Oliver+Wendell+Holmes


 * =Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894):=
 * Poems:
 * A Ballad of the Botson Tea-Party
 * A Birthday Tribute
 * A Familiar Letter
 * A Family Record
 * A Farewell to Agassiz
 * A Good Time Going!
 * A Hymn Of Peace
 * A Loving-Cup son
 * A Memorial Tribute
 * A Noontide Lyric
 * A Parody on "A Psalm of Life"
 * "A Parting Health"
 * And hundreds more...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was considered to be one of the best writers of the 19th century. He was an American physician, poet, professor, letterer as well as an author. He was writing from an early age, an early work as well as one of his most famous works, "Old Ironsides" was published in 1830. Shortly after this, in 1836, he received his M.D. from Harvard Medicine school.He taught and became dean at several extremely large schools, Dartmouth, and then he returned to Harvard. Yet, he retired from his position in 1982 and focused writing his poetry,and novels. Holmes' writing looked back to his native Boston living. Many of the passages were on the lighter side of poetry. Each of the poems supposed to be funny and controversial on the actual reality of the subject.

ONE memory trembles on our **lips**; It throbs in every **breast;** In tear-dimmed eyes, in mirth's **eclipse**, The __shadow stands **confessed**__.
 * Our Sweet Singer:**

O silent voice, that cheered so **long** Our //manhood's marching// **day**, Without thy breath of heavenly **song**, How weary seems the **way**!

Vain every pictured phrase to **tell** Our sorrowing heart's **desire**,-- The shattered harp, the broken **shell**, The silent unstrung **lyre**;

For youth was round us while he **sang**; It glowed in every **tone**; With bridal chimes the echoes **rang**, And made the past our **own**.

Oh blissful dream! Our nursery **joys** We know must have an **end**, But __love and friendship's broken **toys**__ May //God's good// angels **mend**!

The __cheering smile,__ the voice of **mirth** And __laughter's gay **surprise**__ That please the children born of **earth**. Why deem that Heaven **denies**?

Methinks in that refulgent **sphere** That knows not sun or **moon**, An earth-born saint might long to **hear** One verse of 'Bonny **Doon**';

Or walking through the streets of **gold** In heaven's unclouded **light**, His lips recall the song of **old** And hum 'The sky is **bright**.'

And can we smile when thou art **dead**? Ah, brothers, even **so**! The rose of summer will be **red**, In spite of winter's **snow**.

Thou wouldst not leave us all in **gloom** Because thy song is **still**, Nor //blight the banquet//-garland's **bloom** With grief's untimely **chill**.

The sighing wintry winds **complain**,-- The singing bird has **flown**,-- Hark! heard I not that ringing **strain,** That //clear celestial// **tone**?

How poor these //pallid phrases// **seem**, How weak this tinkling **line**, As warbles through my __waking **dream**__ That angel voice of **thine**!

Thy requiem asks a sweeter **lay**; It falters on my **tongue**; For all we vainly strive to **say**, Thou shouldst thyself have **sung**! >>>
 * **Rhyme**:
 * Correspondence of sound between words and at the end of words
 * (In bold)
 * //Alliteration//:
 * The repetition of using initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
 * (In italics)
 * __Personification__:
 * Attribution of personal qualities in representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
 * "shadow stands confessed"
 * "love and friendship's broken toys"
 * "waking dream"
 * "laughter's gay **surprise"**
 * "cheering smile,"

He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I think about him now Lord, I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine
 * He Was A Friend Of Mine - Bob Dylan:**

He died on the road He died on the road He never had enough money To pay his room or board And he was a friend of mine

I stole away and cried I stole away and cried' Cause I never had too much money And I never been quite satisfied And he was a friend of mine

He never done no wrong He never done no wrong A thousand miles from home And he never harmed no one And he was a friend of mine

He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Every time I hear his name Lord, I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine

> //Our Sweet Singer// //He Was A Friend Of Mine://
 * **Common Theme**:
 * Death of a good man, and a good friend.
 * Rhyme:
 * "Lips" & "eclipse"
 * "Breast" & "confessed"
 * "Long" & "song"
 * "Day" & "way"
 * "Tell" & "shell"
 * "Desire" & "lyre"
 * ect
 * //"Mine" & "Cryin"//

**Youth:** WHY linger round the **sunken wrecks** Where old Armadas found their graves? Why slumber on the //sleepy decks// While **foam and clash the //angry waves//**? Up! when the **storm-blast rends the clouds**, And **winged with ruin sweeps the gale**, Young feet must climb the //**quivering shrouds**//, Young hands must reef the **bursting sail**!

Leave us to fight the tyrant creeds Who felt their shackles, feel their scars; The //cheerful sunlight// little heeds The brutes that prowled beneath the stars; The dawn is here, the day star shows The spoils of many a battle won, But //sin and sorrow still are foes// That face us in the morning sun.

__Who sleeps beneath yon bannered mound__ The proudly sorrowing mourner seeks, The garland-bearing crowd surrounds? A **light-haired boy with beardless cheeks!** 'T is time this 'fallen world' should rise; Let youth the sacred work begin! What nobler task, what fairer prize Than earth to save and Heaven to win?
 * __Allusion__:
 * An indirect or implied reference
 * "who sleeps beneath yon bannered mound"


 * //Personification://
 * Attribution of personal qualities in representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
 * "sleepy decks"
 * "angry waves"
 * "quivering shrouds"
 * "cheerful sunlight"
 * "sin and sorrow still are foes"
 * **Imagery**:
 * Mental images given off by description
 * "sunken wrecks"
 * "foam and clash the angry waves"
 * "storm-blast rends the clouds"
 * "winged with ruin sweeps the gale"
 * "quivering shrouds"
 * "bursting sail""
 * "light-haired boy with beardless cheeks!"

Somedays won't end ever and somedays pass on by, I'll be working here forever, at least until I die. Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't I'm supposed to get a raise week, you know damn well I won't.
 * Workin' For A Livin' - Huey Lewis**

Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin', livin' and workin' I'm taking what they giving 'cause I'm working for a livin'.

Hey I'm not complaining 'cause I really need the work Hitting up my buddy's got me feeling like a jerk Hundred dollar car note, two hundred rent. I get a check on Friday, but it's all ready spent.

Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin', livin' and workin' I'm taking what they giving 'cause I'm working for a livin'.

Ooh, Workin' for a livin' Ooh, taking what they giving Ooh, Workin' for a livin' Ooh, ooh

Bus boy, bartender, ladies of the night Grease monkey, ex-junky, winner of the fight Walking on the streets its really all the same selling souls, rock n' roll, any other day

Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin' (workin') Workin' for a livin', livin' and workin' I'm taking what they giving 'cause I'm working for a livin'.

Workin' for a livin', livin' and workin' I'm taking what they giving 'cause I'm working for a livin'. Workin' for a livin', livin' and workin'
 * **Common Theme:**
 * Working is a necessary part of life
 * Repetition:
 * //Youth://
 * //"young"//
 * //"who"//
 * //Workin' For a Livin'://
 * " Workin' for a livin'"
 * "taking what they giving"

'**ONLY a housemaid**!' She looked from the kitchen,-- Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she; There at her window a //sempstress sat stitching//; '**Were I a sempstress, //how happy// I'd be**!'
 * Unsatisfied:**

'**Only a Queen**!' She looked over the waters,-- Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she; There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters; '**Were I an Empress, //how happy// I'd be**!'

__Still the old frailty they all of them trip in!__ __Eve in her daughters is ever the same;__
 * Give her all Eden**, she sighs for a pippin;
 * Give her an Empire**, she pines for a name!
 * //Alliteration//:
 * The repetition of using initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
 * "sempstress sat stitching"
 * "how happy"
 * **Repetition**:
 * The act or instance of being repeated for larger impact within literature.
 * 'Were I a sempstress, how happy I'd be!'
 * 'Were I an Empress, //how happy// I'd be!'
 * 'Give her all Eden'
 * 'Give her an Empire'
 * 'Only a housemaid!'
 * 'Only a queen!'
 * __​Hyperbole__:
 * Extravagant exaggeration
 * 'Eve in her daughter is ever the same'
 * 'Still the old frailty they all of them trip in!
 * Simile :
 * A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
 * "Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she"
 * "Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she"

I was sitting there in a comfortable chair And that was all that I needed Then my friend offered me a drink for us to share And that was all that I needed Well, then I felt at ease But then I'm not too hard to please I guess you couldn't call me greedy Then I was shocked to look up And see rita hayworth there in a place so seedy She walked into the bar with her long, red, curly hair And that was all that I needed And I said to my friend, "good god, we're lucky men just to even see her"
 * Take, Take, Take - White Stripes**

Take, take, take Take, take, take Take, take, take

And I could not resist, I just had to get close to her And that was all that I needed I walked and loomed around her table for a while And that was all that I needed Then I said, "i hate to bug you, ma'am, but can I have your autograph?" And that was all that I needed She pressed her lips against a white piece of paper And that was all that I needed Then I saw what she wrote, my heart is in my mouth And that was all that I needed Then she handed it to me, and I think that she could see That that was all that I needed I started to walk away but then I remembered 'hey, I forgot to get a picture' So I asked her one more time, "could I have another favor?" That was all that I needed She was kind and posed with me Then I knew my friend would see my celebrity meeting

Take, take, take Take, take, take Take, take, take

She turned and said to me, "I need to go to sleep," And it seemed so mean It's almost as if she could not appreciate how cool I was being She said, "good night" and walked away And I didn't know what to say I just couldn't believe it Well, it's just not fair I want to get a piece of hair That was all that I needed Or maybe a kiss on the cheek I wouldn't wash it for a week That would be all that I needed But she didn't even care That I was even there What a horrible feeling

Works Cited: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr - Biography." //Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2013. . "Oliver Wendell Holmes." //Poemhunter.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2013. . "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Aug. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. .
 * Common Theme:
 * Never being satisfied with what one has.
 * Repetition:
 * //Unsatisfied://
 * //"Give her..."//
 * //"Only a...!"//
 * //"Were I were, how happy I'd be!"//
 * //Take, take take://
 * "Take, take, take"
 * "All that I needed'