Nick describes Gatsby’s memories of the romance and describes “romances that were not musty and laid away in lavender but fresh and breathing”. (Fitzgerald, 158) This phrase brings to mind clear images of flowers, because they are often “laid away already in lavender” to dry out over time. The use of “fresh and breathing” could also be used to describe a flower, and that during the time of Gatsby and Daisy’s initial romance their relationship was just blooming, and was very fresh and new to both of them. The language in this passage is beautiful and sensual. Fitzgerald describes “dancers whose flowers were scarcely withered” (Fitzgerald, 158) and “an air of breathless intensity” (Fitzgerald, 158), using the language as a parallel to the tone of the passage and the feeling of the romance between Gatsby and Daisy.
Miss Strangeworth thinks that she is like her golden fountain pen and everyone else is insignificant. Jackson uses archetypes to support the theme of “The Possibility of Evil” by making Miss Strangeworth use roses as the plant that she tends to every day. Roses look fragile but they hide their thorns. Miss Strangeworth is like the roses because she to hides her thorns. A rose also could stand for royalty and Miss Strangeworth thinks of herself as the princess of the town when she says, “A princess can see a lot of trouble sometimes” (3).
Hawthorne leaves it up to the reader to decide whether the rosebush had survived out of the stern wilderness or whether it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson. We encounter this prison door and this rosebush in the very first pages of The Scarlet Letter, and both give the impression that, even in a place of such cold and rigid laws, hope and love can be found. The Scarlet Letter Hester is carrying on her bosom, by displaying her scarlet "A", clearly appears as a sort of entertainment for the Puritan community. One of
This song focuses on several instances of imagery to allow the reader to relate with and to feel the pain felt by Leona. In the second stanza, she shares with us that her heart "melted to the ground." In this line, we see a shift in which Leona realizes she has found her true love. Her heart melting to the ground expresses the truth and reality of the love she is feeling. The imagery found in this piece is used to emphasize on the more hopeful emotion, which prepares the reader for the shift into the next stanza.
Compare how language is used to express an opinion of love in sonnet 116 and another poem (Quickdraw) Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 116’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘Quickdraw’ both talk about the relationship between two people, however they talk about them in very contrasting ways. Sonnet 116 and Quickdraw are written in different forms. Shakespeare’s poem is written in sonnet form with three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. This regular pattern shows that this is what love should be like and is normal. The use of iambic pentameter also stresses key ideas and words whilst the poem can still flow.
She wants us to feel it and I know this in the end of her poem when she writes “In the wonderful MAGIC OF LOVE” and because of this line I have no doubt in my mind that she was madly in love when she wrote this poem. Now in the poem “Love Poem” by John Frederick Nims he takes a much different (and more realistic) approach on how he perceives the idea of his love. As early as the first line he starts to criticize his girlfriend/wife by writing, “My clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases, At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring.” In the first line he’s already calling her incredibly clumsy but tries to soften it up by calling her “dear” but by using the word shipwreck it’s almost like wherever she goes and everything
Perfect Dress by Marisa de los Santos In reading this poem Santos speaks of finding the ‘perfect dress.’ The poem is about the longing women feel to fix every imperfection. Santos also speaks about dress itself and the importance of the name. In the last stanza, Santos admits to the desire to not only feel beautiful, but to have others notice it as well. In the first stanza of the poem it says, “…..a blue confession in smudged, erasable ink: ‘I can’t stop hoping I’ll wake up, suddenly beautiful.” Things written in ink are not typically erasable. I interpret this to mean that as much as we women would like to erase the thoughts from our heads, it is something that stays with us not only in childhood, but through adulthood as well.
Most of the time, people believe that they can’t connect with anybody; that nobody understands them. But seeing the beautiful Amoret in the picture illustrated to me that even beauty has its sadness. It comforts me knowing that even something as beautiful, pure, and calming as Amoret, can relate to me and my own difficulties in life. Trouble in paradise would be a perfect phrase to describe this painting. I was originally attracted to it by the bright coloring of the flowers that Amoret was holding.
‘She seemed to hear my silent voice And loves appeal to know’ (L19, 20) This depicts love as obsessive and selfish. A love that exists only in the mind of the lover. John Clare is writing as an adult looking back to his youthful past, to his 'First Love'. It is an innocent love toward a girl he has only just seen, yet feels instantly transfixed and ensnared by. The very first line of Clare's poem declares 'I ne'er was struck before that hour' The use of the word struck gives us an image of someone unexpectedly being hit by a spell or by one of cupids arrows, leaving him unable to resist falling in love.
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes. Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girl’s brow shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. Questions 1. Are there any poetic devices used in this poem?