The blankets of delicate darkness that veiled the earth were embellished with glimmering colonies of nightlights, casting an ethereal radiance upon the rest of the world. The stars seemed to sparkle with such a beauty that had never been properly observed before. It seemed a waste to have such magnificent natural spectacles so high up… so out of sight to the little people down on earth. I seemed to be lost in a reverie for quite some time before I decided to get back to my intergalactic explorations. It could only get better from
Through both direct and indirect character interactions, we learn the importance of looking beyond ones façade to find where the truth lies. The theme of the truth being concealed is portrayed by multiple interactions between Beatrice and Benedick. A significant contributing factor to this was the self-deceit both characters relied on. Shakespeare writes Beatrice and Benedick’s characters as ‘lone wolf’ types, neither is hurrying to fall in love and get married, in fact the idea repulses them. Beatrice and Benedick hide the fact that they love each other- not only from one another, but from themselves.
Dickinson is being metaphysical here, dealing with a sense of solitude, whether from someone close to her dying, leaving, or simply ignoring what she thinks, says or does. She deals with it by analyzing what being alone is all about, and ends with the realization that we are all alone, and once we understand how alone we really are, will never feel alone when we're amongst others and don't have to be by ourselves, within ourselves, looking at that finite infinity (literary conceit) of space we call the soul. Emily Dickinson is depicting the world within one's mind compared with that of reality. This poem describes a inner loneliness. Dickinson meant we are alone in death: "a soul admitted to finite infinity."
This is further exaggerated as Thomas only has very little dialogue in the poem, of which he repeats Maude Clare’s name and “hid his face”, however this is after attempting to “match her scorn with scorn”, so by having Thomas hide his face Rossetti is portraying him as weak, and unable to stand up for himself against such a strong character in the poem. By having him only say Maude Clare’s name and not his new bride it may suggest to the reader that she is the only thing he thinks of, and she is always on his mind. This is supported as the unnamed narrator outlines Thomas’ actions towards Maude Clare; “My lord gazed long on pale Maude Clare”, indicating that the gingering looks may show that even though he is very newlywed he is already looking at other women. Implying that this relationship is tainted by the presence of Maude Clare. However in contrast to Thomas’ very little dialogue, Nell is given more of a voice.
This proves that Romeo, although it seems like love, only “loved” Juliet for her looks. Remember that at this point Romeo doesn’t even know who Juliet is at all, they have never met. You can see this in modern times when people claim to love someone but really just have those emotions because of their beauty. Secondly, Romeo and Juliet were in a weak state of mind when they met. Romeo was still heartbroken by Rosaline and Juliet thought she would marry no one she liked in the least bit at all.
However this soon breaks up as we see the form of the poem reflect its meaning. Edward Thomas uses the breaking up of the rhyme scheme to symbolize his own damaged state of mind and sense of dissatisfaction. Edward Thomas makes contrasts between the simplistic beauty of nature and the impossible difficulty of expressing this beauty in words. “Sublime vacancy” symbolises the immense emptiness he feels but also suggests that he is so overwhelmed by the beauty of the morning that he struggles to describe it as sometimes you have to be there to appreciate the actual moment of beauty or else it’s gone forever. The simplicity of the “sky and meadow and forest” and the purity of the “untouched due” in comparison to himself leaves Edward Thomas “scorning” and feeling insignificant as he can’t match his emotions to the glory of the scenery.
Romeo is talking in paradoxes; he does this to emphasize that love is confusing. He says that love is everything except for what it actually is. Since Romeo thinks that he is in love although no one loves him, love can be two things that are opposites at the same time. Although Romeo is happy to be in love, he does not like the thought of love itself because if no one loves him back, love will become more confusing. Romeo is hopelessly in love with Rosalind which he explains when he says, "I am too sore enpiercèd with his shaft To soar with his light feathers, and so bound, I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe.
His loneliness is a more tangible expression of his alienation problem. Loneliness is what the novel revolves around, because the novel is mostly Holden going from one place to another, doing one thing to the next to find the desired friendship and love. He constantly recoils from introspection, which was the reason why he could not figure out why he was behaving the way he was. But introspection hit home with him after he met Phoebe again when she alleges that Holden “[doesn’t] don’t like anything that’s happening” (Salinger 169). This was when Holden realized his cynicism and negative outlook on life when he struggled to think of anything or anyone that he actually liked.
Besides getting mad there is nothing that can be done, so you try to blend in and do as the Romans do. “I whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi and the more popular composers”. (q) 212Staples The character then started to do things to make him self seem more friendly. He thought that people wouldn’t be so timid if he was whistling a familiar
A poet’s ability is not best judged on paper, but their skill in evoking emotion and encouraging contemplation within the reader. This being said, there are many ways to construe a text and with poems such as ‘Fire and Ice’ and ‘Choose Something Like a Star’, the true meaning of the poem does not just lie within the words but is influenced by the reader’s context. Frost’s poetry is quite nonspecific and in that way rids the poem of his own personal baggage, its rather bare and the excellence of his words and phrases can only be appreciated once the reader’s own perspective has been cast upon it, layering it with their own meaning. Frost’s poems consist of understandable language that captures the thoughts of people who have a varied knowledge in literature, making him a feasible poetry study and one that I’m sure your students will come to love. A point of view in which ‘Fire and Ice’ can be interpreted as is completely literally.