A Parental Ode to My Son Poem Analysis
Aparental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months The poem ‘Aparental Ode to My Son’ tells us of the poet’s son who is 3 years and five months. The poem is split into 6 stanzas, with around 10 lines in each stanza. The poet uses irregular rhyme throughout it. The tone of the poem is cheerful and happy as the poet is talking about his son. The poem tells us how about his son, by using words like ‘happy elf’, ‘feather-light’, ‘light’ ‘elfin John’ tells us that the child is very small and delicate. The poem tells us that the child is very playful and adventurous by using phrases like ‘Fit playfellow for Fays, by moonlight pale’ the poet is trying to say that his son is a fit playmate for a fairy or elf as they seem to be adventurous and cheerful. The last part ‘by moonlight pale’ could mean that his son is bursting with energy and can play all day till night time when the moon is out. The poem also suggests that the poet’s son is mischievous but also innocent by using phrases like ‘Thou imp of mirth and joy!’ which suggests the writer is saying his son is a mischievous child of laughter and joy. The phrase ‘untouched by sorrow and unsoiled by sin’ suggests that the child is innocent and has no sin as it is only a small child. ‘Thou cherub but of earth’ also tells us that the child is innocent and sweet. The poem also uses
The Sun Has Long Been Set
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo's sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky. Who would "go parading" In London, "and masquerading," On such a night of June With that beautiful soft half-moon, And all these innocent blisses? On such a night as this is! The above poem is "The sun has long been set," written by William Wordsworth, the great poet of the early 19th century or the Romantic age. The poem reflects the concept of Romanticism in several ways. First of all, it is important to account for the definition of the term "Romanticism." There seems to be about as many definitions of Romanticism as its definers. A return to nature, a return to the Middle Age, the Renaissance of wonder, liberalism in literature, emotion placed above reason, escape from actuality and so on. Since the previous age was the neoclassical period, which placed a high value upon reason and regulations. The Romantic Age emphasized the significance of intuition and emotions; therefore, it is possible to say that individualism is the keyword to understand the ideas of Romantic writers. Being one of the individualists, it is difficult to point up the specific
How the narrator is portrayed in Christina Rossetti's Sister Maude
In "Sister Maude" poem the narrator seems to be having an affair with her lover, she starts the poem with two similar questions "Who told my mother of my shame?" as the poet was in Victorian times , what she did we would call him a scandal at this time. it seems that she is a bit ashamed in front of her mother knowledge of whatever she did that she didn't mention in the poem , it also shows that her mum is strict and she really care about the family reputation unlike he father that seems to be not really bothered "who told my father of my dear?" which shows that her dad is reliable man , and she answers herself "oh but Maude" which is telling us that her sister is actually the one who told her mother and father about the affair she was having with her lover . She reveals it's her sister. As shown in the poem the narrator seems to hate her sister very much "who lurked with spy and peer" it's a connotations of slyness and jealous. I think it's a really evil relationship between the two sisters. Then she starts to describe the dead body of the lover "cold he lies, as cold as stone" it's a connotations of his death, it's a simile to show her comparison of his corpse to something hard and tough like ice. "C" sound is sharp to give the sense of touch and to show that the corpse is stabled."With his clotted curls" she uses alliteration to give the sign of beauty of his face, she
In act one of 'An Inspector calls' how does J B Priestley use dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas
In act one, how does Priestly use dramatic devices to convey his ideas to the audience, as well as interest and involve them in the play? Priestly uses dramatic devices in act one to manipulate the audience's ideas about the two different groups of people 'Socialists' and 'Capitalists'. The play itself could be considered a dramatic device itself, to convey a political message. The lighting of the scene is a very significant factor in conveying the ideas of Priestly. This is clearly mentioned in the stage direction 'The lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder'. I think the use of the lighting shows the personality of the Inspector which is a tough character, and that he will not tolerate any nonsense. This proves that the mood of the family is happy and friendly at first, then as soon as the inspector arrives the lighting changes to 'brighter and harder light'. This gives the impression that they are going to be interrogated and that the truth will be revealed. We acknowledge from the beginning that Priestly wants us to continuously suspect that a mystery is about to appear, reinforced by the 'who dunnit' nature of the plot. Priestly informs us that the family us happy at first and celebrating Gerald's and Sheila's engagement. In order for Priestly to show us that 'Capitalists' prefer to show off, and not
Poem Rising Five
TOMORROW IS DEAD Rising Five is a poem written by an English poet called Norman Nicholson. The poet wants to emphasize how life passes so promptly without us even taking notice. He portrays very evidently the life cycle since when we are born until after death. The poem makes clear that children have a different perception about life compared to adults. Adults don't want time to pass because they don't want to age whilst children can't wait to grow up to be able to do what they crave in their life. Through this, Norman Nicholson manages to make comprehensible to the reader that people are never really satisfied with what they have, it will never be enough. Whenever they have something, they are already wishing something else thus they are constantly looking ahead, to the future and in consequence are dead because they don't spend a moment to be grateful for what is around them, the present. The poet has been able to convey his concern of people not living the present through the use of metaphors, symbolism, presenting imageries, using alliteration and comparison. The poem presents a lot of metaphors between nature and the human being. It shows how the human life cycle is not so different from a plant's cycle. First the plant is a bud; is a newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded, the human just a baby; a small creature, still a new-born, with no power at all
Discuss the opening of Paradise Lost, Book 1, commenting on the style, the focus on Satan and explaining Milton(TM)s stated purpose in writing Paradise Lost.
Discuss the opening of Paradise Lost, Book 1, commenting on the style, the focus on Satan and explaining Milton's stated purpose in writing Paradise Lost. The opening of Paradise Lost begins in a similar style to the classic epic, In Medias Res - in the middle of things. By doing this, Milton not only catches the attention of the audience, but also introduces the key character of the first book, Satan. The style that Milton has used in paradise lost, free verse, was highly undesired at the time it was first published. Many writers of the same period would have used rhyme or rhyming couplets in their poems or stories, whereas Milton chose instead to ignore this as he felt that the focus would be more on the rhyming couplets rather than on the actual subject. Also, Milton wanted the same recognition as the classic epics, which did not use rhyme, hence why he did not. Milton does, however, use iambic pentameter (the 'heroic verse') and repetition to create a sense of rhythm within paradise lost. Milton often repeats an idea 3 times, in order to emphasis its importance. For instance, in lines 64 and 65, Milton uses the words "woe", "sorrow" and "doleful" to show the audience how awful Satan's situation is after felling into Chaos. Milton also makes use of inversions, which means that he phrased words in a certain order to give key positions to key points and ideas. He
Poem Commentary: To An Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman
POEM COMMENTARY The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields were glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's. A.E. Housman The setting of the poem is the funeral of a young champion runner. In the poem, the glory and fame the athlete had received and how he had died like a true athlete at the pinnacle of his grandeur and eminence were depicted by uses of irony, satirical phrases and symbolical expressions. In the first two stanzas, it is reflected that the athlete was lucky to have died in the
Christine Rosetti. Comparing the Poets Views of Love in Sonnet 29 and Sonnet 43
Comparing the Poets' views of love in Sonnet 29 and Sonnet 43 Sonnets 43 and 29 are written by two women whose experiences in life have led to them having extremely different beliefs about love, and different attitudes towards it and how the concept of love has affected them personally. Sonnet 29 is written by a poet to whom love has only brought pain, and it has a tone of sorrow as she repeats the phrase 'pity me not...' The things for which we should not pity her which she lists are all natural occurrences, like 'At close of day no longer walks the sky', i.e., night follows day, and the sun rises and sets. She goes on to describe other things which have a cycle, like the 'waning of the moon' and the ebbing tide, and then says 'nor that a man's desire is hushed so soon', which gives us the idea that this too is an unconditional, natural and inevitable occurrence which will happen no matter what she does or how she feels. What the poet does want us to pity her for is her struggle to come to terms with the fact that she never learns from her heartbreak, and although her mind is fully aware that the man she is addressing no longer loves her - 'You no longer look with love on me. This I have known always.' - her heart refuses to stop loving him and stop entering the continuous cycle of heartbreak that traps her. Her comparison between a man's love and his desire suggests that
Analysis of "The Highwayman" written by Alfred Noyes
CRITICAL ESSAY “THE HIGHWAYMAN” The title of the poem is called The Highwayman written by Alfred Noyes. This poem is set in the past during the time of King George. The main characters in this poem are The Highwayman and Bess The plot of this poem is about two lovers who encounter and meet death in unfortunate and unforeseen events. These events are triggered by a character called Tim the ostler depicted by the poet as an extremely jealous and stupid lover of Bess. The two lovers risk their lives for each other. This poem is a tragic tale of love, jealousy and bravery. The poet uses a number of techniques to create action, drama, passion and tension. In the first stanza the poet focuses on setting the scene with particular attention given to the mood and atmosphere creating both action and tension. Firstly, he uses ‘metaphors’ to do this such as, ‘torrent of darkness’, ‘ghostly galleon’ and ‘ribbon of moonlight’ to help create a vivid image of mystery,’ coldness and death. The poet creates the connectedness between atmosphere and mood with the horrid deaths of The Highwayman and Bess. This is evident as further on in the poem, “… death at every window”, suggests that there was no hope for Bess. Instead, she would have to sacrifice her life in order to save her lover. This is further reinforced by “and hell at one dark window”, further
Walter De La Mare The Keys of morning Commentary draft
Walter De La Mare Commentary Draft: The Keys Of Morning “The Keys Of Morning” is a very mysterious and allegorical poem. In this poem every other line rhymes. In the first stanza there is alliteration: “Little Louisa lonely sat”. This sentence emphasises the words little and lonely so that it is obvious that Louisa is little and lonely. The first stanza is about how Louisa while doing school work looks out the window and sees death watching her in the sunshine. In this poem Walter De La Mare personifies death. We know this, because the poem says “and saw death softly watching her”. Death is not a person therefore it cannot watch people. Also in this verse there is juxtaposition “Death softly watching her in the sunshine pale and sweet”. It is strange to put death and sunshine together as death is frequently associated with darkness. Also De La Mare writes that the sunshine is pale and sweet. However the sun cannot be sweet. Therefore it is a metaphor. The second stanza is a description of death and the keys he is holding. “He sat with half-shut eyes like an old sailor in a ship”. This is a simile. In this verse De La Mare writes “These peeping small, Louisa saw quite clearly”. In this line he