In the poem, Collins tries to manufacture the feeling of fishing on the Susquehanna River. He finds a painting of someone fishing on the river and is immediately captivated by it. The contrast between the more simple diction in stanza six, and the descriptive diction in stanzas eight, nine, and ten, suggests that the most realistic art is made by those who draw from experience, but even this art cannot replace the sensation of real experience itself. …Since he has never, in fact, been to this river, he can't describe his surroundings in detail. In contrast, the diction he uses in describing the painting of the river is far more striking and illustrative.
On the other hand, Tennyson depreciates the soldiers, making them seem idiotic with phrases such as ‘Some one had blunder’d’. This causes the reader to feel sympathy for them, as it mentions their death at the end of the stanza, so it gives the impression that they know no better. Another difference is cause by repetition. In ‘Futility’, the poet refers to the image of being awoken using the words ‘woke’, ‘awoke’, and ‘rouse’. This gives the impression that there is still hope for the soldiers which induces a sense of optimism within the many feelings of the reader; which could also be motivation to read the rest of the poem.
In this case, the feeling described is a feeling of “sweetness,” which is a feeling that is associated with calmness and joy. This gives us a good understanding of the intensity of the bond between them. Ethan rarely has feelings of happiness in his life, and Mattie is like a godsend to him in the way that she makes him happy and calm. In order to understand how intense the bond between Ethan and Mattie is, we must first understand just how lonely Ethan is. The narrator continues with a long description about how Ethan has a unique feeling towards nature, and the pain it brings him to know that he has no one to share it with.
‘The glory invites me’ Discuss how feelings and ideas inspired by the natural world are explored in ‘The Glory’. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Edward Thomas’ poem ‘The Glory’ is one about the beauty of nature, and the way he uses it to escape from other troubled parts of his life. In this poem, he depicts how nature helps him to find peace, though it is not unequivocal as it reminds him of how imperfect he is himself in comparison to nature, as well as his inability to capture its flawlessness. One way in which Thomas seems inspired by the natural world is through his contrast between the simplistic beauty of nature “sky and meadow and forest”, “untouched dew”, “new mown hay”, and the impossible complexity of expressing this beauty in words “I cannot bite the day to the core”.
(Sneider 25). He is right, and this adds to the power and talent of Wordsworth. Normally the reader would be interested in the specifics of the event, but we lose ourselves in the sparse beauty of the words. We forget to ask those other questions. The poem "She Dwelt in Untrodden Ways" is very simple.
I ask Aaron what he thought of the lake and he responds, “I'm surprised to see this many types of mushroom fruiting in early October. I guess last weeks rains brought the season with them early.” This last place was my favorite because I saw so much beauty here. Being on this trip changed my perspective about observing and that I need to observe more. The more I observed on this trip the more I saw how beautiful things were and that the trip helped me improve my seeing. This act of observation helped enhance the whole adventure.
Life seems surreal with fake smiles and repetitive conversations. To escape dissatisfaction in my everyday routine, I long for a place isolated from a tumult of people. A small group plus a guide who loves his job and is not forced to be there will be the only companion on this dream trip where vehicles cannot access the national park and only a few people know of its beauty. My dream vacation in Cano Cristales is highlighted by a beautiful river many call the river of seven colors. Atlasobscura.com says, “An explosion of natural color known as the river that ran away from paradise.” They also describe that, “During the short span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, a unique species of plant that lines the river floor called Marenia clavigera turns the river in to a brilliant red.
He speaks to an unseen “light-winged Dryad of the trees,” a nightingale, of feeling a “drowsy numbness” from sharing in the nightingales happiness because it is singing of summer while sitting hidden in a plot of trees and shadows. Continuing, in the second stanza, we hear the speaker speak of wanting alcohol, a “drop of vintage,” to allow him to fade away with the nightingale. Using alcohol as a way of escape, the speaker does not write as a drunk, but rather as someone who has been enlightened and is seeking joy by way of a “beaker full of the warm South.” In the song of the nightingale, the speaker hears a foreign joy, one created by beauty, which he wants to get into. He wants to “ Fade far away, dissolve and quite forget What thou among the leaves has never known.” (lines 21-22) To escape the worldly troubles the human life has, that are absent from the life of the nightingale he so wishes to follow. It is in the third stanza he realizes the world of the nightingale is very different from the world he was born into.
HM uses imagery to link human experiences with nature and it’s cyles – romantacising them. Many sexual images = romantacises human experience by comparing it to the beauty of nature. Uses enjambment to romanticise the song as well The voices in both poems set the initial admiring tone but in both poems, this voice creates a mood of melancholy and loss. In SR, the first person persona appears to be in the form of a pastoral wanderer, taking full advantage of the rural environment and the workers in it. This wanderer finds his muse ‘single in the field’ and stops to watch and admire her at work.
Depression and ennui are illustrated in Mathew Arnold’s Dover Beach through the tone and subject of the retreat and loss of faith. He suggests that faith and love have been lost and this is a central concern in modernity. These ideas are depicted through the use of various poetic techniques as well as Arnold’s use of language. The poem begins with the world appearing to be a very pleasant and beautiful place. The diction creates a peaceful atmosphere with the use of words such as “calm”, “fair” and “glimmering”.