Subject Matter: ‘The Wholly Innocent’ describes the emotions a foetus would have, from its point of view about the mother’s plan to get it aborted. The poem explains thoroughly how the foetus feels with detail that makes us feel empathic towards it. The summary of the poem in the last stanza is concluding the life the foetus had, before it was aborted, ending it in a tragic way. The poem does not mention anything about the mother’s point of view, mainly because the mother would only make excuses, which makes no difference to the foetus. *Take your time and slow down* EYE CONTACT Purpose (Theme): In Dawe’s poem, it clearly shows that he is against abortion. He believes it isn’t something that should become legal because all lives matter. The intention of this poem is to convince the public that abortion is nothing short of a crime as they are terminating a foetus’s …show more content…
Rhyming, alliteration and repetition are all used to create an atmosphere for the poem so that it is evocative for the reader. *I swear to god, you’re gonna fail if you DON’T stop rushing* EYE CONTACT Summary: ‘The Wholly Innocent’ is an impactful poem for me because I wasn’t certain about where I stand when it comes to abortion, whether I am against it or if I support it. Reading Dawe’s poem made me think about the value of life, even though it is unborn. This poem is a work of art because it makes readers feel emotions which is the main purpose of art. The words and techniques used enhances the whole poem. It does achieve the poet’s purpose because his intention was to make people to treat abortion as a criminal act and that is what he did. Conclusion: Bruce Dawe’s ‘The Wholly Innocent’ is a poem that consists of many successfully used techniques and impactful word choices. These techniques are vital to the poem as it engages the reader and conveys important messages intended by Dawe. Without them, ‘The Wholly Innocent’ would not be as successful as it
I believe that the misfortune of the human condition is the ability to image and conceptualize. These are both a blessing and a curse, and can come with great consequences and despite all our awe-inspiring accomplishments, we humans have been the fiercest and most devastating force that has ever lived on Earth. Undeniably humans have an indescribable history of brutality, murder, rape and war; yet we are capable of great love. People's mindfulness and true self awareness contributes to this ultimate irony. Poetry explores the different properties of the human condition; but we can discern what the poet may choose to embody in his or her poetry.
Therefore, according to Marquis, a new strategy should be adopted to develop the argument o abortion. In this case, the author starts by illustrating why killing an ordinary adult is morally wrong, and tries to apply same reasons to the case of abortion. Therefore, if similar reasons can be applied to the context of abortion, then decision of it being immoral will be made. The wrong aspect in killing relates to depriving the victim life which is inherently valuable. In this case, killing deprives of the victim the very valuable things that he or she could have achieved in future if life was not terminated prematurely (Vaughn, 2012). Among these valuables are aesthetic experiences, relationships, accomplished projects, achievements and goals. Therefore, killing is regarded as wrong because it denies the victim the value of the future. Marquis, therefore, notes that there are various reasons to explain why killing is wrong. Firstly, it accounts for the idea that murder is the worst crime because of the extent of its deprivation. It also matches with the attitude that the terminally ill develop concerning the future death. In addition, the act of killing has no special importance that supports moral reasons to justify abortion. Furthermore, the author reveals that this idea is plausible in the verdict of various ethical activities. For instance, it is used to explain why euthanasia victims are a time allowed to be killed as well as a reason behind infanticide.
One of the most contentious debates in modern politics revolves around abortion. Pro-Life supporters believe that they are protecting human lives while Pro-Choice advocates maintain they are supporting women’s rights. However, both of these sides clearly do not fully understand the issue. Not only should abortions be legal, they should be mandatory (“Pro-Death”). This Pro-Death paper illustrates why it bringing a child into this world is an ethically impermissible decision. By giving birth, one not only subjects a baby to a lifetime of pain, but also shows that they abhor the Earth as well.
Abortion is the most devastating experience that a woman can go through. The term refers to any early on ejection of an unborn human baby from the womb, whether by gobbling abortion pills or referring to any other horrifying method to stop intentionally at one’s pleasure an unborn baby’s life. Although being a controversy, abortion will always be a genocide whether it is allowed by law or not. When trying to find the purpose of the legality of abortions, we stay speechless at the shame and the inhumanity of such a practice since nowadays all abortions are completed for social purposes than for medical issues. How is it possible to allow the destruction of weak tiny babies who didn’t ask to be made then killed with such a criminality and savagery?
Gwendolyn Brooks’ life was characterized by her struggles with race, struggles faced after aborting, and accomplishments with her career. Her issues were reflected in “The Mother,” one of the poems she wrote and that she was underestimated for. In this poem Brooks used the imagery of death, personification of an abortion, and imagery of an unborn baby to prove to people that women have the option to abort, yet it is regretted. Many critics do not believe the poem to be acceptable and their analyses is incorrect. Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas.
Repetition- it adds a dramatic meaning to the poem and enhances the quality. Repetitions turns things into symbols which add more of an understanding and meaning.
"When people fall in love, they burst into flames!” her eyes are twinkling with laughter and holy... She’s beautiful.
When a writer write a poem, he/she writes about the things that inspires them and the emotions they feels at that moment.A Good poet never looks at their rhyming or how the lines are phrased, but receive those instincts of rhyming when they’re writing a poem.Authors like Edgar Allan Poe and Williams Wordsworth are well known for their natural instincts while writing poem.Edgar Allan Poe was especially well known for for his writing,editing and poetic skills.One of his best skills were based on particularly in mystery poems like “A Dream Within a Dream,”which illustrates one of his ordained skills on the use of poetic elements, one of the most used poetic devices he uses is his rhyme scheme which gives the poem a inflow of life and makes the
Blushing, Chris tried to deny doing anything special, as did Jenny, but neither of their parents would hear of it. Knowing how their parents felt and that what they did do was helping was a relief for Jenny, as well as Chris. Giving their mom and dad one last hug, both turned in early and were soon asleep. Not long after, Roy and Joanne followed the example and after checking on all three of the kids, went to bed themselves. Relief spread throughout their bodies at the knowledge that despite the turmoil going on, Chris and Jenny were doing quite well. For once, all those under the DeSoto’s roof slept peacefully throughout the night.
In what state of mind must a mother be? To ignore the death wish of her child? This is one of the many questions that the poems raises but leaves unanswered, creating a mental resonance of the thoughts and feelings one might have after finishing the poem. Very
Blake was both a poet and an artist and he created many Illuminated works which combined the two. These forms, each powerful in their own right are even more so when used together as in "The Divine Image." In analyzing this piece I will be looking at the elements and principles of art, the corresponding ‘elements and principles' of poetry and how they support one another to convey William Blake's idea of Innocence.
The bright lights and unknown voices travelled around me. It surly wasn’t the first time I had experienced this, but it was the first time I could actually recognize what was going on. They tried to ease my nervousness with their soothing words, but being so anxious nothing could soothe me.
Abortion is an issue that can go both ways and a topic that is very controversial. Some may have questions such as, is a fetus a human, and does its life matter? It was not supposed to happen to me or I was raped. Many people see abortion as a good or bad thing. One’s institution can greatly influence their thought over abortion. I have decided to write over abortion because I feel that it is a broad topic which can go into two different directions as in one defending abortion while the other seeing the subject as immoral. Through this research over abortion, I will be including two articles, “A Defense of Abortion” and “Why Abortion Is Immoral”. These articles will describe the difference in how one’s perspective over abortion can be taken. For instance, the first article will talk about why Judith argues over why abortion is not too bad to be allowed and how there can be different situations that can cause a person to make certain decisions. The second article by Marquis will demonstrate why killing a fetus is morally wrong. He will also be including how someone who is anti-abortion and those who are for abortion can have strong opinions in cases like these. The following paragraph’s will go more into depth about each article over abortion.
The speaker starts with telling us how abortions will not let one forget and she goes on to expand on what is not forgotten. She utilizes descriptive imagery such as in the sentence, ‘the damp small pulps with a little or no hair’ seems to infer to the status of the fetus’s development when aborted. She goes on to state the things that the children will not become and of all the things that as a mother of young children will not experience. I appreciated the hyperbole in the last line of this stanza, ‘Return for a snack of them, with gobbling mother-eye,’ which seems to infer to the way mothers tend to watch and cherish their children.
The poet places us inside the head of a young child who has just been dropped off by his mother in the playground of a school on his very first day. The child has obviously been told what to expect, but it seems like she has explained it wrong or he hasn’t understood it thoroughly. Which leads him to let his