Crossing has a double meaning in this poem; the denotative meaning is actually crossing the sea. Its connotative meaning is death. People associate death with crossing over. Also, Slavitt writes an image of sinking: “To go down/” (4-644). Again the denotative meaning is the physical downward of the ship sinking but it also means death is upon you.
The two poems use figurative language to express and explain their feelings toward death and the life cycle to their readers. Alliteration examples are seen in line 17 in “Sea Canes” and lines 3, 7, and 11 in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”. “That has the rational radiance of stone” (Sea Cane; line 17) and “Along the sea-stands damp and brown” (The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls; line 3) are both prime examples of alliteration in the two poems. The two poets use imagery to use imagery to help their reader conceive what they are trying to explain in the poems. Imagery examples are seen in “Sea Canes” based on the words seashore, ocean plants, canes-sound, and friend’s voices.
This can be defined as a closed dénouement. French for “the untying of the knot” (Gioia and Kennedy 714), dénouement can present itself in more than one form. An open dénouement is an equivocal conclusion, leaving matters unresolved and open to reader speculation. “Godfather Death” is a short story taken from oral tradition and put into writing by the famed Grimm brothers, and clearly illustrates the type of conclusion Aristotle found to be so necessary. The plot moves along swiftly and without superfluous detail until we reach the climax, where Death acts as though he will grant his godson renewed life.
‘Victor Frankenstein is condemned from the start of the novel as he chooses to play God’ in the light of this comment, discuss how Mary Shelley chooses to portray death in the novel. Of the many running themes in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the theme of death is potentially the most prominent as the story within the novel essentially begins and finishes with the death of the creature. In fact, by the end of the novel the only remaining (notable) character is Walton. Shelley adds irony to the theme of death by writing ‘Wealth was an inferior object; but what glory would attend the discovery, if I could banish disease from the human frame, and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!’ from Victor’s perspective near the begging of the novel, adding an ironic foreshadowing from the start. It can be argued that Victor sees himself at a higher power than others due to his own arrogance, interfering with the natural process of life and death, bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.
Russell Tan Intro to Literary Studies Prof. John Burt September 15, 2014 “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Jarrell's Value of Existence and Natural Life In Randall Jarrell's poem “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”, the author creates a series of contrasting images that all revolve about the ideals of life and death and the values they can hold to an individual, juxtaposing these images in a sequence of situational comparisons. Jarrell's goal in doing so appears to be the detailing of the true nature of war and all the horror that comes with it, as his portrayal of the series of events the late narrator experienced highlights the danger and sense of isolation that comes with combat and the existence of the individual under the power of “the State”, or the bomber-plane and the idea of a warring nation that it represents. This, when contrasted with the manner in which Jarrell included multiple references to motherly-figures and birth-like experiences, creates the striking discordance the poem is built around, emphasizing the negativity and unnatural essence of the concept of conflict and war as a whole, as well as the nation-state that creates such situations. The divergence between mother figure and “the State” begins in the very first line of the poem, as the author depicts a fall from the former to the latter. The use of the word “fell”, while seemingly innocuous at a glance, actually hints at “the State” being considered less appealing than the mother, as falling usually indicates movement from a higher position to a lower, more detrimental one.
In Tale of Two Cities, the guillotine symbolizes how revolutionary chaos gets institutionalized. With the guillotine, killing becomes emotionless and automatic, and human life becomes cheap. The guillotine as a symbol expresses exactly what Dickens meant by adding the two final words (“or Death”) to the end of the French
A poem in which the language and use of poetic technique gives us an insight into the less pleasant side of life is King Billy by Edward Morgan. King Billy is a poem that revolves around the life and death of a Glasgow Gang leader in the 1960’s called Billy Fullerton. It also looks at the poverty at this time in Glasgow. It is written in a free verse and uses many different writing techniques to get across the felling of emotions of Edwin Morgan. The theme of violence is depicted by the menacing introduction to the poem as we open at the funeral of a murderous gangster.
Pericles continues, discussing Athenian attitude towards military security, the educational system, the city’s bravery, and its relationship with other nations. His speech can do nothing but make any citizen proud to live in Athens. There is no parallel speech about the War on Terror, but President George W. Bush’s speech from atop the rubble of the World Trade Center may have resonated with some people in a similar way to Pericles’ speech. Pericles’ funeral oration, however, has passed the test of time and remains one of the most inspiring speeches of
Edson constructs her protagonist to flow parallel to John Donne’s philosophies, resurrecting the metaphysics he made timeless. The body encompasses the metaphysical emotions that humans experience. The particular concern of death is paramount to the work John Donne has written. In ‘Death be not Proud’ Donne personifies death, humiliating its existence ‘Death shall not be proud.’ The 17th Century poet claims Death to be insignificant, thus telling his audience that it should not be feared. It is here that Donne rejects the medieval ideals of death being daunting.
So, “A Cask of Amontillado” concerns itself mainly with the theme of revenge and “Home Burial” concerns itself with the theme of mourning, in the scope of the overall arching theme of death. This, essentially, paints death in two different lights: death being seen as a tragedy in one case and a triumph in another. There