Line 10 shows the ‘flood’ which is a biblical reference showing that he will love her even before this point. On line 23-25 it shows how she will get old very quick and that you should make the most of your life, because one day it will be forgotten and your beauty will have faded. On lines 28-29 there are stops before the end, this is the poet trying to slow down the poem and also to get the most out of the next line, by having that stop it creates a better read for the next lines as they are important lines for the poem and they are used to show the full effect of that line. On the third section the word ‘now’ is used, this word is always very strong is very effective in the poem to get through to the woman. Lines 33-36 show that they should ‘seize’ the day and act now, the poet tries to show that time is running out fast and that you should act now before it is too late. The simile ‘skin like morning dew’ shows a compliment to her, these compliments are used throughout the poem to persuade the woman. Time is showed as negative on line 44 as it says ‘throughout the iron gates of life’ this shows that time is like a prison and nothing is good about life, it is so simple.
To the virgins, make much of time Is very much like to ‘his coy mistress’ because it shows the passing of time in a person and if you do not use the time and beauty you are given then one day it will all be gone and you will have missed your chance. In this poem the poet uses ‘ye’ to make the poem seem more direct in the tone, as it targets out a person, this is a very useful word for the writer in the play and helps get the tone just right. Herrick uses ‘rosebud’ as a metaphor of youth because a rosebud may bloom and look beautiful but one day it will die out and will not look beautiful anymore, that beauty will never come back to that plant and neither will it to you. The first word for this poem is ‘gather which is a command word and tells someone to do something in this case gather this sets up a tone which is followed in the poem. ‘Time’ is personified on the second line by saying that time is still going, the poets are trying to communicate different points through their personification of time.
On lines 9-10 the poet shows youth by saying ‘that age is best which is the first, when youth and blood are warmer’ saying that life is better when you are younger and more active, it then goes on to say ‘but being spent, the worse , and worst times succeed the former’ this expresses old age by saying the youth will outlive the older. The words ‘worst’ and ‘worse’ are used on line 11-12 as a technique to slow down the poem which is very clever of the poet, so that the reader can get the most out of the poem and the right effect, they are also words to compare and contrast the poem.
‘Ozymandias’ is a sonnet about a creature who once owned the lands before he died, he ruled over a lot of people. But he could never outlive time and he is now forgotten and only his shattered visage remains. I think S Shelly is trying to make a point in this poem by saying that time will catch up on any life, and you may have it all but one day time will take all that away from you and you will be dead. This shows satirising about dictators or people who may rule just like ‘Ozymandias’ and shows that it will all be over and you will be forgotten in the end. The person who describes the statue is the traveller as he is shown to have seen the statue and the pedestal on which the words appeared. The dramatic Pause on line 3 creates tension of what is to come. The poet uses alliteration on line 4 to describe the things in which the traveller is seeing which adds effect to the poem. Time is represented by sound and nature which outlives human beings, it doesn’t matter how great you are, and time will beat you. The broken statue symbolises not greatness but ‘Ozymandias’ unimportance. The ‘sneer’ and the ‘frown’ still remain this is ironic because he would have had that when he was alive and the tyrants evil still shows on him.
The poem I found most appealing was ‘Ozymandias’ as it had a hard hitting moral in the poem, this moral was that time beats any human and you may have it all, but one day you will die and have nothing. The language in the poem is clever and the alliterations are used to a lot of effect. The tone of the poem is quite fast I thought and the description was fantastic as I had a real good picture in my head. The name ‘Ozymandias’ is very mysterious and exciting; the word itself stands out as something you would like to read about or find out about it. The poet must have thought a lot about this poem and what purpose it would have on people who read it.
