Fight to Write

Tag: allusion

  • Golden Gloves to Wilder Soul

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    Ace Baker
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              Ok, the symbolism task was NOT EASY yesterday, but one writer took the challenge head on and did a great job–connotation, symbolism, and allusion to show depth. The trouble is, I don’t know the NAME of this person, or where she’s from, but her (his?) pseudonym is… WILDER SOUL It’s 15:23 and I am…

  • Poetry Week #005: Test Day!

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    Ace Baker
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              Ok, it’s test day! The first task, if you haven’t done that already, is to read yesterday’s post about connotation, symbolism, and allusion in Lorna Crozier’s “Crossing Willow Bridge.” Your job today is to look at Karen Connelly’s  “From My Father’s Hand,” and see what you can find. Objects and items and symbols abound. What…

  • Poetry week #004: Crozier and symbolism

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    Ace Baker
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              First, read this poem by Lorna Crozier quickly: CROSSING WILLOW BRIDGE   On the farm a willow bridge though this is Saltspring Island not Japan. Sometimes it crosses water, sometimes not. This morning after rain the ground slides into mud. My mother and I tread our way to see the baby llama in the far…