Compare the ways in which Larkin and Abse write about place. You must include discussion of at least 2 poems by Larkin in your response Critics have highlighted the reinforcement of place throughout Larkin’s work of ‘Here’ and ‘Mr Bleaney’. This reinforcement of place highlight’s many aspects to the reader such as impact, relations and attitude. The poem ‘here’ is an extended theme of movement; which is ironic as the title is ‘here’ but yet the reader is never informed of where ‘here’ is. This theme of movement is linked with-in place as the reader ‘swerves’ to the countryside observing ‘skies and scarecrow’s, haystacks, hares and pheasants’ then towards town which is ‘traffic all night north’.
This concept is demonstrated in Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by the woods on a Snowy evening’. The text explores the two moral choices through the persona’s existential crisis; the contemplation of continuing with life, or suicide. During the persona’s “darkest evening of the year” use of emotive language suggests that not only the evening is dark, but also his thoughts and perceptions of life. “But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” The anaphora of ‘and miles to go’ suggests that life is endless and meaningless. It suggests that life is endless through the repetition of ‘and’.
In the poem “Introduction to Poetry” by “Billy Collins”, language techniques are used, including similes, metaphors and extended metaphors. These features are used to contribute to the overall meaning of the poem, which is to enjoy poetry for what it is rather than trying too hard to find the hidden meaning of poems. In the opening stanza of the poem, a simile is used to compare a poem to a colour slide. The speaker says: “I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a colour slide.” When you hold a slide up to the light, you can see the detail and meaning of it. This relates back to the main idea of the poem, and not trying too hard to find the hidden meaning of poems.
The poem ‘First ice’ poem shows betrayal through feelings on how people are betrayed and how they feel in the situation. The poems are negative as Andrei lived In a time where there was vast struggle. The Poet uses thaw where he allows the poet to be freer however Andrei uses free verses which shows there was no boundaries to his type of poems he can write. He was known as a very famous poet because of his unique style of writing which separated him from other poets. The first poem I am going to be talking about is “first ice which is a post 1914 poem.
Robert Frost: Symbolism and Naturalism Naturalism and man’s fascination with nature helps the human race to become closer to respecting the beauty inherent in nature. A great example of this fascination in nature is the writer Robert Frost whom, through his writing, conveys the beauty and strength of nature. In Frost’s poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “The Road Not Taken”, and “Acquainted with the Night” he is able to convey his adoration with the natural world with his use of literary devices. In these poems, he is able to display the beauty in nature and show its magnificence using symbols, imagery, and descriptive language. In the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, Robert Frost is able to convey the quiet beauty in nature through his imagery and descriptive writing of the quiet woods.
Dickinson enriches the language in her poems with similes ‘As wholly as a Dew’, metaphors ‘Boots of Lead’ and personification ‘A Bird came down the Walk’. These literary devices help Dickinson to form powerful and thought provoking images to the reader. Dickinson is known for her use of ambiguity. Her poems are often so explicit in imagery and literary techniques that they give the reader numerous perceptions and meanings of the poem. For example, ‘I started Early-Took my Dog-’ may depict a number of different situations depending on how the reader interprets the imagery.
The purpose of this is to cause restlessness in the reader, there is no rhyme scheme, but there is pattern and Tenneyson has an organization of the stanzas in the poem. The senses that are mainly targeted in this poem are sight, feel, and hearing. Tenneyson creates a vivid picture for the reader, for example, “Tis the fairy The Lady of Shalott.” The reader is made to feel the elements of nature through the poem. This brings the reader to some of the little figurative language found in this poem. Just like other things in this poem, they are directed and related to nature.
The poems which I am going to analyze are “Mending Wall” and “The Road Not Taken”. Firstly, imagery is one of the poetic devices which Frost present frequently in his poetry. According to Soanes (2007), imagery is the use of “language to produce images in the mind.” This means that, imagery engages the reader to visualize or create those pictures clearly in the mind, even though they are not actually drawn in the poem, but the poet present them by the use of language. Imagery is a literary device through which the poet gives sensory experiences. The poet makes use of images or pictures to achieve what he intend to do.
The summer against winter is a common convention in pastoral poetry. Connection with nature is described in the first three stanza's. The man in fact is so intimate with the nature that surrounds him it seems more of an idealised description rather than something that is really taking place. Although it is most probably metaphoric this unnatural union with nature raises questions in the readers mind about how one can become quite so intimate with their surroundings. It is possible to even wonder if the poem is in fact intended to be an elegy, part of the subgroup of the pastoral eclogue which expresses the grief over the loss of the shepherds friend who he may have gone to visit.
Name : Febby Priscilla NIM : 110705063 Comparing about Beauty from Two Poems by William Wordsworth William wordsworth is one of the romantic era poets. He was born on 7 April 1770. Wordsworth's poetry can be characterized by the elements of nature. As two poems that will be discussed in this paper. The Solitari Reaper and I Wandered a Lonely as a Cloud.