UNIT 4 #4

RICHARD COREY
The poem to me is very messed up. It shows that only because someone has it all doesn't mean they are as happy as they should be.

This poem is Disillusionment because it imagined someone was perfect even though on the inside they were worse then others. Its like you think something that may not at the end be true.


"In fine, we thought that he was everything

To make us wish that we were in his place."

This quote shows how they thought the man was everything they ever wanted to be. He ends up shooting himself which shows that they didn't realize what he was really going through.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MENDING WALL
I thought this poem was very confusing. You basically have to say what you think it might be saying.

To me it is Disillusionment because the author is being tricked. The neighbor tells him he likes the wall even though he really doesn't, because he breaks it every winter.


"And he likes having thought of it so well

He says again, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
This quote shows how the neighbor is lying to him.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A DREAM DEFERRED
This poem is a little on the sad side. It gives examples like how bad it is to want something, but not being able to have it

The poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance because its saying that a slave had a dream that may never happen. They didn't want to be slaves they had a dream to not be slaves but that dream may never happen.

"Does it stink like rotten meat?"

This quote shows how the dream being deferred may feel. Such as it sucks and is not a good thing. Its not good to have a dream that you know may never become real.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
The poem made me want to appreciate people who do different things for us.

This poem also relates to The Harlem Renaissance because it showed complimants of the black culture. THR had to do with aspects of culture and that is exactly what this poem does.


"I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it."
This quote showed how the boys ancestors were the one who built these pyramids. So it makes it part of his culture.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INCIDENT
The poem was really racist to me. I dont think that people should discriminate on people just because they are a different color.

This poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance due to it talks about slavery. The Harlem Renaissance was a point where black people were treated un equal and this shows that by calling the black boy a nigger he was shown to be not equal.

And so I smiled, but he poked out

His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."
This quote shows how the baltimore boy was being racist.