Analysis of Thus It Seems Separated Off by D.H. Lawrence

Analysis of Thus It Seems Separated Off by D.H. Lawrence

In this essay, we have been asked to evaluate a piece of text ('Thus

it seems…separated off'.) written by D.H. Lawrence from his short

satirical story, 'The Man Who Loved Islands'. We have been requested

to concentrate on six individual areas, and focus them into one large

evaluation.

Lawrence begins the text by ensuring that the reader understands that

he is trying to involve them in the piece - by using the word 'our'.

This makes the reader feel as if the story means much more to them,

because they are actually 'involved' in it, and not just reading it.

Lawrence continues on to describe the features of the island: he

begins by using the very assonant 'ways and glades', which expresses

the congeniality of the islet. He describes the 'ways and glades' as

'a snow of blackthorn' - a blackthorn is a thorny shrub which produces

white flowers, which Lawrence describes using the metaphor of snow.

After, Lawrence quickly moves forward in time - 'after the

blackthorns…' and describes the lakes as 'elfin', which expresses a

magical feels to the isle, and reinforces the point of how excellent

the islander feels it is. Lawrence mainly uses adjectives to describe

the island's features - 'elfin lakes' and 'slipping sheets of blue',

which is also alliteration. Lawrence then continues to begin a

sentence with an 'And', which is not grammatically correct - this

might have been done because the sentence before it is very long, and

Lawrence might have wanted the sentence beginning with 'And' to carry

straight on, but as the sentence is long, he would have had to

separate it somehow, so the 'And' is showing us that the sentence is

supposed to continue straight on, but had to be separated from a

readers point of view. The sentences in this paragraph begin quite

short, but at the end, the description takes over and the sentences

become much longer. The mood in this paragraph is basically contented,

as Lawrence is explaining how immense this particular island is