In ‘The Manhunt’ the narrator’s compassion is for the mental anguish which the husband is obviously suffering. In ‘Nettles’ it is the father’s compassion for his son’s physical wounds. Both poets use unusual imagery to present the writer’s family member as needing protection. In ‘The Manhunt’ instead of the obvious representation of a solider as strong and powerful. Laura’s husband is likened to fine precious china, ‘delicate porcelain collar bone’.
It shows what a poor and miserable life Phil shared with his family. This sense of pity is illustrated through Goodman’s specifically worded phrases such as when Phil’s “dearly beloved” eldest son asks his neighbors what his father was like and the “embarrassment” it caused. When Phil’s daughter “has nothing to say” to each other, and how his third son “only board here.” Phil’s consumption of his work overshadowed the love of his family and friends.
Besides, the tone of the other poem “Seed-Merchant’s Son” is also anger at the beginning. The man in the poem has lost "His dear, his loved, his only one" (Poem B, line2) which accentuates the notion that the man has love for his only child, and is angry for that the child was dead in the war. This poem emphasizes and builds up an angry tone by
The Melancholy and Pessimism in Housman's Poems A.E. Housman was a human figure whose life and career were often moving as well as extraordinary. The melancholy and pessimism in Housman's poems capture the attention of readers and is perhaps the reason why his poetry is still read and studied today. Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and poet, was born in Fockbury in the country of Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. His poems are variations on the themes of the regrets and frustrations of young men, especially soldiers.
A poem which I have recently read is “Mid–term Break” by Seamus Heany. This poem told the story of someone’s death, which made the poem very sad to read. The poet showed the sadness using various techniques. The poem begins with the poet in the medical room of his boarding school, awaiting his neighbors to arrive to take him home. When he arrives home he sees his father is crying.There are also some friends and relatives in the house and he feels uncomfortable and a little embarrassed because grown men are shaking his hand.
The Poem "My Father's Love Letters" is written by Yusef Komunyakaa. It is written from the point of view of a child who is writing a letter to his runaway mother on behalf of his illiterate, abusive father. Komunyakaa uses plenty of strong images and power words. There is no rhyme scheme. However, each line's first word starts with a capital letter which signifies how the father is "Lost between sentences…"; the droughts between each thought is symbolized by each line structured as a completely new sentence, even if the sentence before or after connects in meaning.
In the first part of the poem, the line: “Some of us were so desperate for a drink, that we broke into the ship’s infirmary”, proved how the persona is longing for a drink and will do anything to get it. It further explains that the persona is someone who is eager to get what he wants. The persona’s identity of being a family man is also expressed in the lines, “Happier than the days our kids were born” and “He was her only brother, and I’m her husband.” The one talking in the poem is the type of man, who is uneasy with funerals and the line, “Neither of us could stand wakes. We’d both seen enough bodies in the war to last a lifetime” proved this. The persona’s identity stated beforehand proved how he is a man of so much to handle in life.
‘weep!” (3), shows the agony of the child who’s not even old enough to pronounce the term“sweep”. The child states, “so your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep” (4). The use of the “s” sounds hint towards the childs sadness at what life has brought him.Nevertheless, the child tries to make the best out of his situation & help others like “little Tom Dacre” and accept their situation, Tom cried at the loss of his innocence, but the child convinces him that it’s better that way because then, the “soot cannot spoil your white hair” (8). This means that the impurity & disgrace of his position can no longer touch him or hurt him. This nature is unusual for a child, but was produced because society pushed the child to mature into becoming an adult before he was even a child.In the poem an Angel tells Tom that if he is righteous and acts with the goodness of his heart then God will be his father and he would never wish for joy because he will forever have it.
The Poem "My Father's Love Letters" is written by Yusef Komunyakaa. It is written from the point of view of a child who is writing a letter to his runaway mother on behalf of his illiterate, abusive father. Komunyakaa uses plenty of strong images and power words. There is no rhyme scheme. However, each line's first word starts with a capital letter which signifies how the father is "Lost between sentences…"; the droughts between each thought is symbolized by each line structured as a completely new sentence, even if the sentence before or after connects in meaning.
However this also reminds us that life is always ticking away, just like the clocks. This is similar to the reference to time in “A Call”. As Heaney waits for his father we are given a detailed description of this man, through the use of a metaphor comparing them to the weeds he feels “rueful” at having to destroy. The weeds are described as “frail”, like Heaney’s father himself in old age. It is this clever use of language that allows us to visualise Heaney’s father.