The poet uses old language in the vampire. An example is woebegotten and the effect is to make it seem really old. The poet uses sibilance in this poem and it is sombre city. The poet also uses plosive alliteration. An example is: prepared to take no pity upon his hapless pray. The use of connectives is used very well and some examples are and, then, etc which gives the poem pace. The poet uses gorily descriptive adjectives, not just simple adjectives which is quite good because this poem is about blood which links to gory. The poet also uses repetition and the evidence from the poem is blood and silent. The effect of this is to make that word stick in the reader’s head.
The poet also uses old language in the listeners. An example is spake and the effect is to make it seem really old. The poet uses alliteration and it is forest’s ferny floor. This describes the traveller is leaving and the last verse are the listeners hearing. The poet also uses repetition and the evidence from the poem is: Is there anybody there? This shows that he is really anxious to see if anybody is in the house as he has repeatedly said the question. In this poem there is also personification and an example is “Hearkening in an air stirr’d and shaken.” It makes it that there is surely somebody listening in the house but didn’t reply.
The language in these two poems are similar. They both have old language. They both have alliteration/plosive alliteration. Also they both also have repetition. They are also different. In the listeners there is personification but in the vampire there isn’t. The vampire uses connectives whereas the listeners doesn’t.
The poet uses powerful words in the vampire to make you create an image in your head about it. The poet uses sensory detail. An example is “With fangs agleam, he hovers and with those fangs bites deep”
This makes you see an image of the vampire biting his victim and the blood pouring out. The poet uses metaphors and an example is “pools of fire.” His eyes are not really pools of fire. The poet is just trying to exaggerate it which he does very well.
The poet uses sensory detail in the listeners and evidence from the poem is “And the sound of iron on stone. This makes you hear the sound of iron on stone in your head. Personification is used in the poem and an example is “Hearkening in an air stirr’d and shaken.” It makes you imagine a picture in your head of you standing outside alone listening to the air which would make you feel scared.
There is a small contrast in the imagery in these two poems. Even though they both have sensory detail the sensory detail is different. In the vampire the sensory detail is touch but in the listeners the sensory detail is sound. When you imagine something in the vampire it is more blood and gory whereas when you imagine something in the listeners it is about standing alone in the dark but both of them make you feel scared.
The poet uses a lot of symbolism in the vampire. Some examples are fire, white and covers. Fire is thought to be anger, evil and hell. White is cold and covers is soft and protection. Some other examples are blood and burn. Blood is pain and evil and burn is hell and passion.
There is some symbolism in the listeners. Some examples are grey, ferny and stone. Grey is thought be dark and gloomy. Ferny is prickly and pain and stone is hard and unbreakable.
Both of these poems have a fair amount of symbolism. The symbolism in the vampire is more to do with hell, anger and evil while the symbolism in the listeners is more to do with darkness of the night.
Below is the meaning and mood of the vampire.
In the introduction of the vampire the setting is dark and gloomy and it is silent at night. There is a tomb and there is a scary cliff hanger ending.
The vampire is a legendary creature, evil and drinks victim’s blood. He drinks until full, ruthless, clearly terrifying and lives in a tomb.
This creates a scary and suspense mood. The effect of this is to make the reader wait in suspense and make the reader scared.
Below is the meaning and mood of the listeners.
In the introduction of the vampire the setting is dark and set in the night and gives you the feeling that you are alone.
The person is angry because he keeps banging on the door and nobody is answering.
This creates a mood of fear. The effect of this is to scare the readers.
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