The words in this poem were very easy to understand. One phrase that really stood out for me was, “Where thoughts serenely sweet express how pure, how dear their dwelling place.” Images: Did the poet create strong images? What could you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel? The poet did create strong images. I could visualize that the person he is talking about is the most beautiful individual ever.
Annie Dillard’s autobiographical novel, “an American Childhood” is successful in delivering the writer of a duty. The main theme of the book is for one to be conscious about himself and about the world around him to lead a happy life. Throughout the book, Dillard guides the reader to a joyful life by showing him that he can find happiness in every little thing, just like a child does. She makes the reader see the world in the eyes of a child, thus makes him remember his own youth with the similarities between the lives they led. The connection between her and the reader is successfully delivered by the clear and familiar language as well as the metaphors she uses.
That simple massage has been repeated in “I am Beto” by a profound, effective, soft way that makes you never can forget. Stop for a while, relax, find a quiet place and open this book, try to think you are the main character, try to think you are a “Beto” and try to live its life, a simple, beautiful life with friendship, family and relationships. No matter how old you are, this story is suitable for both children and adults. If you are still young, you can learn and gain a lot of experiences, and if you’re
The poem celebrates childhood and a wonderful, imaginative, loving teacher. Everything in the first two stanzas is magical, warm, colourful and exciting. The first line gives the impression that they felt like they really were travelling up the Blue Nile. Even the books are 'Enthralling'! The second half of the poem introduces more complex feelings, although mixed still with comedy and Mrs Tilscher's warmth.
The repetition of the sentences in the poem set a tone of determination and perseverance to enjoy all of life's experiences that come Roethke's way. The emotion portrayed by the sentences is an uplifting feeling because Roethke observes and enjoys even the most trivial aspects of life such as when "the lowly worm climbs up a winding stair." The rhyme scheme initiated by the author follows the rhyme scheme ABA in the first two stanzas, CDA in the third through fifth stanzas, and ABAA in the final stanza. This particular rhyme scheme creates a comfortable flow of overt rhyming. In the first two stanzas, the rhyming is the
Alternatively, the use of ‘sweetshop’ could be a reference to the different colours and options that would ultimately satisfy a child’s cravings. The use of the pronoun ‘You’ in order to address the reader suggests that this experience is a universal experience. Alternatively, the use of ‘You’ also involves the reader and draws them in. The use of ‘Travel up the Blue Nile’ hints at the feeling that almost anything is possible when you are a child, alluding to the aspirations and child like imagination that is lost as an adult. This is further enforced by the use ‘could’ suggesting that imagination is a thing of the past.
Scylla and Minos is one of the more light-hearted stories of the Metamorphoses in contrast with the previous episodes that Ovid inserts to keep the reader engaged and in the telling of the whole epic. Ovid includes many techniques to provide interest to the poem and engage the reader in the poem, all of which make the reader's experience much more enjoyable. The story is one that the reader relates with to quite and extent as the character of Scylla gets blinded by her love for Minos as the reader might have experienced themselves. Her young and childlike attitude is shown when she is idly throwing pebbles at the musical wall of the tower, thinking of her love who she has never met before. The fact that she is so innocent and does not realise what she is getting into by loving a man who is an enemy to her city engages the reader as they know that she is not thinking quite straight and may do things that she regrets later on.
‘Mrs Tilscher loved you. Some mornings, you found she’d left a gold star by your name’ refers once again back to the happy primary school atmosphere where you would be extremely happy to receive a reward such
The feeling that I have when writing is a very joyous one because it is my nonverbal communication to express my emotions and thoughts without the critism of the outside world. Writing is truly an art that takes practice and concentration, and once you have accomplished this skill, you will succeed in the process of writing. To begin with, the experience that I have had as a writer were both good and bad. They were good because I was able to earn good grades on my essays in school, I made excellent pen pal friends because of my ability to write and I was able to survive my teenage years with the writings that took place in my diary. Writing was my safe haven and it always cheered me up because of the fact that I could transfer my thoughts from my mind and unto a sheet of paper that would hold memories of a lifetime!
Not teenagers even, but kids: “I was a child and she was a child.” This lets us know just how rare and special their love was, but it also tips us off that maybe there’s something not quite right here. He also repeats the line: “in the kingdom by the sea.” This reminds us where we are, but also creates the hypnotic, repeating effect that Poe loves. It’s the same trick he uses in the next line, when he tells us that he and Annabel “loved with a love that was more than love.” He wants to let us know that their love was special and intense, even though they were so young. So, the speaker uses the word love three times in the same line, which is a pretty gutsy move for a poet. This love was apparently so amazingly strong that the “seraphs” (that’s just a fancy word for “angels”) in heaven noticed them.