Compare the methods that poets use to create an interesting character in “Singh Song!” and another poem from character and voice (“Checking out Me History”). Both poems are dramatic monologues and have a conversational tone. The poems are written in free verse and this has connotations to the way that the characters have confusion over their identity. The irregular stanza lengths show the various cultural differences between the poems. In the poem “Singh Song!”, the poet uses repetition to show the persona of Singh as being very personal and intimate when he spends the little time that he has with his “newly bride”.
Close analysis – In this section, how are Robbie and Cecilia’s lives presented? In this section Robbie and Cecilia’s lives are presented through the theme of loneliness and the idea of tension between them as their love is moving forward through their letters, however in person they face reality of Briony’s crime and how it has affected their lives. The narrative in this section is omniscient which helps us to understand both the views and feelings of Robbie and Cecilia. To begin with, we can see through the language and structure of this section how Robbie and Cecilia’s lives have changed since section 1 and how they are now presented. The short sentences allow us to apprehend how fast paced their lives have become and how anxious Robbie is of what Cecilia thinks of him.
While the conflict of individual vs. self is resolved in this story, the same conflict in “The Raven” is not so easily dismissed. In “The Raven”, the main character is stricken with grief and is beside himself with the loss of Lenore. Contrary to this poem, the short story “The Things They Carried” tells the story of Lieutenant Cross dealing with the guilt of being responsible for the loss of his comrade. Both these literary works share the common conflict of individual vs. self and use a variety of literary techniques to display the internal struggle. “The Raven” focuses more on symbolism and tone to provide the reader with a glimpse into the mindset of a man stricken with the memories of a lost love.
Each stanza has emotive language of the writer’s feelings, we know this as it says things such as ‘we are millionaires, backhanding the night’ this gives the reader the impression that their relationship is stable and strong unlike the fragmented relationship in ‘The Manhunt’. From ‘Hour’ we can also see that it is written like a sonnet which shows that he is writing it like a love letter, however parts of the poem are spontaneous which tells us that their love is unpredictable which could indicate to the reader that they are at their honeymoon stage or that they’re just at the best part of
In the poem I have chosen to compare "In Paris with you " to "To his coy mistress", in comparison to each other both poems have many similarities but the differences are shown in how the use the structure, language and theme to create different effects on the reader. To show the poems are about relationships the writer has written in first person which is the perspective of one of the people in the relationship talking about the other person. In both of the poems the theme being portrayed is 'Love' in, In Paris with you this is shown throughout the language Fenton uses "Don't talk to me of love" in this poem to show the theme of love Fenton just repeats the word love in the context, this acts as a reminder to the reader to constantly tell us it's about love this particular quote says the he or she has heard of love too many times. "In To his coy mistress" Marvel shows the theme of love by also using the word in the context "Nor would I love at a lower rate" looking upon both quotes used its shows the reader and I that the poems have two different attitudes towards love, James Fenton is more abrupt towards love because the poem is about going to Paris not to fall in love but to have fun and just have sex, using them as a rebound "resentful mess I've been through" to get over a past lover where as Marvell is showing the positive sides to love and that he cares about it more. In Addition to this In Paris with you shows repetition "don't talk to me of love" showing resentment to taking part in any romantic activities "say sod off to sodding Notre Dame" supporting our point in Fentons abrupt view, there is no repetition in "to his coy mistress" and they writer does take interest in romantic activities " Thou by the Indian Ganges side shouldest' find rubies" in comparison to in Paris with you Andrew Marvell presents the person as a hopeless romantic, this
What do you think are the feelings about marriage in this poem and how does the poet present these feelings to the reader? In the poem 'A marriage', Michael Blumenthal expresses a clear view to the reader by presenting marriage as a positive affair which helps people to share burdens as well as progress their lives. At the beginning of the poem, Blumenthal implies that living on your own is a tire and an exhausting ordeal as he describes the arms as "tired". This word is repeated which exaggerates the misery of loneliness and implies that there is no end; this idea of there being no end is also expressed in "either your arms or the ceiling will soon collapse" giving out before the end. From this, it is clear to the reader that Blumenthal believes that being alone is painful and controlling towards you.
“A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering, but it always leads us to think more deeply about life” Discuss this statement with reference to at least two Sassoon’s poems. A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering, but it always leads us to think more deeply about life. A War poem is a poem that is written on the subject of war. It is applied especially to those in military service. The nature of war poem is to show how horrible and disgusting war is.
I first realised this was not the case as I read the first line, “I sat all morning in college sick bay” Immediately the line tells me that something is wrong as “sick bay” is were children usually end up when they are feeling unwell. The way Seamus Heaney gives us a deceiving title and immediately changes the tone of the story is the first techniques, as this hooks the reader and makes them want to continue. The poem is also told in first person and this gives the effect that the emotions come straight from the boy to the reader. The reader is automatically feeling sympathetic towards the poet. At the end of stanza one the readers sympathy is aroused again as we discover that the boy, Seamus Heaney, is to be driven him home by his neighbours.
His sense of longing for his partner is clearly depicted via the enjambment used between stanzas three and four, perhaps to prolong the memory of his wife. In contrast in “All Legendary Obstacles” it is unknown whether the relationship is based on fact or fiction. The four-six lined stanzas tell of the narrator waiting for the arrival of his lover. However there do seem to be some flaws in this relationship as the full stops between each stanza not only break the continuity of the poem, but also makes the relationship seem disjointed. Throughout Montague’s poem the tone is quite pessimistic and nervous as he awaits and it causes the reader to wonder whether Montague
TONIGHT I CAN WRITE Lines 1–4 The theme of distance is introduced in the opening line. When the speaker informs the reader,"Tonight I can write the saddest lines," he suggests that he could not previously. We later learnthat his overwhelming sorrow over a lost lover has prevented him from writing about their relationship and its demise. The speaker's constant juxtaposition of past and present illustrate hisinability to come to terms with his present isolated state. Neruda's language here, as in the rest of the poem, is simple and to the point, suggesting the sincerity of the speaker's emotions.