A feeling that is upon one where they are almost in a n unresponsive state. Death or life isn't mentioned in this first stanza but, as the poem continues one can infer that Dickinson is talking about life. “great pain” describes the feeling when one looses a loved one. Dickinson also writes about a “formal feeling” or the feeling after the death that one feels for the rest of their lives, like being incomplete. Dickinson continues and writes “The Nerves sit ceremonious like Tombs-” This means the behavior one might practice at a funeral which would relate to “Nerves” sitting ceremoniously.
These questions helped to understand the methods that the Jewish community uses to remember their lost ... ... middle of paper ... ...cript. Individuals who do not have a physical burial have their names inscribed into a large monument. This provides a place where the Jewish community can mourn those who were lost in the Holocaust. Compared to the Mainland Jewish community, the Victoria Jewish community appears quite small. Therefore, analyzing a larger cemetery may illustrate different mourning practices.
The first verse adopts the "attitude of reality compared to the ignorance in the second verse" ("only are blind to the carrion army"). Plath used the same technique in the poem "I Am Vertical" in which two verses both contrast and compliment each other. For Dickinson, on the contrary, death is not something unreal. As the author has written "Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me..." After reading these two lines the reader "imagines the picture of Death being a human which joins the author during the ride" . Dickinson tries to portray the characteristics of death in the poem.
The fact that those words come from Mr. Willy Loman as only his fourth line of many indicates that his death will come at some point in the story. He used the word “death” to describe his physical state so in essence the person reading the tale has insight to his destiny. The reader can clearly see the demise of Mr. Loman from the start. The salesman, Willy, heroically has a heartbreaking semi-epiphany about his life in the concluding scenes of the piece. In his final days, Mr. Loman grasps the fact that his years have not gone exactly as ... ... middle of paper ... ...-reality and eventual death.
Many people across the globe believe in some form of afterlife, whether it be reincarnation, Heaven and Hell, or some other version of the ‘ideal utopian land and realm of punishment’ trope. Thomas Hardy decided to dispose of this contemporary way of thinking in order to provide a thought-provoking poem that questions the way we think about death and how it affects others. In “Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?,” Thomas Hardy utilizes a peculiar point of view, diction, structure, and tone to develop the meaning that people remember someone differently after death based on their relationship. One of the most influential aspects of a poem is the point of view. The point of view, or perspective, allows the poet to control how new information is presented to
Therefore, readers of any type can understand the type of information being delive... ... middle of paper ... ...the separation of ideas in the obituary are factors that contribute in making this text characteristic of an obituary. Consequently, the reader feels that a full obituary has been constructed and that its purpose of informing readers of the death incident has been fulfilled. In summary, the structural conventions and the limited amount of stylistic devices present in this particular text make it characteristic of an obituary. Since it is evident that it is an obituary, the seemingly intentional death imagery has shown that it is capable of reaching out to the society in Clinton. This obituary makes use of a regretful and sober tone when informing the targeted audience of the life of Travis, his death, and the funeral arrangements to guarantee that the reader is aware of the serious dilemma of drunk driving and is aware of the death incident mentioned in the text.
Grigson's poem, however, is much less straightforward and uses a combination of enjambment and a general feeling of unorderliness in his layout of the poem to convey the feeling of untidiness about the weatherworn and shipwreck-scattered shores of the Scilly Isles. Causley writes in first person, speaking, presumably as himself about his experience at the war cemetery in Bayeux. It has clearly had a profound impact on him and makes sure that he is writing about the dead themselves, referring to the graves as not just graves but 'their…graves'. He suggests that he feels guilty walking among them as a living person, because he has got life while they have not. He consid... ... middle of paper ... ...d lost lives that the remains on the island represent to him, and that he has so carefully written about.
Also, the great memorials that money can buy do no more for the deceased than a common grave marker. In the end, what counts is friendship, being mourned, being cried for by someone who was close. "He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, / He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend" (123-24). This sentiment, found in the controversial epitaph, affirms what the graveyard's lonely visitor says earlier: "On some fond breast the parting soul relies, / Some pious drops the closing eye requires" (89-90). Gray's restraint, his habit of speaking in universals rather than particulars, and his shifting from one speaker to another, control the powerful feelings these lines call up.
This poem repeated the phrase, "We passed," which is changed a bit in the fifth stanza to, "We paused." This repetition of a word or phrase throughout a poem is called anaphora. The use of these poetic elements allows the words to flow as they describe an event. In conclusion I found that both of these poems use similar poetic elements in order to depict different feeling and attitudes towards death. Auden use of metaphors shows the pain and emotional sadness that one might feel after losing a loved one and Dickinson uses metaphors to describe death as a gentleman, and show how one might learn to accept this even that will eventually happen to us all.
In contrast to this, Dickinson consoles the reader by characterizing death as a tranquil journey in "Because I could not stop for Death." However, despite this difference, Dickinson seduces and catches the reader off guard by speaking of death in an unconventional way. Emily Dickinson masters describing a traumatic human event in the most mundane terms, with the help of literary devices such as imagery and language. With her use of imagery, Emily Dickinson is able to govern how the reader feels and reflects about death. In her poem, "Because I could not stop for Death," the word "could" signifies that death has occurred as a past experience.