Milk Man
Active Member
Well i have this assignment for college due tommorow night and i freaking hate poems so i figure there are alot of smart people here to help =]
i need a literary analysis / comparision on which is better
WHICH POEM IS BETTER AND WHY?
<--that is the question
Mu Ch’i’s Persimmons
by Gary Snyder
There is no remedy for satisfying hunger other than a painted rice cake.
—Dōgen, November, 1242.
On a back wall down the hall
lit by a side glass door
is the scroll of Mu Ch’i’s great
sumi painting, “Persimmonsâ€
The wind-weights hanging from the
axles hold it still.
The best in the world, I say,
of persimmons.
Perfect statement of emptiness
no other than form
the twig and the stalk still on,
the way they sell them in the
market even now.
The original’s in Kyoto at a
lovely Rinzai temple where they
show it once a year
this one’s a perfect copy from Benrido
I chose the mounting elements myself
with the advice of the mounter
I hang it every fall.
And now, to these overripe persimmons
from Mike and Barbara’s orchard.
Napkin in hand,
I bend over the sink
suck the sweet orange goop
that’s how I like it
gripping a little twig
those painted persimmons
sure cure hunger
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<-- compare thaT poem with the next one...
Names
by Marilyn Hacker
Be mindful of names. They’ll etch themselves; Specials; Windows; Birds; Sparrows; Names; Wings Be mindful of names. They’ll etch themselves
like daily specials on the window glass
in a delible medium. They’ll pass
transformed, erased, a cloud the wind dissolves
above the ruckus of the under-twelves
on the slide, the toddlers on the grass,
the ragged skinny guy taking a piss
in the bushes, a matron tanning her calves
on a bench, skirt tucked around her knees.
A sparrow lands in the japonica;
as if it were a signal, all at once
massed pigeons rush up from adjacent trees,
wingbeats intrusive and symphonic—a
near-total silence is the clear response.
_________________________________________________________________If someone could just get like a rough draft for me like a into+literary analysis of each and a conclusion that would be great =]
i need a literary analysis / comparision on which is better
WHICH POEM IS BETTER AND WHY?
<--that is the question
Mu Ch’i’s Persimmons
by Gary Snyder
There is no remedy for satisfying hunger other than a painted rice cake.
—Dōgen, November, 1242.
On a back wall down the hall
lit by a side glass door
is the scroll of Mu Ch’i’s great
sumi painting, “Persimmonsâ€
The wind-weights hanging from the
axles hold it still.
The best in the world, I say,
of persimmons.
Perfect statement of emptiness
no other than form
the twig and the stalk still on,
the way they sell them in the
market even now.
The original’s in Kyoto at a
lovely Rinzai temple where they
show it once a year
this one’s a perfect copy from Benrido
I chose the mounting elements myself
with the advice of the mounter
I hang it every fall.
And now, to these overripe persimmons
from Mike and Barbara’s orchard.
Napkin in hand,
I bend over the sink
suck the sweet orange goop
that’s how I like it
gripping a little twig
those painted persimmons
sure cure hunger
_________________________________________________________________
<-- compare thaT poem with the next one...
Names
by Marilyn Hacker
Be mindful of names. They’ll etch themselves; Specials; Windows; Birds; Sparrows; Names; Wings Be mindful of names. They’ll etch themselves
like daily specials on the window glass
in a delible medium. They’ll pass
transformed, erased, a cloud the wind dissolves
above the ruckus of the under-twelves
on the slide, the toddlers on the grass,
the ragged skinny guy taking a piss
in the bushes, a matron tanning her calves
on a bench, skirt tucked around her knees.
A sparrow lands in the japonica;
as if it were a signal, all at once
massed pigeons rush up from adjacent trees,
wingbeats intrusive and symphonic—a
near-total silence is the clear response.
_________________________________________________________________If someone could just get like a rough draft for me like a into+literary analysis of each and a conclusion that would be great =]
