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Topic: Analyzing the Meaning of the Title in the Poem about the Open-Top Jeep Platoon
Analyzing the Meaning of the Title in the Poem about the Open-Top Jeep Platoon
I. Outline for Analyzing the Meaning of the Title in the Poem about the Open-Top Jeep Platoon (Standard)
1. Introduction
Provide an overview of the poem and the title 'Poem about the Open-Top Jeep Platoon.'
2. Body
* General comments on the title:
- The title is long and feels somewhat redundant when read aloud.
- The unique combination and unusual imagery in the title have not been seen in previous literature.
* Analyzing the meaning of the title:
- The combination of 'Poem' with 'Open-Top Jeep Platoon,' a strange combination but one that creates poetic qualities, strangeness, and uniqueness for the poem.
+ The use of 'Poem' at the beginning of the sentence is not redundant; it emphasizes the poetic quality and evokes the romantic, dreamy beauty of the driver soldiers.
+ 'Open-Top Jeep' evokes an impression of damaged, imperfect vehicles.
- Meaning:
+ Opens up about the 'object' that runs through the poem - the open-top jeeps
+ Affirms a new notion of art: Beauty lies in the most ordinary things in life, even the mundane, severely damaged ones.
=> The poet has extracted poetry from the harsh reality of war through the open-top jeeps to highlight the beauty of the resilience and bravery of the soldiers.
- The title placement reflects the poet-soldier Pham Tien Duat's style of writing: lively, mischievous, yet full of belief in life and the fight.
3. Conclusion
General thoughts
II. Sample essay Analyzing the meaning of the title of the Poem about the open-top jeep platoon (Standard)
The poem about the open-top jeep platoon is a heroic epic, vibrant about the drivers working on the old Truong Son road. From the title, poet Pham Tien Duat brings strong impressions to readers about the length of the title and the unique, strange image of the open-top jeeps.
The title 'The poem about the open-top jeep platoon' sounds a bit long and redundant. The combination of 'poem' with 'open-top jeep platoon' is a strange combination but it creates a poetic quality, the strangeness, and uniqueness for the poem. If you have read the entire poem, you will see that the title placement is not casual, arbitrary but very deliberate by poet Pham Tien Duat. 'Poem' at the beginning of the sentence is not redundant but it emphasizes the poetic nature, also evoking the romantic, dreamy beauty of the drivers. 'Open-top jeep' is perhaps a more powerful impression, it evokes an impression of damaged, imperfect cars. Here we are curious, somewhat skeptical because those not beautiful, somewhat 'bare', deficient cars like that are related to beauty, to poetry evoked through the two words 'Poem'?
However, that combination is not accidental. Through the poem title, Pham Tien Duat not only opens up about the 'object' that runs through the poem - the open-top jeeps but also affirms a new notion of art: Beauty lies in the most ordinary things in life, even the mundane, severely damaged ones. The originally perfect cars but heavily damaged by war bombs become twisted, deformed. The poet has extracted poetry from the harsh reality of war through the open-top jeeps not to emphasize the harshness of the situation but to highlight the beauty of the resilience, bravery, daring to face challenges, hardships of the drivers in the war.
The title placement also clearly reflects the writing style of the poet-soldier Pham Tien Duat: lively, mischievous, but also full of belief in life, in the fight.
