Also, he talks about the ‘wool’ (13) and the birds and the shepherd ‘dances and sings’ (25), which shows the senses of touch and hear to make the poem so beautiful. Overall, Marlowe emphasizes that the shepherd is idealistic because he wants to feed and appeal her by offering the beauty of nature. However, in Raleigh’s ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’, he is trying to challenging Marlowe that the things that he says are not true. When the speaker thinks about if the things are true in reality, they will “might me move” (3). This shows that she will consider about being together with the shepherd, but the speaker says “rivers rage and rocks grow cold.” (6) Raleigh also illustrates that the contrasting view of
Related Texts – The Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison Coleridge’s Poem ‘The Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” exams the imaginary aspect of journeys as he takes while he is confined in his bower and is unable to share a physical journey that his friends take. This journey which Coleridge takes also examines the catharsis that is part of a journey, where Coleridge discovers an uplifting truth as a result of his journey. In the opening of the poem, Coleridge expresses his sense of sadness and melancholia at losing an opportunity to explore the surrounding nature with his friend (Charles Lamb) and he says “I have lost beauties and feelings, such as would have been most sweet to my remembrance” This melancholic tone which Coleridge expresses is seen throughout the whole of his imaginary journey, being caused by this inability to share a memorable journey with his friend. This limitation or ‘prison’ which he is confined to works as the catalyst for his imaginary journey – where the first stanza marks the beginning of his journey. The journey which Coleridge takes becomes an imagination of his where he describes the physical journey which Lamb would be taking.
Connotative Paragraph: Through its use of imagery, I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth, demonstrates the emotions of a human being and the unity between man and nature. Wordsworth’s happy life finished after the death of his parents, so he looked to nature as a source of comfort and escape. Nature had a great impact on his imagination and the way he viewed life. In the first stanza William says “I wandered lonely as a Cloud” using the word wandered implying the feeling of being purposeless and comparing himself to a lonely cloud in the sky. According to his situation at the time, purposeless and loneliness is something he could have felt.
Several thematic ideas are portrayed in the poetry of William Blake and Seamus Heaney, one such idea distinctive to both poets is a loss of innocence, this idea is conveyed in several ways. Blake reflects this in the exploitation of the less fortunate by the religious upper class and how the introduction of religion has diminished a place of happiness whereas Heaney reflects this in an disappointing adventure with friends and how one has to cope with the tragic death of someone dear at a young age. A loss of innocence in the exploitation of the less fortunate by the religious upper class is conveyed in the poem ‘Holy Thursday’ (Experience) by William Blake as it is about a special occasion where poor children are presented before their sponsors at a church service to give thanks. The poem is written from the point of view of someone seated in the congregation as the third person narrative 'Is this a holy thing to see' is used rhetorically. This gives the reader the impression that Blake is asking them to consider the true nature of such an event as the last syllable is stressed in the masculine verb 'see' which highlights his serious tone of voice.
(What a contrast with the body "flung" into the wagon in DULCE ET DECORUM EST.) Of course, we may have been influenced by "gently" in line 2 which reinforces the previous impression, while "touch" again not quite an exact word, is surely light, reverent even. A similar tone characterises line 3 with "whispering", so soft a sound. "Fields half- sown" ("unknown" in an earlier version) has its literal sense of work on the farm that this man will never now complete, and a metaphorical one as well, suggesting the wider tragedy of life left unfulfilled. "Even in France" (line 4).
But, the poems give us very different feelings. “Mid-Term Break” brings pity to the reader while the other poem gives us the sensation that the person writing is unpleasant and deserves his unhappiness. This is because he ignored one of his good friends that are still with him only to still think about those who left him. So, in some way the poet has brought misery to himself, completely different to the second poem in which pain was brought by a tragic car accident. The structure of the poems is very similar.
Sonnets 29 and 30 contain similarities and differences in theme and style. The two sonnets have similar stories. Sonnet 29 shows an insecure and troubled Shakespeare, who feels unlucky, ashamed, and jealous of those around him. However, the sonnet ends positively; the poet believes that he can combat his sadness with the "sweet love" (13) of his dear friend. Similarly, in Sonnet 30, the poet's sorrowful recollections of his dead friends are sparked by a lover's absence.
Compare how Thomas Hardy and Matthew Arnold use their environment to explore human emotion. In poems ‘The Voice’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Dover Beach’ by Matthew Arnold, both poets use nature and the surrounding environment to explore the depth of misery a human can reach. Through their use of language techniques and symbolism, Hardy uses the wind to explore his personal guilt while Arnold similarly uses the cliffs to present the shifting tides of human misery. ‘The Voice’ is a very passionate poem in the form of an elegy as Hardy hears his dead wife, Emma, calling him saying that she has reverted to her earlier self which he loved. However, as the poem progresses, this belief changes into fear as the poet begins to believe that the woman’s voice is insubstantial and is actually the wind.
Since the poem depicts both grief as well as love, the words of the poem produce the tone. The author incorporates words such as “decays” when speaking of love (3). The author also represents the speaker’s love as a “plague” when relating it to their broken heart (6). The speaker in the poem seems to mourn their lost love and their broken heart. Their morose and depressed attitude becomes apparent when they say, “I brought a heart into the room, but from the room I carried none with me” (19-20).
Many authors have had different ways to express certain situations; some seek to entertain while others teach lessons that are frequently overlooked in everyday life. In the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats I believe the purpose is to bring the readers in touch with their own lives and surroundings. In the poem there is an anonymous character that longs for peace and speculates on the moral of the story: being in touch with life is more satisfying than any worldly possession. In the poem, an anonymous character is speaking to himself on a roadway in a city similar to New York City. The speaker is stimulated to speak when he hears the “lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore” and is reminded of the peace on the Lake Isle of Innisfree.