. As you can see although these poems are different, they are all so incredibly similar.

            

Untitled---> Sonnet

You’re the same as you wake, and as you sleep

Your colors make you and show your beauty

You give light, and take it without a peep

Providing us with heat is your duty

Your colors are simply magnificent

Orange, red, and yellow and even pink

Together you are really excellent

As we wake and sleep you change in a blink

You try and get me up in the morning

And you try to put me to sleep at night

You really are never ever boring

Always trying to shine loud, strong, and bright

You are the sun, always in the sky

Without you our life would not be complete

Poems

Poem on painting:

This painting is you,
and even has you in it,
it is your childhood,
and your favorite stories,
it is your feelings,
and the people who caused them

This painting is colors,
and emotions,
and wonderful designs
it is swirls,
and words,
and the letters than make them

This painting is all of pollock and even more


What is poetry poem:

Poetry is you
Poetry is whatever you want it to be
it is the heart and soul of every human being
it is words

Words that for some people may be nothing
but is really everything
Emotions, feelings, and your own world wrapped up into one

Poetry is you
Poetry is whatever you want it to be
Poetry is everything


What happens to a dream


What happens to a destroyed dream

does it disapear

and never come back 

until its just forever gone

Or does it never truly go away
until it reforms
and build and build and build
until it is back to normal

What truly happens to a destroyed dream

Jackson Pollock-- Mural

            

             The first paining of Jackson Pollock I ever saw was at the Brooklyn Museum. It, like the majority of his paintings was painted with the splatter plate technique. I was unimpressed to say the least. I thought it was boring, not special, and took little to no talent. But as I found out more about Pollock, and where is paintings came from, and there meaning I realized how truly special all his paintings were. They are filled with emotion and elements, and moments in his life. Although the paintings may seem like there was no talent involved in making these paintings, if you look closely, there are all kinds of details mixed in throughout his paintings.

            Jackson Pollock grew up on a farm in a small town in Wyoming. He went to school for art in 1929, but had a really hard time with drawing. His brother was a famus artists, none for his drawings, so there was a lot of pressure on him. In the late 30’s he was introduced to the work of Picasso and learned that not all art had to be straight lines and pictures. He decided to try more surreal art, which he ended up succeeding with. Everything involved with Pollock’s work, was very untraditional. He used untraditional materials (not paintbrushes, and pencils), painted on the floor, and his final product was always very unique, he would even walk on his paintings.

            The painting a choose to look at is called Mural. It is one of Pollock’s more famous paintings, and is extremely well known. This painting comes from many different roots. Some if it being other artists, and paintings he was inspired by, and some of it being events from his past. One major thing that this is based on his Native American stories. When he was a kid, a Native American neighbor would tell them stories from her heritage. The color base, and other elements of the painting come form this. (Jackson Pollock)

            Although as many people look at this, all they see is a bunch of different colored squiggly lines, if you look closely there is much more in it. While I was first looking at this, I noticed that the majority of the colors were very natural and earthy. As I looked closer I noticed that there seemed to be bird shaped lines all over the painting. As I looked even closer than that I noticed I saw that the painting has letters all over it, and the letters spell out Jackson Pollock. I think Pollock personally hid his name in the painting, so as not to distract from the rest of it, but to make you look at it really closely. In order to even see his name in the painting, you have to look extremely close, so I think part of the reason he hid it, was so people looked further into it, and noticed all the other details. (Decoding Jackson Pollock)