The setting of the story is connected to theme loss of innocence. By reading the beginning of the story, and its title "Sandcastles,” you think it’s going to be a nice relaxing day at the beach for the three boys. However, when the woman comes into play she changes the whole mood of the story from fun a day for the boys exploring to a darker plan of sadness and death. The reason why the story’s theme is loss or innocence is because when the boys came to the beach they were expecting to have a fun-relaxing day. Until they run into a woman on a remote beach who deceives them into helping her end her life.
What do you think are the feelings about marriage in this poem and how does the poet present these feelings to the reader? In the poem 'A marriage', Michael Blumenthal expresses a clear view to the reader by presenting marriage as a positive affair which helps people to share burdens as well as progress their lives. At the beginning of the poem, Blumenthal implies that living on your own is a tire and an exhausting ordeal as he describes the arms as "tired". This word is repeated which exaggerates the misery of loneliness and implies that there is no end; this idea of there being no end is also expressed in "either your arms or the ceiling will soon collapse" giving out before the end. From this, it is clear to the reader that Blumenthal believes that being alone is painful and controlling towards you.
The “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a ballad, written during the Romantic era, that conveys how a mariner learns valuable lessons in life, from his experiences at sea. This text by Samuel Coleridge explores, how the mariner realises that all of God’s creations are worthy of love and respect through his painful experiences on the fateful sea journey. The mariner learns about the morals through the sins he commits and about the nature of punishment and retribution. The poet has expressed these ideas and themes through the use of a range of poetic techniques and meaningful phrases. Theme 1: Appreciation of all of God’s creations The central theme in the “Rime of The Ancient Mariner” revolves around how a mariner learns to appreciate all of God’s creations and reflects upon the callous attitude of mankind towards God’s creatures.
Determined, he wrote her name in the sand again, expecting a different result this time resolute to show that his love was relentless. It is interesting to note that the speaker may have been aware that no matter how many times he wrote his beloved’s name upon the sand, it was going to disappear each and every time. Unwavering in his resolve to quit, it creates a contrasting argument on the fact whether this was an act of sheer rebelliousness or insanity.
Let me count the ways.” (Line 1 Sonnet 43) The use of first person, authenticates that both poems are written for a personal response, this however cannot be seen in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ apart from when the characters speak. The use of alliteration in ‘Sonnet 43’, confirms that the poem was written for Browning’s lover. The repetition of “I love thee...” Shows it’s a personal poem for her true love. However, ‘Valentine’ could be interpreted as an open poem to allow the readers to understand the experiences Duffy has faced. The use of “...we are, for as long as we are.” (Line 16 and 17) Shows that Duffy is inviting her readers into the poem to help reflect upon how she feels.
Havisham & Valentine -Consider two poems by the same poet exploring the same themes. State what the theme is and how the poet revels this. (Pain of love) -You must comment on the effectiveness of these techniques. “Havisham” and “Valentine” are both poems by “Carol Ann Duffy”. They both explore the theme of love or rather painful love.
Olds suggests in this poem that “True Love’’ is all about two people having passion, oneness, and comfort with each other. These three things in a marriage or relationship create true love. Also, she tries to show that without true love, sex is no good. From the beginning of the poem, the speaker talks about the passion between her and her husband. She expresses that their love making is very intense and passionate.
These quotes show his father’s power and control over his environment, with the metaphorical imagery of the taming of the sea. However it again suggests the fluency of these motions as the sea is portrayed as its calm state, further showing his father’s skill. The physical strength associated with his work could also suggest the dominance within the relationship, that with the admiration towards him also comes fear and disregard as he can be seen to be overpowering for young Heaney as he is incapable of comprehending the work his father does. The admiration shown throughout both poems suggests the
It is first here where Edna is led to believe that it is Robert who is responsible for the moods of individuality that she has found herself thrown in. Impassioned by her ventures with Robert to the ocean, Edna soon establishes a strong sense of connection between the two. As Edna falls in love with the freedom and independence the sea has to offer, she comes to associate Robert with the sea, and falls in love with his free-spirited personality as well. However, unlike the sea, Robert does not offer independence. Robert is still a man of his era, and when he returns from Mexico much later in the novel, it is clear that his own journey has not aligned with Edna’s.
We walk our allotted time and do what we are destined to do. The poets remind us, using he metaphor of Gold and of the valiant heart of a beloved pet, that the glory of life; life itself (far, far, more precious than gold), lasts but a brief moment. To live one’s life avoiding all thought of its impermanence is like throwing a part of it away: a part of life that is meaningful – the part that encourages us to ponder on our end, on our impermanence and our mortality. The poets of this era all seemed to have this in common: a sincere and vibrant belief in the immortal soul, as well as in an afterlife. As a famous Rabbi once said - Shaul of Tarsus (aka the Apostle Paul): “if it is only for this life that we believe … we are the most miserable of all men” (Moses et al, nd BC – approx.