Cataract Operation
Title
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The title refers to the removal of a dull film from the eyes. This is
a poem about sight and awareness.
Structure
Another poem of twenty lines, being made up of ten couplets. Again the
poet plays with rhyme as in the pun "hens" and "lens".
Language
The poem is rife with cliché, metaphor and puns. The poem starts with
a very distinctive simile:
"The sun comes like a head
through last night's turtleneck."
This not only gives the reader a comical image of the sun coming up
but links this time of day with waking up and hurrying to dress up in
yesterday's clothes. By changing everyday ordinary things into
extraordinary images, the poet creates a vivid picture and a sense of
movement. He does this through his choice of words, his use of
colloquial expressions and his use of metaphor. Notice how he
describes the pigeon. The expression "turns tail" is particularly
effective because it suggests that the pigeon is turning and "taking
flight", all in one quick movement. Comparing the tail to a magician
fanning out a pack of cards also works well because it expresses the
magic of a brief moment when the pigeon opens out its tail feathers.
The theatrical metaphor is continued with "a pantomime of damp,
forgotten washing" which now plays out the entertainment, where these
ordinary things are transformed. So, as the wind stirs the washing,
the poet imagines a bull fight enacted with the crimson towel, a
can-can danced by the fluttering ra-ra skirt, the mischievous
behaviour of the shirt, which flaps animatedly in the wind pegged only
by its sleeve, waving of a handkerchief like an informal goodbye, and
imagines a parade of hens are a company of soldiers strutting round
the courtyard. Parts of the pictures are real and some are imagined.
The poem can be compared to a magic eye picture. If it is studied for
long enough, the picture changes and hidden images emerge.
There are multiple examples of visual imagery in this poem. An example of a simile is “curled like a possum within the hollow trunk”. The effect this has is the way it creates an image for the reader to see how the man is sleeping. An example of personification is, “yet both belonged to the bush, and now are one”. The result this has is how it creates an emotion for the reader to feel
First of alll, the poem is divided into nine stanzas, where each one has four lines. In addition to that, one can spot a few enjambements for instance (l.9-10). This stylistic device has the function to support the flow of the poem. Furthermore, it is crucial to take a look at the choice of words, when analysing the language.
Images: Did the poet create strong images? What could you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel?
In the first two lines of the poem the speaker established his or her tone, and justifies why poet 's write in such gloomy manner. The first two lines of the poem asks, "Isn 't the moon dark too, most of the time?" (line 1-2). This question prepares the readers to expect an argument to come from
examining a mere three lines the reader already has a strong grasp of the poem's
Treatment methods include enucleation, external beam radiation, and chemo reduction. Enucleation, the most common process, is simply the removal of the eye.
based on the theme of the poems and look at how the poets used form
If you have cataracts, you may need surgery at some point in the future. Cataracts grow at different rates, and yours might not need surgery for years. On the other hand, if your cataracts grow quickly and interfere with your vision, then having them removed is the best thing to do. The procedure is fairly simple and quick. It's done as an outpatient at an eye surgery center. Here's a look at how the surgery can help and how it's done.
At the start of the poem there is a strong sense of image, which helps
The poem works on a very personal level - it is based on the authentic
The poem is about the speaker's description about his beloved through comparing and contrasting some images in nature such as "sun" (line 1), "coral" (line 2), "snow" (line 3), "roses" (line 5) and many more. Through describing a sequence of vivid and mental imageries in contrast to the beloved' physical attributes, the readers will have a clear picture of what the beloved looks like. The conflict of the poem is generally maneuvered by the tone of the speaker - the vulgarity and the mockery in his descriptions of his beloved accounts for the tension that is present in the quatrains.
This poem does contain a certain amount of poetic effect but if you were a listener it wouldn’t be obvious. Nevertheless there is a certain structure which is kept to through the poem.
Laser eye surgery is also referred to as laser corneal sculpting. It’s actually a medical procedure that normally makes use of a laser in order to reshape the surface of the eye. The main aim of undertaking this kind of surgery is to improve or actually correct hypermetropia(long sightedness),myopia(short-sightedness) and astigmatism(uneven curvature of the eye’s surface).Those individuals who undergo laser eye surgery still need to wear glasses or contact glasses regardless of the fact that their natural eye sight will have improved to greater extent.
will look at different parts of the poem such as how it is written and
However, to understand fully the poem and its implications, a formal close reading of th