Another example is in line fifty-nine through sixty “whales’ home,” referring to the sea. He is being affected by thoughts of life on land. Kenning is used in line eighty-three, “giver of gold,” to designate a king or lord. It talks about there no longer being a ruler and “all glory is tarnished.” Throughout the poem there are many changes in tone. In the beginning lines, the speaker tells of the limitless suffering, sorrow, and pain and his long experience in various ships and ports, but never explains exactly why he is driven to take to the ocean.
The rhythm of the poem is constructed in such a way as to confront the reader, and the language used throughout the poem changes from being very soft and comforting, to blunt and shocking. The image of the beach is also particularly important, as beaches represent beauty and purity. Even though this poem was written from an Australian author’s perspective, it does
The poem Valentine is an extended metaphor about how the unromantic properties of the onion fit the notion of love. Each individual stanza shows the different phases of love and how it begins with all the best intentions yet gradually changes into misunderstandings and violence. This is shown in the poem at the start as it says “it promises light” showing that it will eventually lead to something positive as the light represents a positive connotation. However towards the end of the poem it is shown to be quite violent as Duffy says “Lethal” which connotates something deadly or fatal that usually causes death therefore portraying the negative contrast to the poem. The structure of the poem has been manipulated to emphasise Duffy's key points.
Reading the poems of both Wordsworth and Coleridge, one immediately notes a difference in the common surroundings presented by Wordsworth and the bizarre creations of Coleridge. Thus they develop their individual attitudes towards life. I will look at differences and similarities concerning people's relationship to nature in poems by Coleridge and Wordsworth such as: "The Ancient Mariner", "Kubla Khan", "The Nightingale," "Lucy", "Tintern Abbey," "There was a boy", " Old Beggar", "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Frost at Midnight". In "The Ancient Mariner," Coleridge demonstrates how violating nature and her subjects brings doom to the infracted. In this poem, the poet emphasises the vengeful, dark side of the land and the sea.
When Raleigh writes of the lie, he means to challenge something at its own core and to prove it illogical, thus doing this by the use of his challenging and sarcastic tone. Raleigh writes his first example of this when he states, “Fear not to touch the best/The truth shall be thy warrant”, a bold claim to begin such a poem with (lines 3-4). He wants these words and the meaning behind them to reach everybody no matter how noble or righteous the ear may be. His belief is that he had been wronged so he shall challenge everybody with the truth as his proof and his principle. Sir Raleigh continues by writing, “Go, since I needs must die/And give the world the lie” (lines 5-6).
Howl Key Passage – Allen Ginsberg Nicole Morin “Howl”, by Allen Ginsberg, is an extended poem that, although dedicated to Carl Solomon, is reflective of the nature of many underdogs in society, and how the potential to be the best minds is wasted in 1950's USA. "Howl" can only be described as a rant, emphasizing Ginsberg's personal involvement at the time, and yet it covers a range of issues that plagued America's underworld. Thus, the poem is a poem of the forgotten, and their longing to break free from the culture that led them into their despair. Immediately, a sense of a search for spirituality is introduced into the lives of those referred to in this poem, in an effort to free themselves from the chains of everyday life. In a contrast to the limitations they faced, religion seemed to prove a connection that rose above everyday relationships.
Eliot conveys these notions to the reader through the development of Prufrock’s introspective identity. Eliot’s description of this character’s persona relies upon the figurative language devices to effectively communicate the idea of social and cultural isolation. The epigraph from Dante’s Inferno inserted at the beginning of ‘Prufrock’ expresses Eliot’s decision to contribute to the socially isolated perspective. It entails a descriptive voice of a person damned in hell who becomes a symbol of Prufrock’s ideal listener. This is a secretive being that is just at unease to the situation as the reader, and would keep to themselves the content of Prufrock’s
Taken as a whole, I believe Robert Frost second-handedly used this poem as an admonition for the penalty of greed and as an enticement to reap the benefits of blind and ignorant exploration. I believe that Robert Frost, appealed to his audience through a certain form of logos called rhetorical syllogism or an enthymeme, since it can be portrayed as an argument or warning in which some of the premises remain unstated or are simply assumed. Robert Frost left the poem with an open sentiment, which permitted the reader to either categorize it as a depressing or blissful poem. “She bellows on a knoll against the sky. Her udder shrivels and the milk goes dry,” from my perspective, I believe that Frost made this poem as a disheartening outlook on common experiences which internally gives the reader a forewarning on the ill effects of greed.
The poet tends to use informal diction throughout the poem which demonstrates how the speaker seems to still be in that childish stage and is not admitting to his mistake. He refers to his “butterfingered way…of asking [her if she would marry him]”, and the word choice shows that he is reminiscing and inserting himself in that situation again. The word “butterfingered” is not only childish, but butter is used to soothe pain from burns, so it connects with the incident he described. The poet informs the readers that love is difficult to express, and this is perceptible because the poet has an irrational way of expressing his emotions to the girl he loves. He uses specific words that have buried meanings in them.
And now we have a complex re-seeing of himself, missing her deeply, and wishing she were with him, and speaking to her remembered presence, a seeing presented with a novelistic firmness—he’s wandering restlessly, talking to her, revisiting places where they had been together. It’s a kind of reverse love poem, in contrast to the far more common pattern of a male speaker swearing his own undying love and accusing the lover of fickleness Imaginatively, and most pitifully, Hardy writes this mournful and moving poem from the point of view of Emma. It is written in the first person, with her as the imaginary narrator. It is almost as if, in putting these words in the mouth of Emma (who, in the poem, sees Hardy as oblivious of her presence) Hardy is trying to reassure himself that she forgives him and continues to love him. Hardy uses the words “sets him wandering, I too alertly, go.” This shows that she follows Hardy where ever he goes.