Dealing With the Issue of Separation in Poetry Introduction In recent weeks in English we studied 3 poems of varying origin and of various types of poetry. We studied Havisham, by Carol Ann Duffy, Stop all the clocks by W.H. Auden and Valediction: Forbidden mourning by John Donne. All of which are about the loss of loved ones, but in a different way. In 'Havisham', the bride (Miss Havisham) was left at the altar by her to-be-husband; she has sat in her dressing room in her wedding dress for year after year since that day. In 'stop all the clocks...' someone has lost a loved one, they have died. The poem is about what the person expects to happen when something so big happens in life and everyone …show more content…
The writer of this poem wrote it for his wife when he went away; it is about all the good things that will come out of them being apart. Like when they come back together how happy they will be and although it will be a test, it will be worth it. In the following piece of coursework I will be comparing the differences as well as the similarities of the 3 poems. I will also be studying the mood of all 3 poems. The mood of the 3 poems varies greatly as they are about different types of loss. I will look at the mood of Havisham first. Havisham is a poem of great fury and hate, with a twist. Because although Miss Havisham seeks revenge her ex-fiancé it seems that if he walked through the door and asked her to marry him again she would accept. The mood created by the unusual language is one of surrealism the use of juxtapositions and the way sentences don't even end when the poet starts a new paragraph is just something that you just don't see at all. It is almost rebellious in the way that it mocks …show more content…
"The slewed mirror" another metaphor adding to the surrealism of the poem. slewed meaning twisted and broken. But perhaps it is not the mirror that is broken, maybe it is her own image that she sees as destroyed. Duffy lets her feelings for men show through in this poem. In contrast to this poem is "Stop All the Clocks..." by W.H. Auden. This poem uses no language that is out of the ordinary, and is in no way controversial. Though it is deep and sorrowful it isn't as aggressive as Havisham. Auden uses an AABBCCDDEE scheme which is a very organised rhyming scheme known as 'rhyming couplets'. Very regular grammar and all of the verses are separated as you normally would do. He wants the language to do more for the poem than the grammar. The poem is about the death of a man (perhaps a friend or lover) referring to W.H. Audens sexual preferences and his feelings afterwards. He does not use any metaphors but some of the rhyming couplets he uses could be seen as unusual, "...cut off the telephone...give the dog a juicy bone" shows that he has paid high detail to everything that he wants to take notice, nothing in
because he felt she did not share his love for her. This poem is in
Across the poems, Come In, In Winter In, Dust of Snow, Stopping by a Wood on a Snowy Evening, and Beech by Robert Frost all share a common theme: Man’s Isolation. While every poem is unique to their text, Frost implies that he would rather be alone, than with the crowd. Some poems portray isolation in a different way, but when you look carefully, they are saying the same thing across all works. The definition of isolation is the state of being in a place or situation that is separate than others.In general, isolation can mean plenty of things, regardless of it’s definition. The poems that all carry this theme all interpret different meanings of isolation, while still being one theme. When looking at Dust of Snow, for example, the speaker shows some sort of sadness or depression, there’s not a soul in sight.
The reader starts to imagine that the mirror is hanging in a bathroom or a room like in the woman’s home. While reading the poem, the reader can imagine the mirror bragging about how true to life it is and the realism it represents. As the mirror switches in...
The way the points of views in each different poem creates a different theme for each poems using different points diction to convey meaning for each of the two poems. In the poem “Birthday” a humorous tone shows a newborn baby in a first person point of view. As opposed to the poem “The Secret Life of Books” which uses a third person point of view for a more serious tone. The two poems would change dramatically whiteout the different points of views because without the humor of the newborn baby being the narrator the poem might take a different spin on the meaning to create a more serious tone. As opposed to “The Secret Life of Books” where the poem is a big personification which if it was not in a third person point of view it might have a a humorous tome in the background. The two poems have many things that help contrast them with each other another one of these being the theme chosen to give each poem a separate identity, while “Birthday” has some background information in some of the diction it uses to World War II “The Secret Life of Books” has no need for the knowledge of background information just the curiosity of the brain
"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal [but] which the reader recognizes as his own." (Salvatore Quasimodo). There is something about the human spirit that causes us to rejoice in shared experience. We can connect on a deep level with our fellow man when we believe that somehow someone else understands us as they relate their own joys and hardships; and perhaps nowhere better is this relationship expressed than in that of the poet and his reader. For the current assignment I had the privilege (and challenge) of writing an imitation of William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 87". This poem touched a place in my heart because I have actually given this sonnet to someone before as it then communicated my thoughts and feelings far better than I could. For this reason, Sonnet 87 was an easy choice for this project, although not quite so easy an undertaking as I endeavored to match Shakespeare’s structure and bring out his themes through similar word choice.
- Explain briefly what your selected ballad is about and the reasons why you picked it.
In the 'piano' the poet's style is one that is very emotional to do this, the poet hast. used lots of emotive language 'weep' and 'flood of remembrance' also.
Life carries us like a river just as our mother carries us as babies. In the poem "The Rio
Helen of Troy, known as the most beautiful woman of ancient Greek culture, is the catalyst for the Trojan War. As such, she is the subject of both Edgar Allen Poe’s “To Helen” and H.D.’s “Helen”; however, their perceptions of Helen are opposites. Many poets and authors have written about Helen in regards to her beauty and her treacherous actions. There is a tremendous contrast between the views of Helen in both poems by Poe and Doolittle. The reader may ascertain the contrast in the speakers’ views of Helen through their incorporation of diction, imagery, and tone that help convey the meaning of the work.
All three poems share the theme of reaction to loss of a loved one and
...to help express the theme of the poems by illustrating the role the subject matter played in the life of the persona during their grieving period. Furthermore, metaphors helped communicate the thoughts and feelings of the personas by providing the reader with insight into the relationships and emotions covert in the poem. All in all, the poetic devices incorporated in each individual poetic composition played vital roles in the emotional and dramatic impact of these poems. And who knows, the immaculate use of these fundamental literary devices could be the key to successful love poems all around the world.
A song I recently heard entitled, “What is love” sung by Veronika Bozeman really speaks from the heart about finding out what love really is. She sings, “I would tell you that I love you tonight, but I know that I 've got time on my side. Where you goin '? Why you leavin ' so soon? Is there somewhere else that 's better for you”, she tells us that she loves this person but is afraid to tell them because she don’t know if they would leave or look for someone else; someone better. This is the feeling that most of us linger with. We want love, we want to be loved and we want to give love but sit around wondering what if the person I say these three words to doesn’t say it back or simply the feeling isn’t mutual. Indeed it is a very scary feeling
...stanzas in First Love tend to be of similar length. In How Do I Love
While in exile in France Léopold Sédar Senghor wrote a beautiful poem called Black Woman. This poem revolves around Senghor love, definition and praise of a natural black woman. In Senghor’s life and poetry women are viewed in a higher status, are held in high esteem and regard. Senghor poem is more than an individual black African woman, she is an antecedent of his race and thus a symbol of the African race. He takes pride in his race and in this poem especially Senghor completely showed his love and respect for the black woman. Senghor uses an accumulation of metaphors to show his love for African women, and how African black women by portraying them as being beautiful, comforting and emphasis on the black woman’s physical beauty.
The Theme of Love in Poetry Love is a very common theme in poetry. By closely examining the ways in which two poets(one must be pre 1900) have explored this theme. Show what you have found to be similar/different in their handling of this theme. Many people have different views on love. Many of these views throughout the ages are explored through poetry as love has much contemporary relevance in today's society as it ever did before.