Poetry



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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