In "A Barred Owl", the speaker uses words like "domesticate" when discussing terror, to bring the happenings of the poem closer to the reader's idea of home. Wilbur's writing is much more grotesque and uncut than Collins', in that his diction emphasizes phrases like, "eaten raw" (12), and "her darkened room" (2). In contrast, the diction in "The History Teacher" is centered around innocence and hope, creating a sense of security in the history teacher's lies. "took place in a garden" (11), and "white picket fences" (18), emphasize the speaker's sense of homely-ness and hope in
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.
Darkness In the book Beautiful Darkness, authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stoni say, “It’s not easy to be Light when you’ve been Dark. It’s almost too much to ask anyone.” Once a person has been exposed to darkness, it is difficult to go into the light. The darkness is compelling to people, despite the negative effects of it. For example, in The Devil in the White City and In Cold Blood, authors Erik Larson and Truman Capote demonstrate the idea that man is compelled to the darkness. In both of the books, setting and characterization is used to show the attractive nature of darkness.
A Critical Response: “To a Mouse” in Comparison to Of Mice and Men The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck was derived from a line the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. Burns’ poem and Steinbeck’s book have many similarities, but they also have differences. One might wonder how a book about two men in the 1930s was derived by a poem about a field mouse whose home had been destroyed. Though that is the apparent summarization of Burns’ poem, it also has a deeper meaning – one that is not as apparent. The poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns is obviously about a man talking to a field mouse whose nest he has just destroyed with a plow.
He wants the raven to deliver Lenore to him or show him to her, but the raven only mocks him seems like and shows’ him how no one waits for you after death, you are all by yourself. The tone of the poem seems very depressing and melancholy. Death is very melancholy when experienced by anyone, especially a lover such as Edgar Allen Poe wife. Words like darkness, sorrow, sad, farewell and flirt represents death and love. This poem uses a lot of literary devices, such as alliteration, assonance and internal rhyme.
Scout says of the finished snowman, “It’s lovely, Jem, it looks almost like he’d talk to you.” (89) Earlier, Jem who called the snowman a Negro snowman is now calling it beautiful when it is covered with the white outside, the snow. Later, Atticus “squinted at the snowman a while. He grinned then laughed.” (90) Atticus, appreciated Jem and Scout’s work on the snowman, he didn’t care whether it was black or white because he wasn’t racist. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the snowman is an important symbol discussed. First while constructing the snowman Jem and Scout put dirt in the middle to make up for the lack of snow.
‘To a mouse’ by Robert Burns is a powerfull poem in which Burns portrays the themes of vulnerability and poverty through the up rooting of an inocint field mouse. Burns cleverly uses this seemingly unimportant incedent to convey the social situations faced by poor people and also by Burns himself. This hidden meaning, conveyed by Burns helps show the struggle and and heart aike faced by the poor which inturn helps the reader to appreciate the text as whole and directly contributes to the success of the poem. Burns opens the peom with the introduction of the mouse as a vulnerable creature. The description of the mouse shows clearly how scare and helpless it is as it is a , ‘Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’ rous beastie’ Burns’ word choice
Thus, if we do not facilitate our active participation in experiences, we will be threatened by the land. This indicates that the only way in which we can gain knowledge is through our experiences and these experiences allow us to be welcomed by the landscape. ‘One Night the Moon’ expresses the importance of both positive and negative experiences on lifestyle and wellbeing of humans. Albert is experienced within the landscape, being able to notice small changes in the environment. When tracking Emily, he discovers a fine strand of hair in a tree, literally finding the needle in the outback haystack.
The cartoon “Scenic Drive” by R.Cobb also exceedingly explores distinctive experiences in nature. We first gain the idea of nature in “Nesting Time” at the very beginning of the poem with the quote “Charming utterly disarming little bird” L2.Stewart describes the bird in behavioural terms and with the lack of commas used in the quote emphasizes the impression the bird has already left on the man and his daughter. The opening lines of “The Moths” which is “Such a blaze of snow, such a smoke of sleet, such a fume of moths in the air” however makes use of a recurring language pattern by the repetition of the phrase “Such a” to effectively illustrate the ‘snow’ and ‘sleet’ and as well as ‘fume of moths’ as it helps to capture the visual characteristics and features of nature. We gain an image of the shades of colour of the moths ‘snow-white’ as they blurring move and flicker in the light, moving as one massive unit through the air. Stewart brilliantly demonstrates the moths movements as the mass of moths move like a ‘wind’, assuming the colour of ‘dusk’ and enveloping the foliage and blossoms.
The poem’s theme appears to be about unrequited love and a man wooing his “coy mistress” to sleep with him, but this poem does has a deeper meaning, which is really impressive and therefore is striking. The theme of mortality is highlighted in this poem through word choice and by using imagery which reinforces the idea of death. Words relating to death such as “ ashes” and “grave” are used to emphasise the lack of time that we have and the stark contrast between the slow, idyllic first stanza and the sped up, heavier second stanza shows the difference between the idealistic eternity and the reality that we are all mortal and have to die at some point. Another deeper theme introduced is the idea of “carpe diem” which is shown through the lustier language in the poem, word choice such as “time devour”, and also through the quickened pace of the second stanza. The speaker is not simply asking the “coy mistress” to sleep with him, what he is saying is if there was all the time in the world then life would be ideal but there is not so they have to live for the moment.