The reader also gets an auditory image when Solway says, “and settle in a rush of silence” (43), giving the reader that image of peacefulness and quietness. Lastly, in the last stanza Solway describes the board one last time, “the man guides/ his brash, obedient legend/ into shore” (48-50). The word “brash” (49) means energetic or highly spirited. The reader gets the image of an energetic, yet obedient board that the windsurfer controls. It is a legend because it is what helps the windsurfer do the activity.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses narrative perspectives to tell the story in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner particularly the Mariner and his shipmates. In the beginning of Part II the shipmates scold the Mariner for killing the albatross “ah wretch! Said they, such birds to slay that bring the fog and mist.” At this point the shipmates view the albatross as a good luck omen believing that the Mariners actions have caused the mist and so curse him. However the perspectives of the shipmates shift instantly upon the change in the weather. As the mist clears, the shipmates praise the Mariner “Twas right they say, such birds to say, that bring the fog and mist” and decide that the albatross is in fact a bad luck omen.
After the Flood - Commentary After the Flood by W.S. Merwin is a descriptive poem giving an account of the destruction caused by a flood in Jersey. The poem is written from Merwin's point of view and this we to know of the events of the flood through his narration. Merwin observes and portrays the loss and damage caused by the flood. His thoughts are valued by the reader because he is no stranger to Jersey and the river, and he feels a sense of loss and sadness when he sees its condition.
He sees his family, friends, his hometown and many others on the other side of the river at first cheering then he imagines them embarrassed for him. He imagines them saying, mean things about him being and coward and a letdown. O’Brien then starts to thing about jumping out the boat but instead stays there and starts to cry. The next day he says bye to the old man and leaves for home and is drafting. Is O’Brien a coward or does he have courage?
“He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.” (Crane, 57) As he was marching with the wounded regiment he found his friend Jim, who was wounded badly on his side. Jim was becoming delusional and walked off into the woods so Henry followed. He suddenly stopped and started shaking violently. After falling onto the ground and becoming as still as stone, Henry realized that his friend had just died. Angry with the death of his friend Henry walks off towards the sound of the battles with revenge in his
Simon is the type of guy who takes walks into the forest just to see the beauty of the nature. Simon behaves kindly to the children and he is the first to realize the problem about the beast of the Lord of the Flies. Simon knows that the beast on the island is not real but rather a savagery that is in the humans on this island. When Jack killed the Piggy, Simon would speak to the head as if the pig was speaking back to him. When Simon wanted to let everyone know that the beast was not a real person he got killed by the boys.
“Swimming in a dirty river with dirty me you were very beautiful.” Nakayama uses repetition to make the audience focus on thought that he sees him self as “dirty” and how he doesn’t deserve her. Belonging helps us to search for our identity. On the other hand identifying and categorising your self you can know where to belong or where not to belong. And people tend to feel insecure when they feel that they don’t belong or when they feel that they are being judged. Steven Herrick, the author of The Simple Gift by and the Wasao Nakayama, the composer of Strange Chameleon communicate this idea through the text affecting the audience by using techniques as first person, repetition, and
Sadly, the pressures and expectations that the boy in “Greasy Lake” tries to live up to not only disturb him emotionally but lead to devastation for others as well. For the woman in “Hills like White Elephants” she is compliant and willing to lose everything she is worth to be brought in by a group of nomads, and commit her life to someone who does not love her as much as she loves him. Unfortunately, the themes displayed in these short stories can be transcribed to reality and many people have fallen to the pressures they face in society. Some pressures throughout history have been disastrous and lead to deaths, irrevocable mistakes, disease, and remorse. It is important for people to love who they are and embrace themselves first.
Blake says “charter’d Thames doth flow” to make the river sound restricted whereas Wordsworth creates the opposite effect: “the river glideth at his own sweet will” as though the river is free to flow in its own natural way. Blake describes prostitution and chimney sweepers on the streets to create a negative picture of the city: “Harlot’s curse”, on the other hand Wordsworth uses personification to create a positive image: “the river glideth at his own sweet will” Blake uses “cry” repetitively throughout the poem to give an idea of depression whereas Wordsworth uses the idea of silence to create a peaceful image. In London by William Blake, each stanza has an ABAB rhyme scheme which is very controlled and restricted whereas composed upon Westminster bridge by William Wordsworth uses an ABBAABBACDCDCD rhyme scheme which again creates the unrestricted, peaceful mood. To conclude I
Her udder shrivels and the milk goes dry,” from my perspective, I believe that Frost made this poem as a disheartening outlook on common experiences which internally gives the reader a forewarning on the ill effects of greed. I consider the cow as a representation of one of Robert Frost’s personal experiences. Frost grew up