Havisham & Valentine -Consider two poems by the same poet exploring the same themes. State what the theme is and how the poet revels this. (Pain of love) -You must comment on the effectiveness of these techniques. “Havisham” and “Valentine” are both poems by “Carol Ann Duffy”. They both explore the theme of love or rather painful love.
How does she respond to his request? What does her response suggest about her and about her feelings for her beloved? Use examples from the text in your response. Answer: The beloved asks the speaker to describe how he feels about her. She begins to describe what she feels but “drops the torch” and says that she can’t do it because the words “hid in me out of reach.” Then the speaker says “Nay, let the silence of my womanhood/ Commend my woman-love to thy belief” and that her silence will have to be
Let me count the ways.” (Line 1 Sonnet 43) The use of first person, authenticates that both poems are written for a personal response, this however cannot be seen in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ apart from when the characters speak. The use of alliteration in ‘Sonnet 43’, confirms that the poem was written for Browning’s lover. The repetition of “I love thee...” Shows it’s a personal poem for her true love. However, ‘Valentine’ could be interpreted as an open poem to allow the readers to understand the experiences Duffy has faced. The use of “...we are, for as long as we are.” (Line 16 and 17) Shows that Duffy is inviting her readers into the poem to help reflect upon how she feels.
Form and structure are used effectively in both poems to show feelings and emotions to their lovers. For example, both poems use rhyme effectively. In “Hour”, there is what seems like a regular ABAB rhyme scheme, with words such as “rich” and “ditch” rhyming, but in the second and third stanzas the “A” rhymes don’t tend to be half-rhyme “hair” with “here” and “hour” with “ear”. This could show the reader that their love carries on through hard times. Alternatively, it could mean that their love is so strong that it causes a change to the rhythm of the poem, as it conquers time.
As well, the gloominess of his poetry could also be due to his longing effect of sadness that he attempts to express. These three poems have a distinct connection to each other. All of which share a resemblance, because all of them express love to the other in one way or another; as it is seemingly that these poems in their entirety have been commemorated to someone Poe himself once felt these feelings for. For example in the poem “To Helen”, the narrator portrays of Helen’s beauty. A simple poem, and seemingly short compared to the other two, it simply tells of the narrator’s views of the young lady he is admiring.
The main topic of the poem is about virgins and how they shouldn’t wait to become sexually involved with a lover, but I feel that this poem can be used at anytime in a person’s life. In the first stanza, a rose is used to symbolize life and beauty. The life of a rose is used as a metaphor for time. When a rose first blooms it is beautiful and strong, but a rose loses its beauty and becomes frail quickly, just like time passes a person before they know it. Not only do lines 1-4 compare the beauty of the youth to roses, but it also describes the uncertainties of a person’s life.
Characteristic Selected Poem Title: She Walks in Beauty Initial Response: What does this poem seem to be about? This poem seems to be about a person that the author is very fond about and describes how he perceives that persons beauty. Words: Were the words in this poem difficult or easy to understand? Was there any word or phrase that was powerful to you? The words in this poem were very easy to understand.
The rhyming in this poem is very well structured and continues in the same fashion throughout the poem, e.g. “time...crime”, “way...day.” The fact that the rhyme scheme lasts throughout the entire poem is a parallel to the way that the speaker’s love for “his coy mistress” endures. This engages the reader’s feelings because since the rhyme scheme is so dependable and trustworthy, there is sincerity in his expression of his pure love for her, even though the poem is mostly about his lust and desire. This reminds us that behind all of the lust and fantasy, there is an enduring love for the
One part of the poem is when Tupac said “When I was alone and had nothing I asked 4 a friend 2 help me bear the pain no one came except…GOD” That part of the poem Is one of the strongest part most of poeple are alone and sad and need someone to talk to most of us close are eyes and talk or pray to god because we know god is always listening and is always there for us even if we think he isn’t he still is. This part also shows that even though tupac didn’t seem like a religious person he showed that when there is something going on and you have no one to talk to. Turn to god hes there for a reason. He created us so he will surely be here for us no matter what type of a mood that we are in he will always be here. A second part of the poem that was fascinating is when Tupac said “when all I saw was sadness and I needed answers no one heard me except…GOD”.
Their poems consist of imagery and diction within the writing to demonstrate the tones in which contrast admiration and adoration to hatred and cruelty. Each author used diction to better portray the tone in their writings. In “To Helen”, King Menelaus is simply love struck by the most beautiful woman in the world. He cannot help but to adore and admire Helen. Edgar Allen Poe creates a mood or feeling of adoration by choosing words such as “gently, perfumed, and beauty”.