The use of iambic pentameter also stresses key ideas and words whilst the poem can still flow. In contrast, Quickdraw is written in free form, restricting the poem from flowing smoothly. It has been suggested that this poem could be a concrete poem as many people think it resembles the shape of a gun. The irregular form of Duffy’s poem, allows emphasis on certain words. By separating lines and starting new stanzas during mid-flow, she is able to portray a hesitance in the person’s voice.
Nick describes Gatsby’s memories of the romance and describes “romances that were not musty and laid away in lavender but fresh and breathing”. (Fitzgerald, 158) This phrase brings to mind clear images of flowers, because they are often “laid away already in lavender” to dry out over time. The use of “fresh and breathing” could also be used to describe a flower, and that during the time of Gatsby and Daisy’s initial romance their relationship was just blooming, and was very fresh and new to both of them. The language in this passage is beautiful and sensual. Fitzgerald describes “dancers whose flowers were scarcely withered” (Fitzgerald, 158) and “an air of breathless intensity” (Fitzgerald, 158), using the language as a parallel to the tone of the passage and the feeling of the romance between Gatsby and Daisy.
One of Tennyson's poems which contradicts this view is 'The Lotos-eaters and Choric Song'. Though the poem begins with a very active: 'Courage!' Which sets the poem up to be one filled with action, it very soon changes tone to highlight the appeal of the island which is one filled with idleness and of a slow nature; Tennyson paints a very idyllic picture of the island and its lifestyle 'sweet music here that softer falls, than petals from blown roses on the grass' His specific choice of diction 'sweet, softer, roses' all create an languid, sweet atmosphere. Roses themselves are often used as a symbol of perfection, thus it could be said Tennyson is suggesting the island represents perfection, lacking nothing therefore entirely contradicting the statement that nothing is gained by being passive. Caesura is used, adding pauses to contribute to the lazy feel and perhaps also to drag out the description of the isle; in terms of form there is considerably more time spent on the context of the isle compared to their lives away from it, again emphasising Tennyson's focus.
Dandelions are also known to be happy flowers so this sets the mood in a more soothing and calming place. The poet also uses imagery to lighten the mood up. “And a jumble of skirts spilled onto the ploughed grass,” could be portrayed in a mental image of the clothes scattering around from the laundry truck. It makes the mood less tense because instead of rather describing the horrible images of the accident, the poet decides to describe the little details of it. There was also an internal rhyme in that line which was “skirts and shirts”.
How do the poets show emotions in Nettles and one other poem? The poem I have chosen is Quickdraw by Carol Anne Duffy. Both poems portray different emotions, yet they seem to arise from a similar area: the effects of love. Both poets explore the feeling and emotion of love, shown by the Iambic pentameter rhythm in both poems, which is typical of a love poem as it falls to the beat of a heart, with 10 syllables in a sentence. However, instead of literally expressing themes of love, both poets seem to explore the effects of love, and the consequences it can have.
Dale Disney Professor Pucciarelli English Composition: Section 64 21 September 2011 FICTION OR DESCRIPTION There are various techniques to write and share stories. Which technique is best to use seems to be subjective. In both Joan Didion’s essay “On Keeping a Notebook” and Patricia Hampl’s essay “The Dark Art of Description” illustrates this fact clearly. While Joan Didion uses rhetorical questions, personal anecdotes, and imaginary facts to record her life experiences, Patricia Hampl uses imagery and vignettes in her writings, but based on the fact that Patricia Hampl uses less falsehoods in her stories, her style of writing is more appealing to the reader. Joan Didion uses rhetorical questions in her notebook to engage readers into the story of her notebook writings.
This could be interpreted as Yeats’ journey from innocence to cynicism. Structurally speaking, ‘The Stolen child’ is quite regular, being written in iambic tetrameter and with the inclusion of rhyme in every line. Both these choices further define this poem as a reminiscence of the tales which remind Yeats of childhood and the naivety which comes with it. This could be construed as the poet longing to return to the past where everything was more
Discuss how a poet presents his/her ideas in a poem you have studied. In the poem ‘Death of a Naturalist’, Seamus Heaney uses a range of imagery, sound devices and structure styles to express the idea that growing up alters individual perspectives. One of the techniques which Heaney uses to implement that growing up changes perspectives is imagery. Heaney describes the ‘warm thick slobber of frogspawn that grew like clotted water’ as ‘best of all’. This tells the reader that it is positive and he really enjoyed having the frogspawn.
Used to Live Here Once Jacqueline Duarte Introduction to Literature. ENG 125 Sarah Bowman April 30, 2012 Those who create literature may make some use of literal definitions and factual descriptions of things, but the appeal and magic in their works are fashioned by the word pictures, feelings, and exquisite detail they develop to let us know how particular things look in their minds (Clugston, 2010). Short stories are fictional but have an underlying truth or focus on real-life experiences or situations. All short stories must have a theme. Themes can often be described in just one word.
Not only does his mood show us his great pleasure, but the rhythm used too. It enables us to feel what Wordsworth felt, which is great pleasure. The iambic pentameter pronounces the dancing nature of the daffodils hence, the reader, lost in his rhythm and imagery feels as if they too were fluttering and dancing which brings great pleasure. ‘And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils’. The figures of speech used, for example ‘Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”... “Tossing their heads in sprightly dance”... “Out-did the sparkling waves in glee”... bring pleasurable images to ones mind of our natural environment and in this case dancing daffodils.