The speaker discusses a religious plant medicine used by indigenous people, which is defined as peyote. Peyote is typically used for religious rituals, but for the ones who use it outside of the indigenous religious practice, they use it to reach a spiritual state of being. Therefore, within this line, the speaker is seeking "visionary indian angels." This is a reference to finding a medicine man who can help the speaker find the spiritual connection they are longing for (through the use of peyote).

An image of an entrapped soul. The body is banging on the piano and declaring the soul to be "innocent and immortal." As if the connection between the soul and the body have been split. If one were to survive, it would be the soul and ironically it would be the body that is trapped.

A continuation of the good things the speaker sees in the world. The good things are "sensitive" connections to the soul, which can easily be destroyed or corrupted by a boatload of "bullshit."

Moloch appears to have threatened or "frightened" the connection between the speaker's soul and body. If the speaker is incapable of understanding who Moloch is, they will not be able to "abandon" Moloch and they will continue to "wake up in Moloch!"

The process of rearranging "syntax and measure" is a typical way of forming poetry. Although, by saying the words are "confessing out of the soul" establishes a connection between the soul and the body - more specifically the mind. The mind is vulnerable and is an "endless" cycle of thoughts. By engaging in this form of expression, it will create "naked" and truthful knowledge. Thus, this knowledge can be used to create a poem.

There is a heavy use of the word "last" as if it is suggesting how the "best minds" are reaching the end of their sanity. There's no more books to read, the house is empty, and the phone is broken. It is an ending of one thing and then, leads into the "yellow paper rose," which happens to be an illusion, be "imaginary" or a "hallucination." As if nothing ever "lasts."

A description of the process of a prayer - a prayer that is not only targeted for the person praying, but to those who struggle or "wear the thorns." Prayers must be expanded to all - filled with love, kindness, and compassion.

The use of the word "monster" or the phrase "inhabiting the earth" creates an extraterrestrial image of the men she is describing. The speaker is essentially stripping away their humanity. These "monstrous" men is what makes the speaker afraid to "give birth" to a "precious child" to be brought into this world.

Roseate is defined as being optimistic, bright, promising, and expecting an overly favored outcome.

An example of the woman's work is expressed through her body (the movement of her hands) and mind (the thoughts of her future dreams.) Although six lines later, the work this woman truly desires is revealed from within her heart.

This imaginative visualization of the man and what he would look like if he was dancing in the jungle is a form of release. The man is free, no longer restricted, even if it is inside of the speaker's mind. It also shows the importance of having a free mind, body and soul before Africans were captured and bottled up to be placed on a self in a library.

The dancer's happniess is expressed through his movements as well as on his face. This allows the readers to connect with his feelings and get a sense of who he is. The happiness he creates in his performance is an inviting, warm, and joyful atmosphere, much like a feeling of home or a comforting place we connect with.

The nature or earthy imagery she uses her to describe herself and her heritage, is beautiful. It shows how the narrator is proud of who they are and feeling grounded in their being.

This could be reference to the "Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes when he discusses the pyramids rising from the Nile. Bennet also mentions the Nile further along in her poem. Her poem also follows a similar theme Hughes had followed, which is about a person's heritage, more specifically their African-American heritage.

She begins each stanza with "I want to," which is followed with one of the five senses. She uses see, hear, breathe and feel. Each of the senses she mentions are moments she wants to experience.

I'm intrigued by the spelling of the phrase "DIS IS IT." Something about it being spelt this way feels significant, maybe showing the way black folks speak or the way they represent themselves. The use of capitalization feels like a "call out" to the readers. As if we should be paying attention to this phrase, but also understand and respect their way of speaking/representation.

These are the lyrics from "Blackwater Blues" by Bessie Smith. The song talks about a storm that floods the town, ruining people's houses along the way. Then the singer goes to the top of the hill and sees the destruction the storm has done.

The strength and unbreakable spirit of these men is showing "they" how strong the men are. It is the one thing that will not be taken from the men.

The first thing that does come to mind is Jacob Lawrence's artwork for The Migration Series. The panel I chose is a reflection of the migrants moving into the industrial city in Pittsburg. I felt this captured the lines in Hughes's poem because of the overwhelming sensory he uses. The use of smell like the smoke in the painting or the sugary taste like the food placed in the painting. It's filled with all these sensatory images, I felt it portrayed the proper image Lawrence was creating in the 45th panel.

This line has to be my favorite out of all of his poems. It reminds me of a painting by Aaron Douglas, "From Slavery Through Reconstruction." They both focus on achieving or becoming the America they are apart of. To make a difference in the world they see as they hold onto "hope" to inspire others. Much like in the painting, a man is seen pointing out to people in the crowd and their cheering as they feel inspired by this movement or the "hope" he shares with everyone.

The last two stanzas remind me of an art piece by Aaron Douglas, known as "A Long Way Home," which is a book cover for Claude McKay's book. The story for "A Long Way Home" is about a young man traveling from Jamaica to Harlem, along with several other locations he visits such as France, Russia, Britain, and North Africa. I felt this connected with Hughes poem because of how the last two stanzas seem to focus on returning to the ancestoral lands. To find the roots or "rivers to deepen their soul." I believe at times, we do want to get out of the places we're born in, but we sometimes need to go back to our roots to find out who we are.

This phrase is commonly used to express the lack of time, the only representation I can provide is the gif of Judge Judy reminding us to "hurry up, please its time." The first time Eliot uses this phrase within the stanza, it references the bartender in the pub, letting the people know it's closing. As the phrase is being repeated several times within the stanza, the meaning shifts towards the readers and telling them about the urgency of life. Or even a plea for the war to finally end.

This reminds me of "In a Station of the Metro" because of the apparition or the ghost the speaker is seeing. It is like the blurring of the faces we discussed, the speaker does not know how to identify the "other" person. The third person is blurred, a dark figure that cannot be pinned down. Unlike Pound, the speaker here is interested in knowing who this apparition or ghost-like figure is as if it is "haunting" them.

This reminds me of the artwork, "Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair" because it creates the imagery of a woman performing a daily routine or process. It's a similar feeling to the painting, in which the woman appear relaxed and calm as they dry their hair together. It also shows the importance of the working-class women, but invites the reader to look at them in the poem and the painting from a new perspective.

I don't have a deep anaylsis of this, only stating the obvious of the land having no water. I just liked the imagery used and the sounds of this stanza when it's read aloud.

Christ is dead. We killed him because of the sins we have committed (e.g. the war), but we are dying. It all feels like a huge cycle.

A sermon by Buddha and he's against fires, against the flames of desire.

The memories and the lives of the men who've died, have they been carried on? Have they "sprouted" or bloomed" so they can be remembered? Or have they been forgotten, "disturbed by the frost?"

The shadow feels like an imagery of death? As if the grim reaper is following this person in the morning and night until it's time.

The narrator begins the stanza with "dead" imagery. The roots are connected to the earth and they "clutch" the ground. The branches grow in the "stony rubbish." I feel as if this shows how plants (or life in general) can grow in the most unlikely envrionments.

These four lines follow a rhythmitic pattern. I love the word choice of "pepperness," which can described as a strong smell or taste. Then with the use of the word "tenderness," which is usually soft and gentle.

Filled with sentiment. Loveliness or the beauty is seen as an extreme.

The split between the second "door" changes them into two separate words, but the space also looks like an opened doorway or a walkway.

Don't mix abstract words with concrete words. "Dim lands" can be defined, but not with the use of the word "peace."

The narrator describes spring approaching as "sluggish," which emphasizes it as being a slow, moving season. This connects to the following stanza when new life enters the world "naked," unsure of what is ahead of the new world they have entered.

The image of a deer running through a field is used to establish an untouchable reality of nature. As if it something humans are incapable of interacting with because of how temporary our lives are.

I like this first line which includes the common phrase, "food for thought." It emphasizes the importance of food feeding our minds and nourishing our intelligence. The author's theme of hopelessness reappears in this poem when she explains how food does not feed "despair." This becomes easier to understand once humans reach the "brutal age" and develop an "iron cortex." Thus, human wisdom will begin to grow.

The poem includes an element of food, which emphasizes love being an object. It is something that can be "traded" and replaced with another essential object. It also reminds me of how important food is to the body, which could connect to how important love is to human life.

During difficult times where pain controls the mind, heart, and body it becomes impossible to see love as a freeing factor. The past is a powerful force and the only release the narrator seeks is finding true peace.

The poem follows an iambic pentameter, which typically has a natural rhythm to it. The pattern he chose was simple just like the objects he decided to focus on.

The use of rhetorical questions in the second and final stanza explains the uncertainty of what entails a design to be a representative of an object seen in plain sight.

The choices we make define us. By looking at the ones who came before us, it might be beneficial in determining the direction we go in.

We do not have control over our own deaths, but we do have control of our mental state before we die.

This is such a powerful line, especially when the writer is using it to start off the stanza and establishing the theme of ghost-like figures.

The silver loneliness he feels in the night is him searching for the truth. Then he sings to the moon, the doubleness appearing to him to reflect his sober and drunk self. The 'harmonious landscape' sings back to him his answer. Or it could be that Mr. Flood is beyond drunk and all he can do in this moment is talk to the two moons he's seeing.

Reminds me of this saying I've been told, "Why make life any more difficult than it has to be?"

If we're constantly trying to battle our lives, it becomes "too strong" for us. Only when we begin to "love" our life, do we appreciate it and live it properly.

Questioning the definition of love because eventually it resembles the act of melting snow and fading roses.

This is her only emotional outlet at the moment because she's not allowed to write. Then for her to cry alone adds onto the heaviness of her isolation... that's difficult for anyone.