Poetry Analysis
- Describe the tone of the poem “The Funeral” and explicate the poem using the chart we made. What similarities did you find between this poem and “The Courage That My Mother Had”?
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May 21, 2007 9: 06 am
The similarities that I found was that both of the poems was talking about each others parents.In “The Courage My Mother Had” the narrator was talking about her mom and how she had all this courage.In “The Funeral the narrator was talking about how his father died and the people burying him into his grave. Both of the poems also talks about each of the parents grave’s and what they took
May 21, 2007 9: 06 am
The tone of the poem is of sadness.
Key words Meaning connection
many snows, home again- he had not been home in a while
time, whittled, mere hills- things had changed
mountains, great, childhood- he was remembering how was it
rivers, once swam, trickled- the rivers are still there
gentle, stream- rivers are going slowly and slowly
road, china, curving - he had been in a lot of trips
kansas city, calcutta- some of the places he went
whithered, crooked path, dust- he was tired of every thing
ending, abrubtly, burying ground- everything was coming back
only, giant, father- his dad was there
remained, same- was still the same as always
hundred, strong, strained , coffin, men- he was dead now
bore, grave- they were burying his father
May 21, 2007 9: 35 am
the tone of the poem “the funeral” i felt as though it was depressing but at the same time memorable for the person to go through because theat wa shis dad ,his family and it is around the hoildays and he {the author } doesn’t have his father around… how sad .
May 21, 2007 10: 31 am
The tone of the poem “the funeral” by Gordon Parks is a sad tone.For instance, the poem is talking about
how the author is attending his father’s funeral.Which is causing the author to become sad because he does not want
to face the fact of his father passing away.The other tone of the poem is memorial. The reason is because
in the poem he relates his childhood years to the funeral and what they were like.
May 21, 2007 10: 33 am
The tone of this poem is sad. The similarities between the 2 poems The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and The Funeral by Gordon Parks, are that they both have death in their stories. In, The Courage that My Mother Had the boy/girl mother died with the bright courage that she had and the child wanted that courage but received a brooch instead. In, The Funeral the boy/girl father had died after reminiscing on he/she childhood. Both poems have had a death, but one wants the courage from their mother and the other wants there past back with their father.
May 21, 2007 10: 35 am
The tone for “The Funeral” is sad. A similarity between this poem and the poem “The courage my mother had”, is that in both of the poems,a loved one has died.
May 21, 2007 11: 00 am
I think that the tone of both of the poems is sad. Both of the poems are talking about a death of someone very close to them. The first poem, “ The Courage That My Mother Had†by Edna St. Vincent Millay is talking about how her mother had courage and that she wished that when she died that she would receive the courage that she no longer needs. The second poem, “The Funeral†by Gordon Parks talks about how his father died and they burry him. There are also many similarities in both of these poems. Both of them are talking about death by a close loved one. Both of the tones also have the same tone, which is sadness.
May 21, 2007 11: 03 am
The tone of the poem is sad. The similarities between the two poems are that they are both about death. In the first one, the mom is dead and in the second one, it’s about a funeral which involves death.
May 21, 2007 11: 04 am
i think the poem is sad cause they talk about death but it doesnt grab my attention though. i think it is very dry and plain. each poem talks about eachs other parents. the poem /the courage that my mother had/ it talks about how the mother had all the courage she had. the funeral peom talk about how his father died and when they bore him in his grave and all the things his father has done for him and others.
May 21, 2007 11: 05 am
I think that the tone of this poem was, more serious then anything. The writer seems to be speaking in a soft tone explaining something and how something happened. Both of these poems had to do with someone passing away and it seems like a family member or close friend is explaining both stories. Overall they were both good poems.
May 21, 2007 11: 06 am
The similarities of the poems, “The Courage My Mother Had,” and “The Funeral” are they both are talking about how they lost someone close to them, and the memories they have about them as children. So the tone of these poems is sad.
May 21, 2007 11: 14 am
Key words Meanings
Many snows—- Many years
Withered—- Shrunk; dried up
Burying ground—- Cemetery
Crooked path of dust—- Road
Bore him to is grave—- Took him to his grave site
May 21, 2007 11: 14 am
The tone of the poem “The funeral,†is sad. The similarities that I found between “The funeral†and “The Courage That My Mother Had†are that both of the poems are talking about a parent dieing, and old memories.
May 21, 2007 11: 14 am
The tone of the poem “The Funeral” is sadness.
Key words Meaning connection
many snows, home again- had not been home in a while
time, whittled, mere hills- things had changed at once
mountains, great, childhood- he was remembering how his chilhood was
rivers, once swam, trickled- the rivers are still there and he remembers them
gentle, stream- The rivers were once fast but are now slow
road, china, curving - he had been in a lot of road trips
kansas city, calcutta- some of the places the speaker went
whithered, crooked path, dust- he was tired of every thing that was happening
ending, abrubtly, burying ground- everything was coming back to his mind
only, giant, father- his dad was there
remained, same- was still the same as always
hundred, strong, strained , coffin, men- he was dead now
bore, grave- they were burying his father
May 21, 2007 11: 18 am
The tone of this poem is sad. This is because it is about death and death is depressing and depressing is sad! Well, if you’re depressed then you’re sad. Some similarities that I found between the two poems are that they are both about death and family and both talk about places and hills!!!!
May 21, 2007 11: 18 am
The poems tone is sadness. To relief back to sadness. The similarities are that they were both going through hard times. In the first poem the writers mother dies, and in the second poem the writer is dying.
May 21, 2007 11: 20 am
The two poems, The Courage That My Mother Had, written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and The Funeral, written by, Gordon Parks have many similarities. One similarity is that they both have the same idea of tone, which is sadness. They both talk about how a close fmaily member of theirs dies and how it’s very difficult for them to go through this, living through all the memories they have had together.
May 21, 2007 11: 21 am
I think the tone of the poem “The Funeral†is sadness. Some of the words the author includes gives it feel as though they are missing something and remembering old times they used to have. To me it makes a sad setting when someone is talking about old times that they used to have. The two poems are similar because both are discussing loved one that they remember from the past.
May 21, 2007 11: 22 am
The tone of the poem ‘The Funeral’ is sadness. The author seems very affected by the death of the person, because he sad that the happiness was gone, and the desire to travel disappeared. So the writer seemed sad.
Key Words Meanings/Connections
After, snows, home, again-Went home after it snowed
Time, whittled down, mere hills-Time had run out, not hardly any left
Great Mountains, childhood-Had a long and great childhood
Raging rivers, once swam, trickled now, gentle streams-Used to be wild and raging, but now calm and gentle.
Wide road, curving, China, Kansas City, Calcutta-Wanted to travel to China, Kansas City or maybe Calcutta.
Withered away, crooked path, dust-The want to travel had faded away.
Ending, abruptly, county burying ground-Suddenly lost the want to travel when someone close to them died.
Only, Giant, Father, remained, same-Father was the only thing that stayed the same.
Hundred, men, beneath, coffin-?
Bore, his grave-When he was buried.
May 21, 2007 11: 22 am
i liked the poem. its not the usual poem you hear. this is because people tend to shy away from poems that are
dark and sad. it is a good change from the standard issue happy poem.
May 21, 2007 11: 23 am
Lines Keywords Meanings
Many, snows, home, again–After a long time I was home
Time, whittled, mere hills–Things had changed
Great, mountains, childhood–He is remembering how his childhood was
Raging river, once, swam, trickled now–the rivers are still there and he remembers them
Like, gentle, streams–The rivers were once fast but are now slow
Wide, road, curving, china–he had been in a lot of road trips
Withered, crooked, path, dust–some of the places the speaker went
Ending, abruptly, country, burying ground–he was tired of every thing that was happening
Only, giant, my, father–everything was coming back to his mind
Remained, the, same–His father is the only thing that remained the same
Hundred, strong, men, strained, beneath, coffin–he was dead now
When, they, bore, his, grave–they were burying his father
May 21, 2007 11: 38 am
In the Poem ” The courage my mother had”,The tone was more greedy or envious than sad or gloomy, Both poems are kind of depressing, that `s how their both similar and they both involve the death of someone old who was a parent.
May 21, 2007 11: 43 am
i think the tone of the poem “the funeral” is sadness. I think it is sadness because the person who is speaking is at a funeral. The person is also thinking about their childhood and their father who died. Some similarities that I found between the two poems are that both speakers lost a parent or a loved one. Both poems talked about the different memories that they had with their parents.
May 21, 2007 11: 44 am
The tone of both poems is sad.Similarities of the poems, “The Courage My Mother Had,†and “The Funeral†are they both are talking about how they lost someone close to them, and they remember their parents by the memories they shared with them.
May 21, 2007 11: 45 am
the similarities between the two poems both have something to do with death.
May 21, 2007 11: 46 am
The poem The Funeral the tone is sadness. The similiarties between this poem and the poem called The Courage My Mother Had, was that they are both about death which would have the same tone which is sadness.
May 21, 2007 11: 46 am
The tone in the poem is dark and sad. This is because the poem is about death and death reminds me of darkness and being sad. The similarities in the poems “The Courage My Mother Had”, written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and “The Funeral”,written by Gordon Parks, are that they both talk about death. In the first poem the girl had lost her mother and in the second poem the boy had lost his father. Also they both talk about family members and they have the same tone.
May 21, 2007 11: 50 am
the tone of the poem “The funeral” by Gordan Parks is sad and depressed.The autor is depressed because he his father has passed away.this poem is similar to “The Courage That My Mother Had” by Edna St.Vincent Millay because heer mother had also passed.
May 21, 2007 11: 51 am
The tone of the poem “The Funeral” by Gordon Parks is sad and a little gloomy. The poem talks about someone’s father being buried. The similarities between this poem and “The Courage That My Mother Had” are they both are talking about someone who died. In the first poem it was someone whose mother had died and in the second poem it was someone whose father had died. So both poems are talking about parents who had died.
May 21, 2007 11: 52 am
The tone of the poem The Funeral is sad, and memorable. It is sad because this man went back to the place where he grew up, where it was happy and pleasant to be, to go to his father’s funeral. This poet thought of his father as a strong man, someone that he could look up to.
These two poems are similar because both poets are talking about one of their parents passing away. Also, these two poems have the same tone as being sad and memorable.
May 21, 2007 11: 52 am
many long years he was home again.
Times have changed very much.
The fun places where I grew up
The fantasy of ragin rivers I once swam were still there but were really strams
Places the boy thought the road went to when he was a kid
The road was no longer in good condition it was like two walking trails with grass in between
But ended at the county cemetary
That his father was big man
Did not wither away or even shrink he was the same way he had left him when he was a child
That it took a lot of stong musceles of full grown men to lift him to his final resting place
They lowered him into his final resting place were he will rest forever.
the end
May 21, 2007 11: 56 am
The tone of ‘The Funeral’ was that it was sad. The author seemed like it was sad to go through this. I say this because he uses very deep words like whittled and bore.
Some of the key words in the poem is after, many, home, again, snows, the meaning of this is I came home after many snow falls.
Some more key words are whittled, mere, hills- Time had started to disappear
Great, mountains, childhood- The huge, famous mountains of my childhood
Raging, rivers, once, trickled- The fast rivers I once swam came down like gentle streams
Wide, curving, China, Kansas City, Calcutta- The big road curving To China, Kansas City, or Calcutta.
The similarities between the two poems, The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and The Funeral by Gordon Parks is that they both have death involved. Also, they both wanted something or lost something when the father/mother died.
May 21, 2007 11: 58 am
Both of the poems the courage that my mother had and the funeral,both had a tone that was sad,but they were very good poems that interested me a lot because i love poetry.I think the tone of this poem is sad because of the words the words that were used in the poem,for instance in the poem”the funeral”Gordon parks,the person who wrote the poem,talked about old memoies that they used to have,and i know that is sad because i still have old memories that dont exist any more.Also in both poems,both of there parents are dead soo…that is rreally sad,which related to the tone of the poem.
May 21, 2007 12: 00 pm
i think the tone of the poems is grief and saddness, i say this becasue in both poems they lost someone close to them.
the similarities between the two poems i saw was that they both lost someone and how they talk about both being burried.
Keywords Meanings
Courage, had, mother- The mother had courage
Still, went, her - Courage went with mom
Rock, new England Mom was born in new England, moms like a rock
Granite hill, now Granite hill: cemetery
Mother, golden brooch, wore Mom a golden brooch
Left behind Mom left behind the golden brooch
Treasure, more, no thing I value this brooch more than any of her possessions
Could, spare, something Even though I value the brooch I can do with out
Left instead, on Desire for something else she wanted in place of that brooch
Grave, took , thing courage
Courage, rock Courage is like a rock
May 21, 2007 12: 06 pm
After, Many, Snows, Home, Again - After many years, he was home again
Time, Whittled, Hills - Things had changed
Great, Mountains, Childhood - He remembers his childhood
Raging, Rivers, Once, Trickled, Now - Rivers are smaller
Gentle, Streams - The rivers are calm streams
Wide, Road, Curving, China, Kansas City, Calcutta - The main road, Places he visited
Withered, Crooked, Path, Dust - The road was worn and broken down
Ending, Abruptly, Burying ground - The road leads to the cemetary
Giant, Father - His father was a large man
Remained, Same - His father didn’t change
Hundred, Men, Strained, Coffin - His father died and a hundred men carried his coffin
Bore, Grave - The men carried the father’s coffin to the grave in the cemetary
Both “The Courage That My Mother Had” by Edna St. Vincent Millay and “The Funeral” by Gordon Parks have to do with the death of a parent. In “The Courage That My Mother Had”, the writer speaks of how they wish they had their mother’s courage. “The Funeral” talks of the writer returning home for his father’s funeral.
May 21, 2007 12: 52 pm
It had been a long time since he had been home. Everything had changed over time. the only thing that did not change was his father, where to him time did end. Then a hundred men laid his father into his grave. The way the