How The Poets Use Language, Detail, And From In At Castle Boatel

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Use of Language, Detail, and From in At Castle Boatel

Using two poems of your choice compare how the poets have used Language, Detail, and Form to convey their Feelings

I will compare 'At Castle Boatel', a poem by Thomas Hardy, with 'Autumn' by John Clare. They are two very different poems with different structure, and moods, which makes them ideal to compare.

The principal moods of the two poems are very different. In 'At Castle Boterel' it is a very reflective piece, looking back on what was. 'Autumn' on the other hand is a poem full of praises for the season, upbeat and joyful.

In the first verse of 'at Castle Boterel' Hardy uses the first two lines to set the scene. He uses 'drizzle' because …show more content…

The length and structure of his sentences are broken down so they are just factual statements. Repeating patterns craft the poem because of the repetitive nature of what he is saying. He tries to tell the reader what happened and how it happened, and how it happened, verse by verse. Hardy uses the verb 'alighted' to emphasise the tiredness of the creature pulling the wagon. He uses this to keep with the rhyming pattern.

In John Clare's poem, he uses different words like 'dance' and 'shaking twig' to create a whole sense of movement. The use of 'chirp' gives a light reference to the song of the bird. Clare also personifies the seasons, talking about spring and summer. He makes spring and summer romantic in the rhyming couplet at the end.

In Thomas Hardy's third verse, he talks about how he climbed the step road together. He says that its not important what they talked about. Hardy tries to describe about how at the time they stopped walking and looked at each other, which was quite possibly a moment when they showed complete affection to each other.

John Clare's third verse is very descriptive and light hearted. …show more content…

In Thomas Hardy's forth verse, he looks back on everything he remembers. He remembers the incident that filled him with fondness, it filled but a minute but was remarkable. Hardy says how despite over the years any number of people, vehicles, events have followed the same route he went, he says that that moment he had with the woman will never be matched or repeated in that same place again. The hill Hardy referred to in the first verse 'glistening wet' has significance. He says how it has been climbed countless times 'foot swift' 'foot sore' 'by thousands more' - huge numbers of people have been to the place he has been, but no-one has experienced the joy or the kind of moments he had with the woman he loved.

In john Clare's final verse, he gives the verse an airy feel, using words like 'pattering', referring to the soft, gentle feathers, symbolising the lightness of the season and of the leaves falling. He finishes with the final couplet of the poem, referring to 'scrambling', suggesting the business of the season, with all of its joys.

Hardy's fifth verse is similar to his forth, he deliberately tries

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