1.Poem
The
Pickety Fence
By
David McCord
The pickety fence
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
A clickety fence
Give it a lick it's a lickety fence
Give it a lick
Give it a lick
Give it a lick
With a rickety stick
pickety
pickety
pickety
pick.
2.Analysis
2.1Instrinsic
Elements
2.2.1
Theme
Theme
of the poem is tell about fence that has beauty and modern style.The people of
USA is dominat to make the picket fence in their home.
2.1.2
Rhythm
Rhythm is the flow of the
beat in a poem.It can be fast or slow, depending on mood and subject of poem. The rhythm in this poem is fast – to match the speed
of the stick striking the fence.
2.2.3
Sound
Writers love to use interesting sounds in their
poems. After all, poems are meant to be heard. These sound devices include:
Rhyme
Rhymes
are words that end with the same sound.In that poetry the rhymes are:
Pickety, clickety, lickety,rickety ,
Lick, stick, pick.
Rhyming
Pattern
The
pickety fence (A)
The
pickety fence (A)
Give
it a lick it's (B)
The
pickety fence(A)
Give
it a lick it's (B)
A
clickety fence (A)
Give
it a lick it's a lickety fence (A)
Give
it a lick (C)
Give
it a lick (C)
Give
it a lick (C)
With
a rickety stick (C)
pickety (D)
pickety
(D)
pickety
(D)
pick.(C)
Repetition
Repetition is used to make an impact on the poem’s
tone. Words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem.The Example of
Repetation in that poem:
Give
it a lick
Give
it a lick
Give
it a lick
pickety
pickety
pickety
Alliteration
Alliteration
is the repetition of the first consonant sound in words.The example of
alliteration from the poem is Pickety
Pick.
Symbolism
A picket fence, ideally white, is seen by some as a symbol of the ideal middle class suburban life, with a family and
children, large house, and peaceful living. This stems from the fact that
houses in quiet, middle-class neighborhoods often have gardens enclosed by
picket fences. In recent years,
some people have associated picket fences with what they regard as the more
negative aspects of this lifestyle. For example, the director David Lynch uses ironic images of the
picket fence in his 1986 film Blue Velvet.
Imagery
Imagery is the use of words to
create pictures, or images, in your mind.The first line “The picket fence” Picket fences are a type of fence often used
decoratively for domestic boundaries, distinguished by their evenly spaced
vertical boards, the pickets,
attached to horizontal rails. A
picket fence, ideally white and made of wood.From that explanation we have have
visual image.
2.2.4 The meaning of the words
Words
|
Meaning
|
Pickety fence
|
a
fence made of upright pickets
|
Clickety
|
A sound
|
Lickety
|
very
quickly
|
Rickety
|
not
strong or stable and likely to break
|
Lick
|
to
lightly touch or go over (a surface)
|
Stick
|
woody
piece or part of a tree or shrub
|
2.2 Ekstrinsic Elements
2.2.1
Biography:
David McCord
was born on November 15, 1897 in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village. As
a child he was stricken with malaria and recurring bouts of fever kept him out
of school quite often. This didn't stop him from pursuing an education and he
graduated from Harvard College in 1921. In 1956, he received Harvard's first
honorary degree of Doctor of Human Letters. John F. Kennedy, then a senator,
received his LL.D at the same commencement.
Literary Works
Poetry
Ø Oddly Enough. Washburn & Thomas. 1926.
Ø Far and few: rhymes of the never was and
always is. Illustrator
Henry B Kane. Little, Brown. 1952
Ø An Acre for Education. Crimson Printing Co. 1954.
Ø Take Sky. Little Brown & Company. 1962.
Ø About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948
Ø All Day Long. Bantam Books. 1971.
Ø The Star in the Pail. Little, Brown and Company. 1975
Ø One At A Time. Little, Brown and Company. 1977.
Ø Dinosaurs. Educational Development Corporation. 1977.
Essay
Ø In Sight of Sever: Essays from Harvard. Harvard University Press. 1963.
Awards
Ø 1954 Guggenheim Fellow
Ø 1961 National Institute
of Arts and Letters grant
Ø 1977, the first national
award for Excellence in Poetry for Children from the National Council of
Teachers of English
Ø Rudyard Kipling Fellow
at Marlboro College in Vermont
Ø Benjamin Franklin Fellow
at the Royal Society of Arts in London
Two collections of poems, The Star in
the Pail and One at a Time were 1976 and 1978
finalists for the National Book Award, Children's Literature.
He
died at the age of 99 in Goddard House, a Boston nursing home.
2.2.2
Ideology:
Ideology of
the poet is liberalism.Liberalism is an ideology that didn’t know rule and just
freedom.The poet writes his poem with full freedom,In the poem above the poet
creates the poem specific on repetation.Every word repeates in next line.
2.2.3 Social Condition:
Picket fences are particularly
popular in the United
States in 1980s, where the
style has been used since America's earliest
colonial era and remains
popular today. They are a decorative way to contain pets and children without
blocking views, and are used around both front and back yards. Traditionally
picket fences were made out of wood and painted white (or whitewashed), but now picket fences are also widely available in polyvinyl chloride (PVC).Traditionally, picket fences
have been made of wood. However, due to the regular painting required to keep
the boards freshly white, combined with the need to replace them due to
weathering, PVC has been increasing in popularity for picket fences. PVC is
widely available in white, and therefore does not need any painting. Most
quality PVC fencing comes with a limited lifetime warranty, and does not rot or
need replacing like wood.
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