You get a real sense of Owen’s tiredness of the war in this stanza. His personification of the enemy bombs is a really effective way of giving the enemy, unseen in this poem, a face. And that face is fearful and never-ending, but also, like Owen, weary of the war. The rhyming scheme in this stanza is also significant, giving a sense of slow marching, of dreariness, however due to the more formal structure a sense of purpose and organisation is also felt. To the reader it appears to be a formal and proper poem, this confirms my idea that this poem was written to Owen’s educated peers.
The syntax of the poem is structured into a series of dependent clauses forming incomplete thoughts such as “And absent yet enjoys the bloody day”, and is common throughout the work. More than likely, Wilmot portrays these incomplete clauses in order to indicate the central theme of the speakers’ ultimately unfulfilling life of pleasure. Comparisons are necessary in this poem in order to format a sense of good and bad coinciding together. To make these comparisons, Wilmot’s fills his poems with similes such as “As some brave admiral, in former war”, and “As from black clouds when lightning breaks away”. These comparisons add a sense of non-linearity and complexity to the poem.
In the early seventeenth-century, English poets used metaphysical poetry to enlighten highly intellectual and often abstruse imagery in their works, which further advanced the poetic style of John Donne. Donne’s poetry makes use of complex images, which are remarkably convincing to the reader. Despite the use of extensive techniques and varying images, the greatness of Donne’s poetry is the simplicity in the ideas expressed. John Donne’s poem, “The Triple Fool,” suggests unrequited love and folly through his use of creative imagery, sorrowful diction, and assertive tone. Firstly, Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of images.
In the opening lines, the language flows in such a way that the rhythm is established with the syntax alone. The rhythm is maintained throughout the poem by the repetition of the name Annabel Lee. Granted language is universal, it is the way that this poem is written, which demonstrates that the depth of what is being expressed could very easily go unnoticed if written in prose. The words that Poe uses to express the feelings of the speaker are emotional and penetrating. The imagery expressed is very powerful.
Alliteration helps highlight words. It also helps the poem sound more dramatic. The internal and external rhyme scheme of the Raven made it more enjoyable to read. In the line, “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,” the words dreary and weary rhyme. This poem is very well organized with words chosen very carefully making it smooth and easy to recite.
The first verse suggests a departure from life, metaphorically beginning a journey across a cemetery. Many metaphors are used in the first part of this poem such as the “Ivy” being man. The Ivy kind of represents a hero, mainly because it goes through three stages in this poem, departure, fulfillment, and return. In this stage the departure the Ivy is very lonely beginning his journey. Dickens reveals that he’s very lonely by using personification in telling us “in his cell so lone and cold” (L-4) and “the wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, to pleasure his dainty whim” (L-5,6.)
'Bayonet Charge' is a poem by Ted Hughes and it focuses upon the negative points of patriotism. The Structure This poem is in free verse which adds to the feeling of panic and irregularity to the poem. Hughes also uses a lot of enjambement, caesura and end stopping to control the pace of the poem. In verse 1, a lot of caesura and end stopping is used to create a slow pace and show how there is no action and that the verse is just scene setting. Contrastingly in verse 2, enjambement is used which gives the feel of panic an rush and gives you the impression of action.
Each canto consists of one heroic couplet followed by another. The use of flawless iambic pentameter and a perfect AABB rhyme scheme is consistent throughout the poem however, when Pope differs from this meter and rhyme he is emphasizing a word or idea in that line. By doing this Pope effortlessly guides the reader through the poem while allowing them to see how he perceives things. Pope summarizes the poem in the first two lines when he states, “What dire offense from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.” The powerful diction used in the first line gives the reader the idea that something huge and terrible is going to happen. This idea is taken away in the second line when Pope says that trivial things are the cause this horrible event.
The theme of this poem is suggested through multiple metaphors, similes, and many other poetic devices, with the theme being “Life in Control.” This poem contains a very calm, almost half-hearted, tone, but it also feels somewhat foreboding and serious. This is serious because there is no humour and this poem seems to be important for author and might relate to his life. Quote “kite is a victim you are sure of”(Cohen, line 1) explains that life is a victim of our decision that we are making and wrong choices in narrators life might end with death. The mood of the poem is quite dismal, sad and lonely. Quote “In the pool where no fish come”(Cohen, line 11) illustrate narrators feeling of sadness and loneliness in his life.
For example, in stanza 2, instead of saying “My life is dreary”, Tennyson replaces it with “The night is dreary”. However the rest of it is the same (with the exception of the last stanza). The refrain of the poem functions like an incantation, which contributes to the atmosphere of enchantment. It highlights her dull, bleak and melancholy life. Moreover, it features her longing for courage to face death.