Kevin LaZur Assignment 3

1. The figurative language used in The Harlem Dancer gives it a mystical tone. The dancer in the poem is portrayed by the author as other objects that possess grace. First he says "her voice was like the sound of blended flutes". He's saying she has a good voice, that sounds like more than one instrument. Because it's harmonious. With itself. Next up he compares her form to a "proudly-swaying palm". She's probably gyrating her hips or doing some other inappropriate dance number. He compares this to a palm blowing in the wind, and extends the metaphor by saying she has "grown lovelier for passing through a storm", which is clearly saying she has had a rough life, but pulls through to give these guys something to gawk at.

2. "Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in." - Amy Lowell

Everyone has their own subjective view on life, their own complaints and praises for what they see in the world. We have such differing opinions that art can be an opportunity to create a magnificent bridge for all people of the world to reach each other, under the pretense that we care about others' perspective.