A comparison between the Poetic techniques of Ferlinghetti & Afrika
A Comparison between the Poetic Techniques Of Ferlinghetti & Afrika Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Tatamkhulu Afrika both have very effective poems. Both of which are written to state some form of inequality or discrimination. There are distinct and hidden similarities and differences between the two. These are going to be highlighted in this report. As mentioned before, both are talking about certain inequality or discrimination; however there are two main differences: . One poet is talking about racial issues (Afrika), the other about democratic issues (Ferlinghetti) 2. Afrika has a clear view point as he has been subject to the discrimination mentioned whereas Ferlinghetti is just stating what is happening Both of the issues written about were (and still are) key problems all over the world, which contributes to the poems' success, as everybody can identify with it. These poems are technically fictional, but the truth behind the moral of them adds a genuine realism. In "Nothing's Changed" (Afrika's poem), the tone as a general rule is very accusative and extremely opinionated. This is because the author is writing from his own experiences (he is black), almost in an autobiographical sense, and hence it is written in first-person form. He is in a way a spokesman, a representative for all black people that are discriminated against, which is shown in the poem by using "we"
A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has written poetry, translation, fiction, theater, art criticism, film narration, and essays
A Brief History of Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Danny Mulrooney A prominent voice of the wide-open poetry movement that began in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has written poetry, translation, fiction, theater, art criticism, film narration, and essays. Often concerned with politics and social issues, Ferlinghetti's poetry countered the literary elite's definition of art and the artist's role in the world. Though imbued with the commonplace, his poetry cannot be simply described as polemic or personal protest, for it stands on his craftsmanship, thematics, and grounding in tradition. Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers in 1919, son of Carlo Ferlinghetti who was from the province of Brescia and Clemence Albertine Mendes-Monsanto. Following his undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a ship's commander. He received a Master's degree from Columbia University in 1947 and a Doctorate de l'Université de Paris (Sorbonne) in 1950. From 1951 to 1953, when he settled in San Francisco, he taught French in an adult education program, painted, and wrote art criticism. In 1953, with Peter D. Martin, he founded City Lights Bookstore, the first all-paperbound bookshop in the country, and by 1955 he had launched the City Lights publishing house. The bookstore has served for half a century as a
Contrasts in Two scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Poetry Analysis In the poem “Two scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; the poem has 5 stanza and 37 lines. The poet uses a moment in time when a truck and a Mercedes waiting at a traffic light. The theme of the poem the contrast between the two set of people in those two vehicles, which are poor and rich people. For example: the garbage men and the people in the Mercedes. Moreover, in the poem they both meet at the red traffic lights where they are equal. Besides, they are similar but there is a remarkable differences them that are their economy state as well as their social wise, which is their opinions of others and being able to communicate effectively with all different kinds of people. Regardless, the garbage men stared at the elegant couple “as from a long distance”. Actually, they are close together, waiting at the red traffic light. This shows that the distance between their life’s’ state. In addition, the poet’s aim is to express the problem of disparity or gap between the rich and the poor. The poet uses third person omniscient point of view to describe the poem. He (poet) uses other ideas and feelings to express himself such as being the dustmen, looking at the couple, “” watching some odorless TV ad”, the ways of life portrayed (person in a film, character) seemed unusually perfect. According to
How does Ferlinghetti use alternative methods to express views about culture and traditions and discuss.
How does Ferlinghetti use alternative methods to express views about culture and traditions and discuss Ferlinghetti wrote the 2 Scavengers' poem in the mid 1950's when living in America in which he belonged to a group known as the "Beat Generation". The poem is different and original in its style and format for how it is set out. It is about a neutral person (the narrator) looking on at a traffic light as two different class of people pull up. Ferlinghetti looks at these 2 vehicles and compares the two types of people within them. American society at the time was well known for being the land of opportunity, which is why Ferlinghetti was there. But within American society, there were to types of people: The upper class, and the lower class. This is what the poem looks at. It is entitled the "two scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes". This tells us straight away what the poem is about, and suggests to us a comparison of the 2.It is set early in the morning, in San Francisco." Vehicles pull up to a traffic light as the narrator watches. One is a truck, with 2 garbage men on the back. The other is a Mercedes with a man and women both of the high class. The poet is stereotypical, and tries to judge the situation, thoughts and feelings of the 2. He assumes that the garbage men are jealous of the other 2 in the Mercedes and look towards them in envy "as they
Mercedes comes to Alabama.
A CASE ANALYSIS IN 7021 GSM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MERCEDES COMES TO ALABAMA SUBMITTED TO: MR. BRIAN MERRETT Analysts: Christopher Vas, S2123281 Gaurav Jain, S2123652 Jayesh Janardhanan, S2122740 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The world is heading towards rapid globalisation, with more and more companies transcending their national boundaries of operations thereby engaging themselves in international business. With the dawn of the millennium we have seen major business conglomerates spread their wings in order to become global organisations. The rationale of this report is to study the "globalisation strategy"1 undertaken by Mercedes Benz- a pioneer in the manufacture of luxury cars. The objective of the report revolves around the decision that Mercedes Benz took in 1993 to extend it's operations to the world's largest democracy- the United States Of America, as a part of it's internationalisation approach thereby transforming it into a fill line automobile manufacturer from an automaker known just for its luxury cars. This report analyses this shift in strategy of Mercedes Benz, evaluating the elements of shift and various risks involved in it. An effort has also been made to understand the various actions that followed Mercedes Benz's entry into Alabama. The study also briefly describes the challenges Mercedes had to encounter at Alabama and the way it successfully faced
Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In A Mercedes By Lawrence Ferlinghetti - review
Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In A Mercedes By Lawrence Ferlinghetti The Context Of The Poem Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York in 1919. After spending much of his childhood in France, he studied universities both in the U.S.A and in Paris before moving to San Francisco in the early 1950s where he found the city lights bookshop and Publishing Company. City lights was at the heart of the beat movement in the 1950s and 1960s where Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg and other poets created a style of free verse that was both radical and populous. The beat poets were the U.S.As angry young men questioning some of the dominant values of American Culture. They also placed exuberant emphasis on poetry in performance, often with Jazz accompaniment. "The kind of poetry which has been making most noise here," Ferlinghetti remarked, "Is what should be called Street Poetry ......It amounts to getting poetry back into the street where it one was, out of the classroom out of the speech department, and in fat off the printed page. The printed word has made poetry so silent." Laurence Ferlinghetti has continued to live and write in San Francisco and in 1998 he was acclaimed to be the city's first poet Laureate. He is also a painter. 'Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In Mercedes' was published in 1979 in a volume called 'Landscapes Of Living And Dying'. The
Compare how Society is presented in 'Nothings Changed' and 'Two Scavengers in a truck two beautiful People in a Mercedes.'
Compare how Society is presented in 'Nothings Changed' and 'Two Scavengers in a truck two beautiful People in a Mercedes.' In both poems, the main theme is that people are segregated in the society they live in. However, in 'Nothings Changed' this poems explores racial segregation in South Africa during the apartheid separating the whites from the blacks such as the 'whites only in café' In contrast to the racial segregation in 'Nothings Changed', 'Two Scavengers in a Truck two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' explores the separation in the society by the wealth the person holds in relation to how good the persons physical looks are. 'The elegant couple' are seen to be fit to be seen with each other, but the people in 'red plastic blazers' could not be part of the elegant couples perfect fantasy. In both poems, the writers are sympathetic to the point of view that is represented by the lower class person. Such as in 'Nothings Changed' when the man is left out side of his true home and feels down trodden and upset by that and wanting to fight back. 'A stone a bomb', he feels that this would relieve him of the anger and pain he is feeling after having his home taken off him. He wants to break through the barrier between him and the pompous white people who are higher up in the hierarchy than he is and it should not be like that, as he is the true owner of this land. ' The
Comparing poems of different cultures
Each poem is unique in its own way. They are all aimed at a specific thing or try to get a message across to the reader. But then again, many poems may well be related to one another. They may be related in an obvious way or a way which is more intricate and harder to identify. 'Night of the Scorpion' and 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' are no exception. They are both unique yet they both are contrasting two things in the poem. In the poem 'Night of the Scorpion', Nissim Ezekiel compares the differences between one sceptic man and a whole village of superstitious people. In the poem 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes', Lawrence Ferlinghetti writes about the differences between the rich and poor. In the rest of this essay, I will compare these two poems. I will first describe each poem in separately and then compare the different aspects of the poems in together. Finally, I shall conclude the essay by writing the writer's intentions towards their poems. In 'Night of the Scorpion' Nissim Ezekiel remembers "the night" his "mother was stung by a scorpion". The poem is not really on the subject of the scorpion or its sting, but on the distinguishing reactions of the family, neighbours and his father, with the mother's dignity and courage. The scorpion is said to be sheltering from ten hours of rain, but so fearful of