Analysis Of All That Time By May Swenson

LITERACY EXPLICATION.
Analysis of how the poet (May Swenson) uses poetic elements in the poem ‘ALL THAT TIME’.
1. Personification.
This is a figure of speech which takes on animals, ideas, abstractions and inanimate objects with human form, character or sensibilities. It is representing imaginary creatures or things as having human personalities, intelligence and emotions.
In the poem ‘ALL THAT TIME’, in stanza one the poet has given the trees the human character of embracing each other and leaning on each other. The poet also describes one of the trees upright one which is also a human characteristic. In the second stanza the poet describes the tree as thin, dry and insecure. Insecurity is a human nature that has been used to describe a

In the first stanza, first line; I saw two trees embracing, this means that there is a couple that is in love. In the second and third line we see that the male is weaker “one leaned on the other, as if to throw her down” and in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh line we notice that the female has the strength, willpower and is dominating.
In the second stanza, line one, two and three we see that the female being dominant makes the male feel broken and intimidated. In line four “the most wind-warped, you could see”, hear we see that there is a major problem between the two.
In line five and six, the male feels so down and intimidated and could not do anything.
In the third stanza, in line one to four we see that the male tries to change the present state but it does not seem to bear fruit. In line six and seven the female is still dominating the male. In the fourth stanza, line one to three the female has an upper hand in this relationship. In line four to seven the male feels uplifted by the deeds of the female and chooses to change himself for the

5. Symbolism.
This is the act of using an object or word to represent and abstract idea.
In the first stanza, “one leaned on the other as if to throw her down” symbolism has been used to show the intensity of the embrace between the two.
In stanza two, “and finally almost uprooted him” symbolism has been used to show how much the female dominates in this relationship. “He was thin, dry, insecure one” this symbolized that the male did not have much power nor say in the relationship.
In stanza three, “break her, or at least make her bend” symbolism has been used to show that the male is trying to gain some power of his own in the relationship by trying to lower lower the guard of the female.
In stanza five, “at the top they looked like one tree” this symbolizes that in the end they still remain as one after solving all their problems.
In stanza six, “when the wind blew, you could hear them rubbing on each other” symbolism has been use here to show that every time the two had a problem in their relationship you could hear them quarrel but in the end they would mend their relationship once the wind