‘Frozen’ is a harsh sounding word, which is probably why the author used it, to depict is as a harsh feature of his face. It also makes it sound permanent, however, froze rivers only occur during the winter season, and this could also be interpreted as a temporary feature, which will fade or ‘melt’ as the seasons move on. This could be linked back to the fading relationship. Some people say that relationships are like seasons – they come and go but you’ll always have that one special one –and this could be the speaker’s interpretation of their relationship. Similarly, in Harmonium, Armatige once again uses an extended metaphor.
This is a very depressing part of the poem as it is very sad how he will not be able to do anything about it like he has wasted the rest of his life. Another part in the poem where he shows the horror and tragedy of war is when the poet uses strong adjectives like, 'ghastly' in the first stanza which stands out as a horrible, unpleasant death-like word describing the suit he wears. Owen also uses past memories in the poem of how he used to have a great life with football, drinking and women. 'In the old times, before he threw away his knees.' The poet is slightly showing that this man was a normal human who had a great life, but then he threw away his knees as if one minute he had everything, the next with nothing.
The selection of the verb ‘feel’ highlights the sense of loss; in this context the idea of feeling is essentially intangible and serves to emphasis the loneliness and perhaps, haunting effect, felt by the author. The verb ‘sleeping’ makes the idea of death seem natural, thus that the death was too due to natural causes and perhaps expected. The use of enjambment emphasises the idea of time passing. But it also provides a sense of haunting as the author feels
White Room Jack Bruce and Pete Brown Explore how the poets have used a range of language techniques to convey a negative image. Without love and affection many will succumb to grief and regret. In the poem “White Room” by lyricists Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, a man shares his emotions towards a lost love and the sadness and depression caused by separation. The disorderly structure of the poem which is expressed in the jumbled imagery and stop-start stanza's, has been used to create a negative image of emotional difficulties and an unstable relationship experienced through heart break. As well as using metaphor, free verse, transferred empathy, refrain and litotes, the lyricists have used imagery to create a mental image of darkness and grief.
The pagan times that the men loved were pushed back and forgotten. They are mourning the loss of the old times and fear the new. Therefore being exiled and pushed out of their homelands. As the men are depressed and scared, they are remembering the 'old
The connotation of love usually involves happy times, friendships, and smiles. However in Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë portrays love in a negative sense. The misinterpretation of love between all of the characters proves that love is corrupt and tainted, and is shown through paradoxes. The female protagonist Catherine and her relationship with both Heathcliff and Edgar is an antithesis, because the two men contrast each other. Heathcliff and Catherine's story reveals the darker side of love and obsession.
The first poem I am going to be talking about is “first ice which is a post 1914 poem. The poem is referred to cold weather by the term “Ice”. The poem is translated from Russian to English, where the language has been changed by the flow and nuances as there is the different use of language. The poem is in short stanzas which are talking about relationship being ended between a couple and how it can affect a person’s life. This is similiar to the poem “Havisham” where
Furthermore, the middle poems accompany these same themes and reveal insight into the main speaker of the first and last poems of this section. The section begins with “The Beauty of Failed Things,” a poem that discusses a person’s depression because his/her lover is gone. The poem states, “[there] is nowhere else to go, no farther to fall” showing the hopelessness and darkness of this poem. The section ends with “After You Kissed Me,” which discusses a lover choosing to spend the “dark times” with someone rather than leaving the person. I argue that this last poem is a continuation of the first poem mentioned above as the person finally decides to remember the darkness that has resulted from the loss of this person, instead of forgetting what has occurred.
His loneliness is a more tangible expression of his alienation problem. Loneliness is what the novel revolves around, because the novel is mostly Holden going from one place to another, doing one thing to the next to find the desired friendship and love. He constantly recoils from introspection, which was the reason why he could not figure out why he was behaving the way he was. But introspection hit home with him after he met Phoebe again when she alleges that Holden “[doesn’t] don’t like anything that’s happening” (Salinger 169). This was when Holden realized his cynicism and negative outlook on life when he struggled to think of anything or anyone that he actually liked.
This is true for anyone who approaches death. The writer, Williams, develops this idea through a lot of symbolism. The contagious hospital signifies being ill, which can, in some cases, be the beginning of the journey to death. The contagious hospital could also represent part of winter because people often catch colds in the winter, and colds are very contagious. It is relevant that the writer begins the poem here because winter seems to