Tennyson chooses to tell the story of Tithonus as a dramatic monologue. The effect of this is twofold: it allows us to sympathise with Tithonus’ view of his no-longer-wanted immortality, and simultaneously prevents Tennyson lecturing us on the folly of unrealistic aspiration. Structurally, Tennyson presents Tithonus’ plight in a series of verse paragraphs, each of which contributes to our understanding of his sad situation. At first, for example, he compares his immortality to the passing of time on earth. He opens the poem with an elegiac note that sets the tone: the ‘woods decay’, man is depicted as lying in his grave – a state that Tithonus longs for at the end of the poem when he begs to be ‘restore[d] to the ground’ – and ‘after many a summer dies the swan’ – a specially poignant image of gracefulness and beauty passing away, qualities which
Holden shows constant fear of Jane losing her innocence; he always loved her innocent nature and approach to life. To Holden, the museum is a representation of innocence, since it was one of his favourite places as a child, and his red hunting hat protects him from those places with lack of innocence. It is human nature to evolve into an adult, and to change your personality somewhat to become an adult. At times humans want to remember those childhood moments that they lived, however Holden takes this feeling to an extreme, by doing anything to hold onto innocence for himself and his close friends and people he cares
Description is through images; like a dream. III. Upper levels of hell C. First circle (IV) – Limbo. This place is for souls who were good when they were alive but didn’t know about Christ. (Homer, Horace, Ovid, Lucan) [ancient poets] D. Second circle (V) – Lustful.
However, she now realises that “no hand will save her”, but the poem ends in peace and acceptance, as death will be followed by eternity - “waters that bear me away forever”. The poem contrasts the unthinking impulses of childhood with the reflective appreciation of middle age. Death has been placed in perspective as only one aspect of life and memories and friendship enable people to transcend death. The poetic voice acknowledges the true value of friendship. There are images of change such as Harwood as a child, carefree and confident to a middle aged person with an aging body — “when our bones begin to wear
Because Franklin was so well known and respected, colonists trusted him in his thoughts about nature and reason. They followed his thinking that he could make their lives better if they just listened to him. In Franklin’s piece “The Way to Wealth,” he advises his readers to take his advice about how to earn money and spend it. “While laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee; and Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise” (FTR, 78). Never to be in debt, and never to be lazy is what he advises his readers to do and for himself.
By using this word choice, he exemplifies that life is short and very precious. No one knows how much time they have left here on earth. Frost shares this by saying that nothing beautiful such as life lasts for very long, and no one should take if for granted. Frost shows that every life is precious and valuable, but along with that, every life has to have an ending sometime. Frost keeps that idea in mind, as the poem
In this poem he made it clear that Annabel was the one and only true love of his life, and he wasn’t going to be without her, ever. What makes this love so rare is the fact that they were not adults when they fell in love. They were teenagers or maybe not quite teenagers yet when this happened. Edgar explained that they had a love so strong that the angels from heaven were jealous, which indicates that their love was way more than I love you and you love me type of situation, but it displays how dangerously in love they were with each other, and nothing is more beautiful than pure true love. When he described their love he said things like, “Than to love and be loved by me”, “But we loved with a love that was more than love”, “My beautiful Annabel Lee”, “But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we” (Pike & Acosta, 2010 p388).
Lastly, the third book, appeasing the demands of a quest, discloses the actual distribution or withholding of glory. The initial enigma of the House of Fame is present in the first book, with its attention upon the story of Queen Dido and Aeneas. Because the entirety of this book is devoted to the story of the Aeneid, it is quite reasonable that the reader should conclude that the poem is a love-vision. However, this begs the question why the poem is entitled the House of Fame. Moreover, the relationship between the activities of Venus and those of her sister Fortune must be further deciphered.
It is a traditional opening of epic poetry, as it is seen in The Iliad, The Odyssey, and John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Homer begins The Iliad, “Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilleus / and its devastation, which put pains thousand fold upon the Achaians” (1.1-2). This opening has a Muse that is dramatically brought forth—in this case it is anger. There is no humor occurring. The
The poet wants to show the meaning of life. He sheds light on the fact of death and the brevity of our life. The rhetorical question shows that the poet belittles man's life because it is short and transient. The word "division" shows that man's happiness is short and temporary. The word "short" shows the brevity of the earthly life.