Isaac+Adlowitz

//"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness." //- Robert Frost __**Ode To My Mother **__by Isaac Adlowitz She stands at miniature 4 feet 11 inches. Her influence on me is much, much larger than she is. She is a dime, in a world of nickels. Her confidence in me has lead me through all sorts of times. We have been through so much, yet we argue so little. She has worked her whole life to support me and try to give me what I need rather than what I want. She has given me most of what a kid could ever ask for. Whether it be money, food, perceptions, or devotion. Of all the titles one can give to her, I hope she knows how great of a mom she is. __**Duck Sonnet**__ by Isaac Adlowitz The duck lives on a pond with family They swim and fly around their home They do this often and very rapidly They look for food or they just like to roam They go near and far north and south They do it quick so that they can rest They try to catch the food in their mouth Because their feet are not the best These ducks love to be fed bread They make a loud noise called quack They make it with their beak and their head So they can warn others of an attack Ducks are cool no doubt about it As you can see they have lots of whit

__**I was raised by...**__

I was raised by, Phillies games on the radio Steak, and mashed potatoes dinners on Friday nights <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">And watching the Simpsons and Family Guy on TV. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised by a mom and step dad who are artists who work hard for what seems like nothing <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">By my Liberal, integrated, surprisingly safe neighborhood of Philadelphia <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Being forced to go to Hebrew school on Sundays and Wednesdays <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised to try new things no matter how much they don't appeal to my eyes To wash my own dishes, and to do my own laundry. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the lesson that hard work and patience will always be rewarded <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I was raised by the things I have been taught by my parents, friends, teachers, and all other sorts of people. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I was raised by my surroundings. I smell the sweet smokey smell of BBQ running through my nose like a parade down Broad St. I see the little kids running every which way. I hear the splash of them climbing in and out of the pool.
 * Summer Time** by Isaac Adlowitz

I feel the hot beams of sun, and the brutal waves of humidity on the back of my neck I see a man nursing at his bottle of beer as if he is baby drinking from his bottle I hear the background noise of the oldies station on the radio and baseball game on the TV

All these senses confirm the notion that summer is rapidly approaching.

Isaac Adlowitz's poetry tends to not have one set theme or tone to it. He has used many different poetic techniques throughout his time making poetry, but he has never stuck with just one. He has written about his mother, animals, times of the year, or what else truly speaks to him and his current interest. He decided to write about his mother for his Ode because he feels and continues to feel very lucky to have the parents he has today. He wrote about ducks because he had just ate Chinese food prior to writing the poem, so he decided due to his fondess of ducks, as both food and animals, why not show them some love in the form of a sonnet. In his original poem he decided to write about some of what reminds him of summer because he is counting down the days until summer finally begins. Within his poems he likes to use intuitive adjectives and keep the mood pretty positive throughout his poetry. He doesn't have a preference of which type of style his poetry will be in, but he usually does it line by line and breaks it up into stanzas.
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 * Morning at the Window** by T.S. Eliot

They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens, And along the trampled edges of the street I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids Sprouting despondently at area gates.

The brown waves of fog toss up to me Twisted faces from the bottom of the street, And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts An aimless smile that hovers in the air And vanishes along the level of the roofs.

Analysis Paragraph The poem **__Morning at the Window__** by T.S. Eliot shows people a depressed and kind of dark view on living in a city or town by describing city life and things around a city by using words like trampled, damp, and despondently. These words make it look like he views the area around him in a very negative way. The tone the poem set was very sad and depressed on a consistant basis. The poet shows people, things they would see in a city that they wouldn’t like, rather than the good things, he uses these techniques because he wants to drive the point home that he really doesn’t like living in an urban environment. "An aimless smile that hovers in the air" This quote is basically saying that the poet feels like it doesn't make sense why so many people like living in the city. The word "aimless" going along with "smile" gives the reader the impression that there could be some charm to the city, but the reader still doesn't seem to enjoy it. The flow of the poem has a constant sadness and kind of dark feel to it. The metaphors in the poem are few and far, at least to the average readers knowledge. The poem gives the reader a sense of downside of living in a city.


 * Cousin Nancy** by T.S. Eliot

Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them— The barren New England hills— Riding to hounds Over the cow-pasture.

Miss Nancy Ellicott smoked And danced all the modern dances; And her aunts were not quite sure how they felt about it, But they knew that it was modern.

Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith, The army of unalterable law.

**__Analysis Paragraph__** The poem **__Cousin Nancy__** by T.S. Eliot shows people a day in the life of a girl named Nancy who other people within in the poem describe as being modern for her time. The poem has a fun and up beat tone to it. Although there is no key word that makes it looks happy and upbeat the pictures in one’s head make it seem upbeat with the image of a young woman riding up and down a green hill on her bicycle and also the image of the same girl dancing. Both riding a bike and dancing can be looked at as examples of happiness and being modern and in tune with things. These images give the reader a happy image of when they were growing up and throughout their childhood and youth when they would do things that really made them feel happy during the summers and on the weekends. The poem's flow starts out like the reader has no idea what is going to happen and then it all starts to make more sense as the poem starts on the second stanza. "Strode across the hills and broke them" This quotes shows the reader the positivity the character has when she goes up and down the hills, the word "strode" especially gives the reader the idea that she is not quite skipping up and down the hills but she is doing something very similar. When the poet says that she "broke the hills" it conjures up a lot of uncertainty for the reader because they likely wont be sure what it means, my guess is she managed to climb up and down them, but it is very open for debate. In large part the poem gives the reader a sense that T.S. Eliot enjoyed his childhood or people around him really seemed to enjoy their childhoods even if some people related to them weren’t sure about what they were doing.


 * Hysteria** by T.S. Eliot

As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars with a talent for squad-drill. I was drawn in by short gasps, inhaled at each momentary recovery, lost finally in the dark caverns of her throat, bruised by the ripple of unseen muscles. An elderly waiter with trembling hands was hurriedly spreading a pink and white checked cloth over the rusty green iron table, saying: "If the lady and gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden, if the lady and gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden..." I decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be stopped, some of the fragments of the afternoon might be collected, and I concentrated my attention with careful subtlety to this end.

Analysis Paragraph The poem **__Hysteria__** by T.S. Eliot the poet describes how fascinated he is with the woman sitting across from him in the setting. He calls her teeth stars, and he mentions that he is very drawn in by her laughter. He writes that he is focused on her that the server who is serving them at the restaurant it seems they’re at has to repeat his question to them for the man to be able to hear him correctly. You can really tell the poet likes this girl or at the least finds her appearance to be very appealing. The poem gives the reader a good sense of the romantic side of the poet and how he valued a lot of different things in the women he wrote about.