In “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which is an abstract diction and has deeper meaning lying inside it, the poet gives us a beautiful image by explaining different views in the poem .However; we can see the beauty of his art by understanding the deeper philosophical meaning beneath the poem. The poet used personification, metaphors, symbolism, synecdoche and refrain to compare the cycle of nature with cycle of life. The main message of this poem tells us that with all the different effects that we cause to nature, eventually nature will dissolve us, our experiences and ideas and continue on its path. The Persona in this poem is the poet himself who gives us different images from a town and it’s sea shore .In the first line of the first stanza “The tide rises, the tide falls “(l.1), the poet is talking about a repeating cycle in nature. By paying close attention, we see that at the end of all three stanzas in this poem, Longfellow used refrain by repeating the same line.
And to fit everything into place, some twists on the characterswas made (which will be discussed in On the Characters ). An example would be Briseis who wasused to display the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon. She is also used to put into story whyhe changed his character in the near ending, like forgetting about the glory of war, letting theMyrmidons save themselves and sail home, and most important is the plotting of his death.Other differences could be accounted on the change of audience. The audience of Iliad(Homer's audience, the Acheans, etc.) and modern audience of the film is culturally miles apart.
However, the use of “widening gyre” and “tide” highlights a sense of foreboding, suggesting that history will make a reoccurrence and peace will never be restored because society will not learn from its mistakes. From a modern day reader it can be understood that Yeats’ prediction of history was correct as the Second World War began just shortly after the poet’s death. In The Second Coming Yeats creates images of disaster and catastrophe through words such as “anarchy” and “drowned”. The word “anarchy” could refer to the disorder and chaos that was once held back by civilization but as a result of World War One it has now been loosed into the world. Whilst the war had ended shortly before the publishing of the poem, the word “blood-dimmed” suggests that the tragedy of the First World War will never be completely forgotten as the memory of disaster will always
Coletti 1 Antonio Salvatore Coletti December 28, 2013 Interpretation of Poem Mr. Mellilo My Interpretation of "The Monologue for an Onion (Suji Kwok Kim) In the poem "The Monologue for an Onion," Kim utilizes that society breaks and tears at other and that it's something we as humans need to change, for what we seek to break will always stay as a union. The author uses rhetorical devices such as an anagnorisis "In media res" in a way that makes the antagonist, as doing more damage to itself more than the to person they're trying to break. The author must have intended for readers to learn a lesson from this poem: society needs to stop yearning for knowledge and getting to the core of things and maybe just transform that time into enjoyable
Contrapuntal lines were often reduced to single, relentless thoughts that often shocked audiences and created discomfort among musicians. One of the most shocking pieces of the Romantic period was Hector Berlioz in his "Symphonie Fantastique." In this work Berlioz deals with grotesque subject matter and at one point suggests the image of his beloved on a scaffolding about to be
The poem shifts from beauty in the first stanza, to words of positivity and hope for humanity in the first part of the second stanza, and finally to the complete loss of this hope and the revelation of the depressing truth about our society and humanity in general. In his choice of words, Arnold sues repetition to get his point across. In the
The lines “We think…we wish…we forget…then, we arrive…we turn away…we look [for a connection to what is now lost]…we miss” show how mislead ideas can cause people to yearn for what they think will bring satisfaction. What they once had somehow gets lost in translation and they find themselves regretfully yearning not for what could be but for what was. The author uses the Middle Eastern immigrants’ story to outline the all too familiar sequence of emotions that come with unfulfilled expectations. This combination of repetition and allegory make this poem accessible to many different people. It transcends the surface story to touch on a basic human
This is then applied to the movement of towns, cities and other populated areas. A shorter definition for urban sprawl is ‘the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighbouring regions’ Dictionary.com (2013). The main issues with urban sprawl can be seen in the definitions, it is ‘uncontrolled’ and it is ‘not likeable’. Cities spreading out has ‘broken out of bounds’ and they are ‘spreading all over’. The main issue is that the sprawl of cities is ‘taking too much space; and the result of all that free and unusual expansion is not beautiful’ Gottmann & Harper (1967).
The persona in ‘The Second Coming’ shows an acceptance of the imminent chaos which the poem envisages, highlighted by the anaphora and repetition at the opening of the second stanza, “surely some revelation is at hand;/Surely the Second Coming is at hand”. Short phrases illuminate the power of the persona, “things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” due to the knowledge they possess. Yet it is not an indifferent knowledge. The contrast between “mere anarchy” and “the ceremony of innocence” highlights the coming loss of order which the persona has knowledge of. Yeats uses sanguinary imagery, “the blood-dimmed tide”, to illustrate his concern with the increase in violence which
How far do you agree that ‘The play King Lear presents us with a bleak and cruel world and offers us no comfort at the end?’ Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ falls under Aristotle’s definition of tragedy, with the fact that the characters are royal, and therefore have an enormous amount to lose. Moreover, the destructive downfall of not only King Lear but most of the characters in the play is due to the fatal flaw of pride in the king. The embellished language in the play is mainly in verse, and coupled with the unusual language forms of The Fool and Edgar as ‘Poor Tom’, this further links the play with the traditional definition of tragedy. ‘This fellow has banished two on’s daughters and did the third a blessing against his will.’ Untangling the meaning on The Fool’s words can be difficult, but it is clear he is the voice of reason and wisdom whispering in Lear’s ear throughout the play. Despite all this negativity, it would be a great over-simplification to assume that the overall play ‘presents us with a bleak and cruel world and offers no comfort at the end’, though this is an easy assumption to make given the obvious bleakness that infects the play throughout.