AAFTER US In this poem, the poet uses a surplus of imagery to allow the reader to fully see what she is trying to get us to picture. In the first line, she talks about how rain, which can be destructive or helpful, is seeping into a room where books and other material things reside. In the lines to follow, she writes about how everything that flourished under the sun, turned away to try and find the light that they so desperately need. This shows the destructive side to rain because it paints the picture of a dark day with rain falling and silencing all activities that happen during the day. In the second paragraph, the poet writes about a portrait, which has sketches of boats and barns and this creates the image of a perfect utopia where everything is peaceful and nothing has disturbed it. The paragraph that follows this peaceful picture, is where the foreboding and evil rain begins to make its appearance again. She writes about how everything that was ever thought of or invented or t...
TThe Good Life In the primary lines of 'The Good Life,' the speaker, who is normally viewed as Tracy K. Smith, starts by tossing the peruser into a picture of how cash is seen and talked about. She utilizes representation to portray its transitory and amazing nature. At one second, everything appears to be steady, and in the following, it leaves the way to purchase milk and is gone forever. By contrasting it with a "baffling sweetheart," the writer is drawing correlations among cash and joy, delight, and fervor. It's these things, however it is additionally perplexing and difficult to comprehend. She's additionally recommending that one can't rely upon cash, actually like they can't rely upon a baffling sweetheart. They can leave whenever without clarification. In the following lines, the speaker movements to her own viewpoint on cash. At whatever point she hears anybody talk about cash, she begins to feel nostalgic. She doesn't actually miss the...