poetry essay (i felt a funeral, in my brain)

Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response.

This prompt fits the poem I chose because the poem is organized in the order of a funeral and the whole poem is figurative.

"And then a Plank in Reason, broke,

And I dropped down, and down -

And hit a World, at every plunge,

And Finished knowing - then -"

Prewrite: dickinson's poem revolves around an imaginary funeral. the entire thing is figurative. it explains the feelings of the author as she feels that she's losing her sanity. Diction--the way she capitalizes words like Sense, used to mean "rational" and talks about capitalized words like they are names of something, almost like people

     Dickinson writes the poem in the order of a funeral, using figurative language to allow the reader to see the events as they unfold. Certain words are chosen, aware that they will have an effect on how the reader perceives the poem--in this case, that the poem will not have a happy ending. While the last stanza is very abrupt, sounding almost unfinished, it is not wholly unexpected.
     A funeral inside the mind of the author that involves Dickinson's sanity is the setting of the poem. "I felt a funeral, in my Brain" is the title of the poem, as well as the first line. This, right away, affects the mood of the poem. The use of figurative language is evident throughout the work, as the entire poem is figurative. The author says that "then a Plank in Reason, broke" and the reader then knows that she has, in her own opinion, lost her sanity. There are Mourners treading. Dickinson chooses this word perhaps because it sounds like "dreading", a word used when unhappy events are about to unfold. The last stanza is not the typical ending to a funeral, and there was nothing Dickinson did to prepare the reader for this. However, given the earlier content, it makes sense to the reader, and it can be inferred that the author has lost her sanity.
     Dickinson's uses of organization, diction and figurative language are, as usual, constructed to form something rather ambiguous. Her poetry, though intriguing, does require an analysis to gain its full meaning. In the case of "I felt a funeral, in my Brain" the author's use of literary techniques is central to understanding what is being said. 

Tobermory Explained

Everyone in the story is really shallow. The entire piece has a sort of irony, because they make a big deal out of something that's not that important (the cat knowing about their private affairs) and they make light out of something serious (the last line).  The last line means that if he was trying to teach "the poor beast" German irregular verbs (German is considered a harsh language, irregular verbs in any language are a pain in the ass) then he deserved the death that the elephant inflicted on him.

TPCASST analysis poetry thing

I chose Out, Out

Title means: When I think of the title with the content, I think of the boy wanting the pain to get out of his hand. People don't always think rationally when they're in a lot of pain. Or, it could be that he wants the pain to get out, or that the life is coming out of him.
Paraphrasing:
Connotation: Doctor--someone who could provide hope, fixing a situation where someone is sick/injured and helping them get better.
Attitude: The attitude of the author is very.. not there. he doesn't care, just like the rest of the other characters don't care. the author is not emotionally involved, e is simply an unconcerned spectator. And the attitude of the kid who cuts his hand off is almost the same. He just doesn't want his hand cut off, but he gives a "rueful laugh" when he first cuts it.
Shift: At first it's a peaceful setting with a violent buzzsaw. The kid just wants to stop working, but he doesn't see concerned about something happening before he gets to quit. Then, when he cuts his hand, it shocks the reader, especially when the other characters just go about their business after he dies.
Title Revisited: Unfortunately, I haven't been enlightened.
Theme: Life goes on when we die

Chapter 4 analysis

So what we regard as morals today are the complete opposite of what they believe in. I think it must be a very lonely life if you don't have someone to spend it with, and just have sex with everyone. I noticed that the word "pneumatic" is used a lot, and this is what it means: containing or operated by air or gas under pressure; of or relating to the spirit. I don't know which one is being used when describing people, as it can be used to say that someone is "air-headed". And it's also used to describe a sofa.  It seems like Bernard's inferiority complex somehow relates to his having more morals than anyone else, as does Helmholtz's. There are "stereotypes" ? for each class, meaning that Alphas should be bigger and everyone is smaller as the social class gets lower. Because Bernard is small, some people automatically assume he isn't in the class that he is. This could be connected to today, where stereotypes are (but are becoming less) prevalent within our society.

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Analysis of chapers 2 & 3 brave new world

chapter 2
There is a lot of brainwashing (the "whispering" under the pillows). Children are tested like animals, using shocks to teach them to hate nature. For some reason, the students are embarrassed about how people used to be parents. There is a shame in being a parent, and staying with someone for life, but not being promiscuous. It's the complete opposite of the world we live in today. There is, in our culture, an increase among women that we should be able to be just as sexually...free? as men are, without being criticized for it. I can see how that's something that might happen in the future, no shame for anyone where sex is concerned.

chapter 3
Children are encouraged to play "sexual games" to prepare them for when they're older. I think it's also a way to find out if any of them are gay, and then "fix" them. Contraceptives are a big deal, because if you keep women from having babies, you keep motherhood away. After all, that's something to be ashamed of.. so is seeing just one man for four months. I don't know what a Resident Controller is, but I'm guessing he's a dictator type person wo=ho makes sure that all of the brainwashing, etc. keeps going. That part in the chapter when the writing was one sentence at a time from like three or four different scenes was really aggravating to me, and it was written like that to display a kind of feeling of chaos, but I found it super difficult to read. Also, there is a type of racism, obviously, towards the Gammas and the Epilsons or whatever they're called.  and being sunburned is attractive, for some reason

Lit terms #6

simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
soliloquy: an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
spiritual: of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
speaker: a person who speaks
stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
stream of consciousness: a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow
structure: the relationship or organization of the component parts of a work of art or literature

style: the ways that the author uses words
subordination: The use of expressions that make one element of a sentence dependent on another

surrealism: a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind

suspension of disbelief: That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith

symbol: a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

synesthesia: the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body.

synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa,.

syntax: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

theme: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
thesis: a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

tone: the author's attitude toward the reader, subject, and self
tongue in cheek: without really meaning what one is saying or writing.
tragedy: A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness

understatement: describe or represent (something) as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

vernacular: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

voice: The writer's voice is the individual writing style of an author, a combination of their common usage of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works

zeitgeist: the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

Lit terms #3

exposition  the insertion of important background information within a story
expressionism an artistic and literary movement originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, which sought to express emotions rather than to represent external reality
fable 

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

fallacy 

a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.

falling action the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
farce a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character
figurative language Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
flashback 

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

foil character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
folk tale a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

foreshadowing 

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

free verse poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

genre 

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

gothic tale a genre or mode of literature that combines fiction, horror and Romanticism
hyperbole 

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

imagery 

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

implication 

the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated.

incongruity 

the state of being incongruous or out of keeping.

inference 

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

irony the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.