The old man is “weeping for the dust of the elm-flowers, and the hurting motes of time” (2, 3). Specifying the flowers’ dust exposes the desperation of the weeping man for he misses the smallest and most basic, tainted form of the flowers. Moreover, he also weeps for the “hurting” specks of time, a metaphor revealing the itemization of even abstract concepts such as time, as the old man mourns the “motes” of time which ache as they pass through the current age of destruction. The man could also be weeping for time because it hurts to age and live long enough to witness the decomposition of nature. The poet continues to paint a bleak portrait of the present which “rott[s] with rotting grape” yet is “sweet with the fumes” (4, 5).
Lee also gets across the point that Maycomb is tired and lifeless when he states that ‘stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.’ The word ‘wilted’ if often used to describe flowers which have no life in it and this gives the impression that the men work really hard and how tired and lifeless they are afterwards. ‘Wilted’ also suggests that the men are almost drooping because they are so tired and they don’t have the strength to carry themselves. Lee describes Maycomb as slightly pessimistic as when it was hot in Maycomb, the dog would have ‘suffered.’ This implies that even though they could make the most out of the good weather, they are considering it as some sort of torture or inconvenience to them. They could have done lots of activities out in the sun however they just carry on with their daily life at a slow pace, it almost seems that they only know how to walk leisurely and they don’t know how to have fun. In the passage, Lee says that they ‘ambled across the square,’ this is particularly effective on giving the readers a clear impression on what Maycomb is like because the verb ‘ambled’ is when someone moves at a slow or relaxed place.
We are told he is clearly diseased and nothing is said about a family which indicates he is alone. We are also given the writers emotions of disgust and sympathy and I will evaluate these. In the first stanza we are told that the beggar is: “Sprawled in the dust outside a Syrian store.” The word, “Sprawled” stands out to me as being a very hood indicator of the idea that he is occupying as much space as possible so that he may be noticed, and people might present him with their unneeded change. “Sprawled” begins with the letter “S” and the sound of that letter is repeated in the first line five times. Strictly speaking it is not alliteration but we are given a similar effect and it allows our ears to be hooked on the first line and encourage us to continue into the poem.
Apple picking is not only a ruminative exploration into the mind of a man so desperate for rest, but is also an allegory, which holds a daughting message for those who face retirement. The man states throughout his poem that he has had not only achievements but also regrets. Frost uses falling rhythms throughout his poem to add emphasis these regrets. This is seen in “and there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill and there may be two or three apple that I didn’t pick … for all that struck the earth not matter if not spiked or bruised went surely to the cider apple heap as of no worth”, here the deliverance of the definition shows the meaning of the word regardless of the conflict and gives a sense of exhaustion after every line. He also shows his confusion about his decision through the irregularity of the rhyming scheme and the informality of form.
‘The land’s sharp features’ reinforces a feeling of pain, with the alliteration of ‘his crypt the cloudy canopy’ intensifying this. These dark, gloomy descriptions of the landscape mirror the characters depression and pessimism. During these first two stanzas, the character seems pensive and meditative, with only the sudden ‘full hearted evensong’ of the thrush to awaken him. Beyond the first two stanzas, where ‘a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead’, the dark tone seems to deteriorate, as the ‘aged thrush’ begins to sing. The narrative of the poem suggests a sense of loneliness surrounding the man, which seems unusual, as it is New Years eve,
The grassy knoll was an open grassy area approximately 20 m by 40 m in size, on a slight west-facing slope directly outside the science building. The grassy flats site was fairly dry, due to lack of precipitation and time of day. Both grassy areas are very well maintained and are subject to some foot traffic on a regular basis. The arboretum north site was a hilly, with a man made trail, forested area toward the north end of an approximately 150 m by 75 m arboretum on campus, which is thirty-six years old and dominated by Pine, Oak, and Hardwood trees. The arboretum north site did not have clearly defined boundaries on all sides, but all measurements were taken within 10 m of one another.
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist Holden Caulfield is a thoughtful young man, who happens to also be very angry. As a result of his anger, Holden purposely isolates him from his surroundings, leaving a feeling of depression and arrogance. This arrogance can be seen throughout the book, when Holden generalizes certain people as “phony”, and labels himself as the only “real” person in this world. Later in the book, you learn that Holden’s younger brother Allie has died due to complications of leukemia, and it is inferred that Holden has not moved on, causing his anger.
Therefore to some extent the form plays a part in conveying the meaning of the poem. The poem opens with “old, rain-wrinkled, time-soiled, city-wise, morning man” which immediately gives us a character portrayed as ‘wrinkled’ with age, in a miserable state along with the vast passage of time making him ‘city-wise’ - knowing how the cities came about and how they are. This leads the reader to know that his sorrow has something to do with humanity and its development. The use of “morning”
The narrator depicts him as “ seeming slightly dazed”, possibly from that he couldn’t believe that he had a swooning spell, which in Curts’ pompous opinion, was most probably a sign of his inadequacies. That he considered it a serious crime is obvious, from his reaction when he woke up, “ He wouldn’t talk to anyone…stayed off by himself…sitting alone…staring down at the field tent…could hear him cussing and bawling himself out…” The narrators next statement is the key in this portion, and perhaps this whole paragraph, because ultimately shows the speakers opinion of Lemon. “ Anyone else would have laughed it off, but for Curt Lemon it was too much. The embarrassment must’ve turned a screw in his head.” The narrators meaning is plain enough, that Curt Lemon was not your good ole’ average Joe (pun intended), but someone bizarre, because his pride could predictably drive him to pull stunts. As to the “ screw in his head” it is apparent that the narrator not only finds him crazy, but irrational.
“After Apple-Picking”, by Robert Frost is a poem about a man who has grown weary from picking apples. The speaker is somewhere between consciousness and a dream-like state as he recounts his day of picking apples. His exhaustion is so great that he is not sure if he is simply drifting off to sleep or facing death. Frost is known for avoiding traditional verse forms and using rhyming erratically. “After Apple-Picking” is no exception to his signature style.