The author sets the mood in a happy way when a calamity should be miserable. The poet uses similes to make the tone more joyful. “Dogs barked and the children sprouted like dandelions on my lawn,” is a perfect example which compares the dogs and children to dandelions. It means that they appeared very quickly just like how dandelions grow really fast. Dandelions are also known to be happy flowers so this sets the mood in a more soothing and calming place.
I could visualize that the person he is talking about is the most beautiful individual ever. I could see this by the way he compared her to “…night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” I could also sense feel as I read the poem. He described her cheek and brow, “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,…” Figurative Language: What poetic devices were used in this poem? What did these poetic devices do for the poem? Did these devices help create imagery or communicate the author's feelings?
Dorian Gray and The Narcissus The myth of Narcissus is a good illustration of the damage that total self – love can do to a person. There is a misconception about narcissistic people. This confusion is the belief that narcissistic people are in love with themselves, but according to the DSM – lll criteria published in 1989, the narcissus is not in love with himself, but in fact in love with his reflection. This does not mean that a narcissus has no love for others, but it is miss-directed love. They get their love identity from the love of the image they portray to others.
This is shown through the conversation between Hermia and Lysander where Shakespeare uses repetition to compare different challenging situations where two people have fallen in love. To support this Shakespeare has used the characters of Lysander and Hermia to express these situations through dialogue some of which include ‘O cross too high to be enthralle’d too low’ (act 1 scene 1) and ‘Or else misgraffed on respect of years’ (act 1 scene 1) Through these quotes we are shown that love is something that is uncontrollable and it does not always make sense. Love can cause us to both love and cry. Love is not always easy it can cause sorrow and pain. An example that love can make us laugh is when Titania falls in love with Bottom who has the head of a donkey.
When the highwayman and Bess begin talking and when they kiss the mood becomes very romantic. The poet creates this atmosphere by using descriptive colour words like, “Yellow and gold.” He also makes the atmosphere romantic by emphasising, the poet says this, “Then look for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight, I’ll come to thee by moonlight.” This emphasises the highwayman’s love for Bess, therefore creating a passionate part of the poem! The tension increases when King Georges men come. The poet does this with repetition, like when he says this, “A red coat troop came marching, marching,
While Sappho has a very loving and passionate tone, such as when she says "he is a god in my eyes" ("he is more than a hero" Line 1), Catullus has a more accusing and pleading tone, which is shown when he says "yet now she does not want you" ("Wretched Catullus, Leave off Playing the Fool" Line 9). Another example of Catullus' accusing tone is when he calls his lover "oh wicked thing" (Line 15) as he is upset at her and is calling her names. Despite the fact that Catullus and Sappho have many similar ways of writing, they use contrasting methods of getting the same idea across, such as the tone of the
For example in ‘Diamonds’ Rihanna says ‘When you hold me I’m alive…We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky’ and Alfred Noyes implies this theme as well; ‘Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair’. Rihanna’s ballad is about how she feels ‘this man’ is perfect for her and that when they’re together she feels happy, loved and safe. She implies that their love gives her warmth and she figuratively describes that when he holds her and is close to her she feels ‘alive’. She also implies that when they’re together their relationship is as beautiful as diamonds in the sky. She uses the phrase ‘Diamonds in the sky’ instead of stars to emphasise how special their relationship is and how rarely there are two people who are so perfect for each other.
The reason for his lack of affection may be because E.B.B is being too demanding and obstinate of her own perspectives of what love is and how she would like to be loved. • She is also stereotyping the way men perceive women, and the only reason why men fall in love with women is for their appearance and physique. This is interpreted through the accumulative listing from line 3 to 6, when she was telling Robert Browning not to say he loves her for those superficial reasons. • The themes from this poem are – love and unconditional love, mockery and superficiality. • The techniques used in this poem are – accumulative listing, from line 3 to 6 and emotive language, used throughout the poem, but especially from line
Eliot’s poetics. Key words：impersonal theory, objective correlative "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" depicts a timid middle-aged man going (or thinking) to propose marriage to a lady but hesitating all the way there. illustration of “impersonal theory” The title of the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” has specific relevance to this theory because his sharing of what he knows of this alternate lifestyle is a gift to anyone who reads this poem. He doesn’t love any one person , he loves all, and therefore wants to take them to this other place to enjoy with him. In the beginning of the poem, when Prufrock says Let us go then , you and I , When the evening is spread against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table ; Let us go , through certain half – deserted street , The muttering retreats .
“And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils”.... “Mechanical mastodons munching the red earth”: such contrasting views of our environment. Daffodils is a poem in which Wordsworth explores the great pleasure that the environment can bring you in times when you feel down. At the beginning of the poem the poet feels lonely, but once he is immersed in the natural environment his mood changes to one of cheerfulness, lightheartedness and joyousness. ‘In such a jocund company’. Not only does his mood show us his great pleasure, but the rhythm used too.