Also the simile “like a silken knot,” the use of this simile is comparing her to something soft and fragile, therefore there is a theme of possessiveness and this shows that lower class women in the Elizabethan era were easily manipulated by higher class men. However, the “Lord” shows his commitment towards “Cousin Kate”. “I watched her walk along the lane,” in this quote the verb shows his concentration on Cousin Kate and implies that he is falling deeply in love with her at first sight. Therefore, there is a theme of falling in love at first sight not only in the poem “Cousin Kate” but also in Romeo and Juliet. In a dialogue with religious metaphors that figure Juliet as a Saint and Romeo as a pilgrim, he tries to convince Juliet to kiss her as it would be the only way in which Romeo can be free from
Compare how a relationship is presented in ‘The Manhunt’ and one other poem Relationships are the connections between people. In ‘The Manhunt’ Simon Armitage explores the relationship between a wife and her husband, an injured soldier who has returned from battle. In ‘Nettles’, the relationship is between a father and his young son who has fallen into a bed of stinging nettles. Both poets explore the compassion felt by the narrator of the poem for the other person in the relationship. In ‘The Manhunt’, the narrator’s compassion is for the mental anguish which her husband is obviously suffering and in ‘Nettles’ it is the father’s compassion for the physical wounds of his son.
“His actions show a character who insists the soul is real, but loves the gaping chasm between the beauty of his body and the corruption of his soul” [ (Wilde 105-123) ]. Because of these factors, Dorian Gray is a morally ambiguous character. When the reader first encounters Dorian, they discover that he has such virtue and purity about him that Hallward reveres him and craves to constantly paint him. By continuously telling Gray how handsome he is, Basil has made him believe that beauty is the most essential facet to life. Dorian begins to panic when Lord Henry tells him that he will not always be
In ‘Manhunt’, instead of using a cliché representation of a soldier (powerful and well-built), Armitage chooses to characterize the persona’s husband as weak and fragile, “the damaged, porcelain collar-bone”. “Porcelain” suggests that the solder’s character is assimilated to a vitreous, ceramic object which reiterates his fragility. The poet portrays the persona as caring and tender, “bind the struts” gives the reader a sense of delicacy and also suggesting the way in which she cares for him, both mentally and physically .The ambiguity represents the persona’s relationship, “I come close” suggests that her husband’s injury meant that she could finally get “close” to him; but also may have only just been able to “come close”. Similarly, Duffy uses metaphorical devices to convey the narrator’s pain. She uses western imagery to describe her relationship with her lover: “the old last chance saloon”.
The concept of the heart, physically and spiritually, plays a major role and significance in the story. Mrs. Mallard at the beginning and at the end of the story, is protected by her friends and family because of her weak heart. As stated at the beginning, “Knowing Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break her as gentle as possible with the news of her husband’s death.” So the only reason for the delivery of this delicate news with great care is none other than because she has a weak heart. Also at the end of the story, “Richard’s quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife,” was all in an attempt to protect her from her weak heart. As can be inferred, her heart is a major hindrance in their lives, and is constantly needing attention.
The pain, the separation, is personified. Images such as “these are my hands before your eyes” and “it is I who block your lover from you” stand out and give the poem more depth. The speaker in the second stanza is at first ambiguous. We don’t really know who is talking. We may at first visualize a person.
The Manhunt by Simon Armitage This poem is about a wife who is trying in vain to care for her husband who has been severely injured in war, and she is talking about his injuries. First off this type of poem is known as a ‘Laura’s Poem’, because it is written from the point of the wife, the use of ‘The’ in the title of the poem is a definite article, rather than just calling it ‘Manhunt’. The first and second stanza are suggestive of the story, the structure of the poem, is progressive, as each stanza is made up of two lines, a couplet. The progressive nature of the structure suggests that he is slowly coming to trust his wife to look after him, and she says ‘after the first phase, after passionate nights and intimate days’, this suggests that he has only just come back from the front line, and that she will still love him no matter what he looks like, as the poem uses strong metaphors to describe the injuries that he has injured. In the second stanza, she says ‘only then would he let me trace’, this tells the reader how sever his injuries are and how he is only now coming to trust her enough to look at his injuries, and she describes a ‘frozen river which ran through his face’.
Lovelace: To Lucasta Going to the Wars The poem To Lucasta, Going to the Wars is written by Richard Lovelace, a Royalist of the seventeenth century. In this poem, he writes to his love Lucasta, apologizing for leaving her to go to war. This is a lyric poem, meaning that it is meant to be sung and is usually subjective. I really like this poem, because it is a love poem but is realistic in the sense that the man is leaving his love to pursue a passion, because he needs adventure in his life. This poem shows a metaphor, comparing the war to a mistress.
and then "promised to never what?". It is an intriguing way of structuring the poem. "He'd beg her Returned & promised to never Beat her again" The story between the abusive husband and runaway wife in the poem is seen through the eyes and heard through the voice of their child. By writing the poem through the point of view of the child, you, as the reader, feel yourself caught in between the broken relationship in the same way the child is. This brings a different, yet genius, dimension to the poem.
I understand that he died when she was young, but if I was ever put into a situation where my father was doing something demeaning to my wellbeing, I would have to address it with him and could only “put it to rest” by physical confrontation. Plath is very much dissimilar to me. She can express how she feels through writing and poetry, where I need to physically confront my problems. I feel like the poem “Daddy” is another pseudo resolution that Plath has for dealing with her issues. You can see a similar approach in her novel “The Bell Jar.” Even though the characters in her books and poems overcome and conquer their “enemies,” Plath doesn’t appear to have actually moved on.