Year 9 English – Writing Task – Week 7 Many poets use figurative language throughout their poems, thus giving their texts an illusion of different meaning and ideas, creating a poem that is more complex than it seems. The poems “Ione, Dead The Long Year” and “Astigmatism” both include hidden messages and illusions, which can be interpreted accordingly by the reader, showing that the simplest of actions can become the starting point for the most complex of poems. The poem, “Ione, Dead The Long Year” is about a spiritual journey of a man who is mourning the loss of someone who was close to him, thus revealing the subject of the poem. A deeper insight into Passage 1 (Ione, Dead The Long Year) shows the character to be going through a phase of melancholia – compared to the phase of blinding anger that the character of Passage 2 (Astigmatism) is going through on his spiritual journey. By analysing the two poems and their complex structures, the reader discovers a similarity on the subject, of spiritual journeys, however a difference in the context of the journey.
Although Robert Frost appeals to the common man, he gives a deeper meaning in most of his poems. In the poem there are many sound devices such as a rhyme scheme, consonance, and alliteration. In line one, Frost says “world will.” The repeating of the W sound gives alliteration. He also gives another example at the end of line four when he ends it with “favor fire.” In line six, Frost shows consonance by saying, “think I know enough” with the repeating sound of the consonant N. Along with his poetic devices, he also has a rhyme scheme which appeals to the reader and makes it easy to read and connect to the narrator. Frost’s poem centralizes around the metaphors of fire and ice.
Whitman's poem is really long it has a lot of symbolism, imagery, descriptions and whatever else you can name. It’s easy to become distracted by the many details of the poem, but with reasonable attention you can infer the underlying message he is trying to get across. This has to do of course, with his whole philosophy of the "self". Although his poem is told from his point of view and uses and some references to his own life, this "self' is not referring to only Whitman. It is a general reference to humanity as a whole.
Poems can make you laugh, cry, think or be silent as we ponder the words that are written. What Makes poetry works better than a short story is the repetitive or the shortened way word are written or placed together to form a rhythm or a song. When a poet uses a rhyme as his theme is can be catchy or funny and makes us enjoy reading it. When it is worded as a song we can easily remember it since everyone loves to sing even when most of us cannot hold a tune but we can hold a rhythm. A poet relies on his feeling to convey the current situations that they are in.
Give- Carol Ann Duffy Repetition Repetition is used throughout “Give”, repetition of words as well phrases and also the appearance of the poem itself. The repetition of “give me” at the beginning of each stanza highlights the partner’s demanding nature, which grow in each stanza, leading to the partner leaving the narrator. Each stanza ends with “the story I told”, tying in with the title, to show how the narrator gave everything that the partner asked for, while the partner just asked for more. The physical structure of the stanzas is also repeated. Where the first stanza ends, the next stanza carries on from that point onwards.
It can be used to provoke imagery, which then allows the reader to relate to what the poet has to say and also to make something which may have been perceived as abstract into something which is more understandable. Jane Hirshfield has demonstrated how the human body can be used in poetry in her poem, ‘A Hand’ in which she claims that the human hand is not just a hand but rather something deeper. Walt Whitman is also a poet who uses the human body to convey a certain message to the readers. In his poem, ‘I Sing the Body Electric’ the human body is celebrated and he suggests it is an important aspects of people coming together. The poem ‘A Hand’ appears quite a simple poem at first glance, only being eighteen lines long, and the majority of these lines are quite short, however after having read the poem there appears to be a much deeper aspect, to this simplistic looking poem.
Emily Dickinson has written many poems about belonging, but of these it is her number 161, or “What mystery pervades a well!”, that has increased my understanding of this complicated and variable concept the most. This is because of her use of many techniques such as insight, personification, metaphor and word choice to make her ideas about belonging easily known to a widespread audience. Belonging is thought to be an internal feeling, achieved through acceptance. It is generally believed that when you belong with someone or something, you know everything about them. However, Dickinson teaches us in “What mystery pervades a well!” that this is not necessarily always, or even ever, the case.
A Comparison Of The Poetic Techniques Used In An Arundel Tomb And Ozymandius In the comparison of these two poems attention will be paid to a variety of poetic techniques each poet has used. The essay will try to explain the effect these various techniques have on the reader. The essay will also refer to published criticisms by various poetry critics. Larkin and Shelley are two of the nation’s best loved poets. However, they are different in their writing styles.
Although poems can be based on a vast array of subjects, one of the most interesting and thought-provoking themes there is, is about love. The topic of love can be written in so many different ways and this is what I shall be writing about in this essay. The poems I shall be comparing are; Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, Talking In Bed by Philip Larkin, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, I Am Very Bothered by Simon Armitage, Remember by Christina Rossetti and finally, Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy. The first poem is by William Shakespeare and it’s called ‘Sonnet 116’ and it has a very positive outlook on what love is like, yet it is not a poem about love between the speaker and their lover. Instead, it looks at the idea of love and it’s concept.
What is poetry “If normal sentences are orange squash, poetry is like the syrup before it is diluted.” Poetry has always been considered as a compressed and sophisticated form of literature while critics and readers have long been trying to work out a definition for it. However, there are always poems that do not seem to fit into the numerous conclusions they have drawn and the debate on whether poetry should be defined has therefore arose. Even so, critics have reached consensus on the characteristics of generally recognised poetry and the features of it through reading and analysing poetry of different centuries. In light of the above, this essay will explore the generally accepted features and techniques observable in poetry, the function of poetry and the reason why poetry should not be defined. Firstly, to answer the question, readers must be familiar with the common characteristics of poetry such as line breaks, the wide use of figures of speech and techniques, and the expression of various themes and meanings through limited number of lines.