"Her poems manifest the spiritual link between art and politics" that was what her poems was descript as on the internet. Born in Birmingham, Alabamaon on September 9, 1934, Sanchez has taught creative writing and African American literature in at least eight universities across the United States and has lectured at over 500 college campuses . When Sanchez was only a year old, her mother passed away and Sanchez was sent to live with her paternal grandmother. She then lived with family and friends until 1943, when she moved to Harlem to live with her father, her sister, and her stepmother who was her father's third wife. Sanchez's language comes out of her immediate surroundings and accents her characters' lifestyles. Her refusal to use standard, academic English is a part of a political statement which undermines the use of language as a tool for oppression. During the early 1960s she was an integrationist, supporting the philosophy of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Actually, I do not have a favorite poet as I seldom read poems and when I do, I do not remember the poet's name. I chose Sonia Sanchez for this blog entry because I happen to see her name on "this week's highlight" on poets.org. But I feel that the poems she write consist of a lot of figurative language and the poems she write interest me, that is why I chose her for this blog entry.
The poems she write include Ballad, To Anita and A poem for my father. The books she wrote include Shake loose my skin: New selected poems and Under a Soprano Sky She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books.
Bibliography:
http://www.afropoets.net/soniasanchez.html
http://poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/276
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sanchez
http://www.nathanielturner.com/soniasanchez.htm
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
IT Home Learning Lesson 1: Figurative Language
The poem I chose is Messy Room by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--Huh?
You say it's mine?
Oh, dear,I knew it looked familiar!
1) Figurative language used in this poem are mainly Hyperbole.
Statements such as "wedged in the window" "jammed in the closet" "stuck to the wall" and "Oh, dear" are used as figurative language.
I think that the poet used these figurative language to exaggerate on how messy the room is.
2) I like this poem mainly because the poet has included humor in his poem. The poem was quite funny and thus, i chose this poem. The poem also has a great number of descriptive words. The poem is also closer to my daily life in the sense that I also consider my room to be a messy one. I like the way the poet ended his poem. He ended it with a twist, writing that the person that should be ashamed is not Donald or Robert or Wille but is actually he himself. In other words, the messy room was actually his!
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--Huh?
You say it's mine?
Oh, dear,I knew it looked familiar!
1) Figurative language used in this poem are mainly Hyperbole.
Statements such as "wedged in the window" "jammed in the closet" "stuck to the wall" and "Oh, dear" are used as figurative language.
I think that the poet used these figurative language to exaggerate on how messy the room is.
2) I like this poem mainly because the poet has included humor in his poem. The poem was quite funny and thus, i chose this poem. The poem also has a great number of descriptive words. The poem is also closer to my daily life in the sense that I also consider my room to be a messy one. I like the way the poet ended his poem. He ended it with a twist, writing that the person that should be ashamed is not Donald or Robert or Wille but is actually he himself. In other words, the messy room was actually his!
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