Project #3: Part 2

Original Text: "Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen


Unfamiliar Genre: Magazine Advertisement
Example Magazine Advertisement


Familiar: Poem
Example Poem


      The purpose of a magazine advertisement would be to persuade the audience to purchase a product. In this particular advertisement the company that created the Palm Centro tried to make the cell phone appeal to cell phone buyers. The stance would be in the ad is positive, bright and happy. The ad is creative with two separate sides with the left side being a messy and disorganized way of keep track of important events and notes while the right side is an image of the Palm Centro with all the notes and events organized properly. The media and design of the advertisement was found online which was most likely printed into multiple magazines and was made electronically on a computer.


      The purpose of the example poem, "There is Another Sky" written by Emily Dickinson is to describe how she imagines Heaven. I feel as though she is trying to persuade her brother, Austin, into following the same path in which she is taking. She mentions a place separate from hers, "Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin,"(5&6). She tries to keep the stance positive and uplifting, "Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green, Here is a brighter garden,"(7-9). The audience are most likely other poets or readers that enjoy poetry and Emily Dickinson. Although I found the poem online it is not the original copy which I assume is print. 


     When creating my own poem and advertisements I will keep these examples in mind. I plan to use a similar stance and keep both pieces positive and fairy tale like. When creating an advertisement I want to create something that will catch a persons eye and make the look and want to pay attention. I think I am going to make an advertisement for a mattress and pillows. Mattress with so much support not even a Princess could feel a pea. Pillows to soft a Princess would fall fast asleep and sleep like true royalty. I want my poem to make someone feel happy inside and have hope that they too can have a happy ending.