Analysis of Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard

Throughout these poems, Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard plays on the juxtaposition of nature and death. Specific examples of this can be found in "News of My Mother" and "Submarine Tomb". This can be best summed up in the line "And for their funerals we will dry up the sea." Funerals being the representation of death and the sea being the representation of nature. In addition Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard discusses different points of perspective by his constant mention of things dealing with above, and below. He continues to discuss trees, suns and stars in lines such as, "before the baobab took aim at a flight of birds" and "I am now very high upon the tree of the seasons"(News of My Mother). He references 'beneath' in his poem "Submarine Tombs" and in lines such as "May the hide of the earth split beneath my feet"("Death and Rebirth") and "beneath the feet of pachyderm tyrants"(Secret Destiny).

Poetic Terms

Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration - repetition of a sound
        Consonance (consonant)
        Assonance (vowel)
Onomatopoeia
Enjambment
Line breaks
Hyperbole
Meter
Rhythm/Beat
Imagery
Line
Stanza
Poetry Forms
Haiku
Epic
Sonnet
Limerick
Villanelle
Sestina
Terzarima
Personification
Humor
Satire
Irony
Parody
Voice
Tone
Mood
Poet/speaker
Rhyme
Repetition
Symbolism
Connotation
Denotation
Ultimate (referring to lines and stanzas)
Penultimate
Foreshadow
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Form vs. content
Grammar
Capitalization
Punctuation

Short story brainstorm 2

26 picked at his dry hands until he reached raw skin. His hands were always dry: cracking on his knuckles, and peeling by his nails. It was always worst in summer.The sight of blood soaking into his skin made him flinch. He still was not used to it. It was his first night back. The door was menacing. It peaked through the barricades and cast a vengeful stare at him. The coffee on his desk was still hot. As 26 took a sip, the cheap plastic numbed his hand. For the most part the pain was starting to disappear. There was a radio on the far left corner of his desk that had not moved since he'd been gone. He turned it on and stopped at the channel playing Christmas music. He loved Christmas music. Even in the summer.