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The poem “My Son, My Executioner” speaks of realizations a young father has when he has his first child. It emphasizes how life as it was before, is over. He is not immortal like he believed and he is now an adult. The first line, “My son, my executioner” is representing the newborn son as an executioner ending the life that this young parent had before. The parents who are young and used to have a care free life are now having to revolve their lives completely around caring for this child. The father sees his son as being the executioner of his previous care free life. The next couple of lines tell of how the father holds this tiny new life in his hands and warms the child with his own body. This symbolizes the protection he will give his
Stanza three again shows doubtfulness about the mother’s love. We see how the mother locks her child in because she fears the modern world. She sees the world as dangers and especially fears men. Her fear of men is emphasized by the italics used. In the final line of the stanza, the mother puts her son on a plastic pot. This is somewhat symbolic of the consumeristic society i.e. manufactured and cheap.
Edgar Allan Poe's view on poetry is that all poems must be a "rhythmical creation of beauty". In his eyes, melancholy and sadness is beautful. He thinks that the death of a young beautiful woman is itself full of beauty. In both "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven", Poe writes about this so-called beauty.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote many of great poems and articles during his life. He is considered one of the best poets of all time. Thankfully, readers are able to read Poe’s poems and understand his life of through his writing. There are many different versions and thoughts as to what Poe is saying in these poems and short stories. We all have our own opinion and read his work differently. My opinion of one of Poe’s writing is about his poem “A Dream”. Poe writes this poem to share his dreams of dying and whether or not he believes in Jesus and follows Jesus religiously.
The poem is written in the father’s point of view; this gives insight of the father’s character and
As Edgar Allan Poe once stated, “I would define, in brief the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.” The two poems, “Birthday,” and “The Secret Life of Books” use different diction, theme, and perspective to give them a unique identity. Each author uses different literary devices to portray a different meaning.
While reading the poem the reader can imply that the father provides for his wife and son, but deals with the stress of having to work hard in a bad way. He may do what it takes to make sure his family is stable, but while doing so he is getting drunk and beating his son. For example, in lines 1 and 2, “The whisky on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy” symbolizes how much the father was drinking. He was drinking so much, the scent was too much to take. Lines 7 and 8, “My mother’s countenance, Could not unfrown itself.” This helps the reader understand the mother’s perspective on things. She is unhappy seeing what is going on which is why she is frowning. Although she never says anything it can be implied that because of the fact that the mother never speaks up just shows how scared she could be of her drunk husband. Lines 9 and 10, “The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle”, with this line the reader is able to see using imagery that the father is a hard worker because as said above his knuckle was battered. The reader can also take this in a different direction by saying that his hand was battered from beating his child as well. Lastly, lines 13 and 14, “You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt” As well as the quote above this quote shows that the father was beating his child with his dirty hand from all the work the father has
248 “ I will not send you into the darkness alone.” This line by the father shows that if he loses his boy that he will go with him (die with him). It’s very depressing we see that the child is very sick and usually if you’re this sick in a world like this you will die. However, he makes a miraculous recovery; I guess this was to let the reader think that the boy was going to die. We also get heartfelt moments of the father taking care of his son, even though the father is also not well at all.
Form and meaning are what readers need to analyze to understand the poem that they are evaluating. In “Mother to Son”, his form of writing that is used frequently, is free verse. There is no set “form”, but he gets his point across in a very dramatic way. The poem is told by a mother who is trying to let her son know that in her life, she too has gone through many frustrations just like what her son is going through. The tone of this poem is very dramatic and tense because she illustrates the hardships that she had to go through in order to get where she is today. She explains that the hardships that she has gone through in her life have helped her become the person that she has come to be. Instead of Hughes being ironic, like he does in some of his poems, he is giving the reader true background on the mother’s life. By introducing the background, this helps get his point across to the reader in a very effective way. In this poem there are many key words which help portray the struggles that the mother is trying to express to her son. The poem is conveyed in a very “down to earth” manner. An example of this is, “Life for me ain’t been a crystal stair (462).” This quote shows the reader that the mom is trying to teach the son a lesson with out sugar coating it. She wants her son to know that throughout her life has had many obstacles to overcome, and that he too is going to have to get through his own obstacles no matter how frustrating it is. Her tone throughout the poem is stern telling the boy, “So boy, don’t turn your back (462).” The poems tone almost makes the reader believe that the mother is talking to them, almost as if I am being taught a valuable lesson.
Infant Sorrow by William Blake is about the birth of a child into a dangerous world. The meaning behind this poem is that when a baby is born, they are entering a place that is unfamiliar to them and is full of hazardous circumstances and then seeks for safety and comfort by sulking on the mother's breast. Instead of blatantly telling the reader, Blake uses several poetic devices to deliver the meaning of Infant Sorrow. Some of the devices he uses are images, sound, figurative language, and the structure to bring out the meaning of his poem.
He is once again talking about his father and makes him seem like a superhero by the words he uses. For example in line two “His shoulders globed like a full sail strung...” shows the father’s strength and big size. After talking about the past, the speaker talks about the present/future in the last stanza. In lines 22-24 the speaker says “But today it is my father who keeps stumbling behind me, and will not go away” The last part is talking about future. But this is to show how the roles of the son and the father have changed, they have switched completely where the son was the follower and now the father is. This helps the theme because it shows how the father and the son have gone through a change in their relationship. The relationship changes because in the beginning the son was the “follower” and the son was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a farmer like him. But the father-son relationship changes because now the father is the “follower” and the son has created a life for himself separate from what the father
In the analysis of poetry one is always looking for the universal truth and how it relates to life. In the case of a child losing a parent, it strengthens the concept of the child’s own mortality. When your father’s generation gradually disappears it reminds you that your generation is the next in line.
The first stanza begins by stating, The children go forward . They are leaving their mothers behind, going to a place inaccessible to them. At the moment the children are on their way to school, but as they progress, they will begin to move past the achievements of their parents. Instead of becoming resentful, the mothers do all they can to ensure this progress continues. All morning the mothers have labored . They exert themselves strenuously for the benefit of their children. They put forth much time and energy at manual labor. The mothers labored in giving birth to their children, and are laboring to raise them to adulthood. They sacrifice themselves so that their children may have a future better than their own.
The formal definition of terror is extreme fear. While the formal definition for horror is an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. Horror and terror are similar but they are also extremely different. They both give a type of feeling of fear. Where horror is something that gives more of a feeling of disgust and terror is when someone is completely fearful for their life. Gothic literature embodies both horror and terror. Edgar Allen Poe is known as the father of gothic literature. Each of his stories or poems are dark and horrific. Terror and horror can be seen through poems like “The Raven”, “Annabel Lee”, “Lenore”, and short stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
...ies that interpretation further as even health babies arrive from the hospital. The idea of celebrating the life of this child appears to be the focus of this stanza. It is a “white model” of the parents’ lives, a representation of both of them that they are eager to know better amidst their grief. The baby is “surrounded by fresh flowers” which are often around during major celebrations of both life and death. It is reasonable to assume that in this case it might indeed be a celebration and grieving of both.
This instantaneously shows that the mother’s love is more powerful than the devastation around her. The second stanza again touches upon the bonding between the refugee mother and child when it says “mothers there had long ceased to care, but not this one.” This line portrays that other mothers had lost hope in their child long ago, but this mother refused to give into misery. Hence, the mother’s strong commitment towards her dying child is clearly demonstrated here. Furthermore, unconditional love between the mother and child is shown in the line” as she combed the rust-coloured hair left on his skull” and “singing in her eyes”....