Religious imagery and allusion, such as “sun’s disciples”, “bless” and “holy commonplace” constructs reverent and sanctified thoughts within the reader’s mind which sets them at ease. Throughout the poem the syntax changes abruptly from flowing to sharp with harsh constant sounds such as “claw” and “thicket”. The change of tone has the utmost impact and builds tension as it juxtaposition directly replaces the mood of serenity with one of distress and fear. When the child awakes in fright the reader feels pity which
This has an effect on the poem of the repeated letter or sound dragging out, making the poem sound more dramatic. These examples position the reader to see nature as appreciative and sometimes
The child grows up to learn the differences between the good and the bad in life situations such as, learning to be independent. The tone of this poem changes from stanza five and stanza six, “… waving at the author’s name on the shore… is tie the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it”. The tone changed from hopeful to needy and frustrated. When they torture the poem, they stop it from showing its true beauty, color, and
In "The History Teacher", Collins tells the story of a teacher explaining events in history differently than they actually were. He "glamourizes" these historical events to preserve his students innocence. Both of the poets tell a story of adults lying to young children, however; the only similarity between these two poems is that they consist of adults lying to children. The reason for the dishonesty in both poems are not the same. By reading both of these poems, the poets, by their writing styles, are revealing in each poem the young children are of different ages.
Both poems are rich in material, just waiting to be dug up, interpreted, and reinterpreted again. The poet`s different strategies on the usage of images and emotion, and other poetic devices really project an experience to the reader. My purpose is to, step by step, go through various poetic device, present the similarities and differences, convince you that both have similar roots, but also locate where poetic devices of the poems stem apart – particularly highlighting the effect on the child. Both poem`s overarching themes are of paternal, or family, dysfunction. Interestingly in “American Primitive”, the speaker initially purveys a sense of wonderment and admiration towards the father.
There was solitude that she created with her words that was very powerful. Figurative Language: What poetic devices were used in this poem? What did these poetic devices do for the poem? Did these devices help create imagery or communicate the author's feelings? She rhymed throughout the poem, her rhyme scheme being ABAB.
The varied stanza structure that increases the emphasis allocated to each “We” creates an even stronger sense of unity between the group members. Inferring on the motives of the writing, it seems as if she wants to shed her subject in a cultish light. As the poem progresses the consistent line structure builds up a repetitive flow. The pattern is abruptly abandoned on the last line …We/ Die soon.” This ending leaves the last line bare as the rolling chant comes to a halt. Similar to how the pauses after each “We” created a resonating pause, the same can be said of the poem’s end.
Then the last two lines of is written in 3rd person, “a child”. The “child” which the narrator refers to is in fact his former self but using 3rd person shows he no longer feels like that “child”. So by structuring his poem in such way, highlights the conflict he has between his past and present and it’s also strengthened to the readers. The poet begins the poem by setting the scene. “Softly” creates a warm setting to the readers, but then with a juxtaposition of “dusk” creates a negative image which becomes a conflict to the first one.
In the story we find some typical childish characteristics alongside some unusual ones in a child. Ravi is a fearful, insecure boy who, at the same time, is ambitious, resolute, sensitive, and emotional. We don’t have a formal introduction of Ravi in the story. We don’t know who his parents are, or in which class he reads. Our first encounter with him presents him in panic when Raghu is searching for the hiders.
Repetition also found in the “Two School” by Henry Van Dyke, the sentence “I put my heart to school” has repeated a few times in the poem to show the comparition between the school and home. Besides that, rhetorical question was also found in some of the poems that I have chosen. Rhetorical question is questions which answers are very obvious and therefore not expected. In the poem “First Day at School” by Roger McGough, there are some questions such as “Things that carry off and eat children?” and “Things you don’t take sweets from?” are the examples of rhetorical questions. Other than that, personification and consonance can be found in the “The School in August” by Philip Larkin.