Making the mood of the poem depressing, Frost is able to get his point across that eventually everything will die. Frost uses word choice to discuss how short life is. He stresses that time flies by without knowing, “But only so an hour./So dawn goes down to day (4,7). Frost discusses that life may only last for an hour, or for a day. By using this word choice, he exemplifies that life is short and very precious.
Winter is given a negative feeling in the poem and though the word ‘winter’ is never used, it is implied. An image of slowing fading from autumn to winter is given throughout the poem. It is apparent that there is not a quick change between the two seasons, but more so a painful and unwanted transition. The first line of the first stanza opens with “slow moves the acid breath”. The first word of the poem sets a calm soothing slow atmosphere that is contrasted with the following word acid.
In the book there are two main paragraphs in which Steinbeck describes nature, the first paragraph in the first chapter and the first paragraph in the last chapter. These two paragraphs contrast immensely and in a way show how George and Lennie’s destiny is heading throughout the story. These two paragraphs are almost total opposites but do contain some sentences that are near enough the same, but put into the context relating to George and Lennie’s dreams. For instance, “Already the sun had left the valley”, is in great contrast with the phrase, “The golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains”, this distinction between both phrases, and the great use of imagery which is interlinked with the theme of nature, makes us realise how there was hope at the start of the book, but that all that hope was broken down by the end of the book. The sun leaving the valley reflects the idea of dreams that have flown away, however, the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains ties into the idea that, although it will be hard to reach that dream, there is some faith because the mountains are “ foothill”, or in other words, reachable.
She denies the seriousness of loss and the sadness it brings by highlighting the commoness of loss and depicting its nature not as a process but as an “art”, evading its disastrous nature. However the poet eventually comes to the realisation of the disastrous effect of losing a person and seems to waver in her opinion. In the first half of the poem Elizabeth Bishop portrays the nature of loss as a common occurrence on a everyday basis and argues that it is not as bad as people claim it to be. The poem’s title “One Art” subtly takes away the pejorative connotation associated with loss and emphasizes that people should accept loss as it is. The poet’s indifference to loss is revealed in the statement “so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster”, highlighting that loss occurs commonly, like any other daily activity, and should not be allowed to let it upset ourselves.
Way off in the distance, as ominous as mounting clouds, a line of mountains stood darkly along the horizon”. This is just an example of how Ziller has managed to create this dark place that one might think was abandoned. The setting helps to create this mood and interpret the different human nature in the story. All in all, “The Season’s Dying” is a great selection for showing the two sides of human nature. It shows that are people who look out for others before themselves and those that only want to benefit themselves in anyway they can.
The opening line of the poem, “By naming them he made them,” connects “naming” with making (Page line 1). The idea—that naming makes an object—is paradoxical since the “making” is both creative and destructive. Naming reduces the range of possible meanings that exist when the object is understood only through the senses. By naming the mountains Cook has changed them; this alteration is emphasized in the rhyming of “nam[e]” (1), “came” (3), and “not the same” (4).
Country in the tile connotes the serenity and peaceful beauty found in it that soothes the viewer. In this poem, the physical journey – a drive in the country, is a catalyst for reflection first on the calmness and sureness of the natural world, and then, dramatically, on death and hopelessness. The poem probably reflects Skrzynecki’s experience of living and working in northern NSW and he appears to be unhappy in this environment. The poet takes a trip to the country and this trip denotes a physical journey as an escape from the reality of life. This physical journey in the country acts as a temporary escape from reality.
In addition Burton has to a great extent visibly explored the feelings and experiences of not belonging and belonging to a group or community through his use of music, fine camera shots and use of visual representations such as colors. The audience can see from the film contradictory worlds of where belonging may or may not be experienced. COLD MOUNTAIN The novel Cold Mountain explores the concept of belonging to two different communities and the negative and positive experiences that take place in Inman and Ada’s love tale. The novel alternates back and forth every chapter between the world of Inman and Ada. The two characters find definitive belonging within each other but as they are separated from the war they are faced with obstacles such as fending for themselves and surviving harsh conditions in their new communities.
She used lines like, “Where do birds sleep?” and other nature metaphors that give me the impression she was on a farm while writing this. Another obvious feature you can get from the poem is that you can tell she is from Europe. She makes it obvious with language such as, “Irish Sea” and “life is a fencing match.” The poem slows as it comes to a conclusion with long pauses to highlight the most important diction found throughout the poem. Missing Name (Could not tell what she said was the title of poem) This poem had a much more intense nature to it than the previous. Like Holzey she chose to use either gibberish or another language for long periods of time in her poem.
The persona of the poem is walking, alone on a street and neglected from society. He has no purpose. He is deliberately putting off going home, because home is as empty and lonely as the world in which he has been walking. Eliot uses the persona as a representation of the isolation and alienation of the human situation. The use of personification, “the street lamp sputtered, muttered” reiterates the idea of his loneliness and that he is an estrangement towards society.