The poem The History Teacher while lacking personification it shares the same concept of symbolism in the same way, the teacher hides and shelters his students from the truth about history by telling his students made up pleasant events rather than cold hard facts of history to protect their innocence. But like the parents of the A Barred Owl, the teacher has no thought for his student's future of blindness, so he is blind to what the results of his actions and how his students that he is trying to keep pure of mind are displaying and preforming the same evil that he neglected to teach them. These poems differ in that Wilbur’s poem has an obvious childlike rhythm made by the fact that it is a couplet poem. The poem by Mr. Collins has a rhythm that is guided by the structure in which it is written rather than a
Roethke's decision to use words such as “waltzing” (line 4) and “romped” (line 5) in his poem bring about a certain energy that Hayden's poem does not. His tone is a light one, a happy one where there seems to be joy in the home and two family members that care deeply for each other and enjoy showing that appreciation outwardly. In Hayden's poem there is a darkness to the home which surfaces with descriptions such as “blueblack cold” (line 2) and describing the house so cold its “splintering, breaking” (line 6). Hayden's dark tone is brought about through the words he uses and as it echos throughout the poem the relationship between the father and his son is described. The father has already been defined as a working class man as his hands are “cracked... from labor in the weekday” (line 3) and now on this early Sunday morning he awakes to “[drive] out the cold” (line 11).
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Synthesis Essay Despite what critics such as Jane Smiley say about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Twain’s use of satire to expose the easy conformity of the public was effective. Developing characters like Huck and Aunt Sally help bring the socially unacceptable problem of everyone “going with the flow”, not caring if the “flow” is right or wrong, through unconscious actions, such as Huck listening to Tom Sawyer when trying to free Jim in such an unnecessary way instead of simply opening the door to his prison, or Aunt Sally never coming to terms that Huck Finn will never be “sivilized” like how a white, young boy should be. With the use of these characters, Twain opens the eye’s of his intended audience; the people of slavery. Mark Twain uses satire to ridicule and mock American society, but in an indirect, subliminal way. He uses the voice of Huckleberry Finn.
In the poem “life” Dunbar uses simple diction, parallel structure, and a shift between his two stanzas to show how he only needs the little things in life. In the first stanza his description of “life” makes it seem like it is horrible. The speaker says “a crust of bread and a corner to sleep in.” Dunbar uses a lot of comparisons to make the bad things seem worse. The speaker says “a minute to smile and an hour to weep in.” This comparison makes the “hour to weep in” seem worse because he only gets “a minute to smile.” Another comparison Dunbar uses is “a pint of joy to a peck of trouble.” This comparison also has the same effect, “a pint of joy” seems nothing to “a peck of trouble.” In the second stanza there is a shit in tone. In the first stanza Dunbar is describing bad things, “an hour to weep,” “a peck of trouble,” “never a laugh,” but in the second stanza he starts saying how life is also full of good things.
‘My heart turns to its melancholy work’ has been very carefully worded. Melancholy isn’t a word meaning death, depression, hopelessness and despair, it is simply cheerless but not to the point of gloom. So his job is saddening and repetitive, it could be better, he hopes to move forward but don’t we all? ‘The honey gathered’ in my mind is the dreams gathered from the day. The sorrows are the awakenings from these hopes and the reasons behind not going.
Imagery is used to show Plath as an aggressive person, such as through the line “smash it into kindling”. The emotive line “The bloody end of the skein” creates the sense of abandonment and eternal suffering that by no means that one could be aware of. It suggests that Plath’s mind, the labyrinth, was something that Hughes struggled to understand, and propose that her psyche was beyond his control. He also utilises speech in The Minotaur, creating a sense of truth in Hughes’ part. 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.”.
Therefore it makes the reader believe that the speaker is meaning to give this whole concept a negative approach and opinion 3.) The poet’s pattern of using the M sound I think brings a sort of antagonistic attention to the opening line. Line 2 – 1.) Pray - is usually meant for people when they are either bad people or need the help & I
The Disconcerting Truth of War “Distance was safety. Space was asylum,” (32). Findley exhibits that war is a mirror into the world of loneliness and depression. Life, love and death are a continuous cycle saddened by loss. Loneliness, like many other misleading emotions can lead to insanity.
It was centered on a set of clearly defined rules. Any deviation from these rules in the past can be used as evidence for much greater sins in the present. But ultimately, even good, respected and highly religious people are accused and put to death. Light usually symbolizes good and darkness symbolises evil. An interaction between the two shows the contrast between peoples personalities and judgements.
The poem’s theme appears to be about unrequited love and a man wooing his “coy mistress” to sleep with him, but this poem does has a deeper meaning, which is really impressive and therefore is striking. The theme of mortality is highlighted in this poem through word choice and by using imagery which reinforces the idea of death. Words relating to death such as “ ashes” and “grave” are used to emphasise the lack of time that we have and the stark contrast between the slow, idyllic first stanza and the sped up, heavier second stanza shows the difference between the idealistic eternity and the reality that we are all mortal and have to die at some point. Another deeper theme introduced is the idea of “carpe diem” which is shown through the lustier language in the poem, word choice such as “time devour”, and also through the quickened pace of the second stanza. The speaker is not simply asking the “coy mistress” to sleep with him, what he is saying is if there was all the time in the world then life would be ideal but there is not so they have to live for the moment.