An example of this would be when his sister Phoebe corrects him and tells him the poem was by Robert Burns. Holden comes back by saying “I know it’s a power by Robert Burns”. The author does this to show the change tone which Holden presents in the sentence. His change to a serious tone indicated his little regard to minute details; he only cared about the bigger picture. This also could be used to describe to describe his view on life seeing that he thought people were “boring” if they were just like everyone else and cared about the little details.
Harmonium and Nettles Harmonium and Nettles both highlight the theme of memory. As they both are looking back over past memories that are painful, the poems feature the feelings of being helpless in stopping the hurt that was caused. The writer in Harmonium feels remorse for the things he hadn’t said to his father as Armitage states “then mouth in reply some shallow sorry phrase or word too starved of breath to make itself heard”. The writer in Nettles is protective of the recurring threat to his child that he can’t destroy. “rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless.
While he is not seen as a saint within the poem (he remarks in a sarcastic matter to Plath in the poem), he positions the reader to empathise with him, painting the image that he is the placid one in the relationship, and the one who encourages her to embark on her creative pursuits “Get that shoulder under your stanzas/ And we’ll be away.”. The repeated use of the pronoun “your” creates an accusatory tone, suggesting that they were living Plath’s life, rather than their life. The poem also hints that Plath’s father was a monster. He describes her father as a goblin that influenced and controlled the mind of Plath’s. He even goes one step further
We note that it is not the beholder but the plant itself that is ‘perplex[ed]‘ by the names. Here the ‘Old Man’ plant becomes personified, with the implicit irony that just as its name is made to sound inappropriate, its response makes it fully inhabit the ‘Old Man’ title- the plant itself is in a state of confusion, as if it were an old man. Here we see another dimension to the ambiguity around ‘clings not’ – the plant inhabits the name simultaneously with finding it unsuitable. It is this paradoxical feeling of awkward self-consciousness that the poem is trying to create for its speaker. The
He wonders why he is so mean with Hassan and although he regrets, he cannot stop being like that, and in some instances he even justifies himself. The phrase “He’s only a Hazara” said by Amir after not helping Hassan when he is sexually attacked, is an evidence of that. As stated at the beginnig, betrayal is also the main theme in the poem of the same name written by Frank P. Whyte. This theme is developed through it as it occurs
Irony is used here almost to see a different perspective of the hero. James W. Hall also displays metaphor throughout the poem. “Nobody can buin der suits’ comes off as a casual line but has an almost subliminal meaning. During the time he wrote this poem Hall admits that he was depressed and by saying that he could not stop living the life of a super hero by simply burning a suit portrays as one cannot quit being a character. In conclusion the understanding of rhetorical devices may present a reader with a
Stephanie Lasasso AP Literature and Composition Dr. Godbold Block 1A January 22, 2012 To an Inconstant One Sir Robert Ayton’s poem To an Inconstant One is a narrative poem that talks about a man who and an unfaithful lover. The poem begins by stating the fact that it was not his fault, but hers that they are no longer together because she was very hasty about making decisions about love. The rhetorical question “What reason I should be the same?” makes the reader connect with the author and forces them to ask themselves the same question that he once had to ask himself: if you changed and lost your love for me, then why can’t I do the same? This goes towards establishing a connection with the reader and making them more interested in reading the poem.
Rubbish at Adultery The title of the poem “Rubbish at Adultery” written by Sophie Hannah sets a straight forward tone that person involved in the adultery is ‘rubbish’ in his act. Hannah uses manifold structure, tone and language to paint humorous picture of an unfaithful relationship. The poem commences with the persona being irritated by the man who has come to have physical relationship with her. ‘Must I give up another night,’ suggests although they made several attempts earlier to have affair, nevertheless, the man has not extended his co-operation and wanted her to listen to his grievances every time they met. This idea is reinforced through the alliterated words ‘whinge and wine’.
Writers adopt the punishment method in their literary works to give a nice comic edge as characters get ‘taught a lesson’ for being too dull, gullible, manipulative, idiotic, etc. As for Leary, he did not really show any sign of living life to its’ fullest potential until the last chapter of the
The moment he ordered Sam to refer to him as Master Harold, Sam replied to him by telling him about the consequences of his actions. Hally did not seem to care that much. He further discriminated against Sam making him be what he never thought he would become, violent. Sam expressed his anger by swearing and cursing Hally, he even thought about hitting him. But, he had a good friend close-by who was able to calm him down.