With the works of Ted Hughes and Mark Doty in Hawk Roosting and Golden Retrievals, an idea of the views of life from an animal’s point of view are vividly painted with the assistance of literary techniques. Through each set of eyes, the world is viewed in a unique manner, from each human to each animal, the world is perceived in different lenses. In the poem Hawk Roosting by Hughes the Hawk deems to have an aggressive conceited view of life while in Doty’s “Golden Retrievals” the dog is playful and boast a “live for the moment” view of life. In order to convey the views, the authors, use syntax and diction, enjambment and caesura as well as imagery. The way in which both authors manipulate and arrange the words of choice within their poems …show more content…
Between the two poems, Hawk Roosting uses little caesura and enjambment in comparison to the Golden Retrievals. Hughes incorporates little use of caesura and enjambment in order to show the calm and confident flow of thoughts of the Hawk. The few times caesura is used in the Hawk Roosting, come with small pauses in the form of commas. “I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream.” In contrast, Doty uses periods, question marks and hyphens, which create strong pauses in between thoughts and highlight the wild course of thoughts of the Golden Retriever. “Catch? I don’t think so. Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s – oh joy- actually sacred. Sniff the wind, then I’m off again:” Here not only does Doty show the wild course of thoughts with caesura, he also displays this with the use of enjambment as one thought flows from line four to the start of a new stanza in line five. Within the Hawk Roosting, punctuation nearly never interrupts a line, rather gives the line a strong and confident ending. An abundance of the Hawk’s statements end with periods, solidifying the though and furthermore adding to the confidence and aggressive point of view. “I kill where I please because it is all mine.” This powerful line is met with a period which seems to conclude the statement and make it that much more dramatic. On the other hand, the poem Golden Retrievals consistently uses several forms of punctuation within the lines as well as enjambment. “And you? Either you’re sunk in the past, half of our walk, thinking of what you never can bring back, or else you’re off in some fog concerning- tomorrow, is that what you call it?” Once again, Doty includes commas, hyphens, question marks and once again enjambment which causes the thought to continue into the next
A tactic used by many poets is economy of verse; meaning that they try to get their point across in as few words and as little space as possible. Both Pound’s and LaRocque’s poems are very short, LaRocque’s being fives lines and Pound’s only two. Both poets do a great job of making use of every single word in their poem. For instance Pound chooses to use a semi-colon instead of using linking verbs to portray that the idea from line one is connected to the idea of line two. Economy of verse is not just evident in Pound’s poem but also in LaRocque’s.
...t is arguable that the birds fight is also a metaphor, implying the fight exists not only between birds but also in the father’s mind. Finally, the last part confirms the transformation of the parents, from a life-weary attitude to a “moving on” one by contrasting the gloomy and harmonious letter. In addition, readers should consider this changed attitude as a preference of the poet. Within the poem, we would be able to the repetitions of word with same notion. Take the first part of the poem as example, words like death, illness
and rhythm: " Come live with me and be my love " and the rhyme scheme. of AABB running through both poems and effecting the readers opinion. and interpretation of the.. I enjoyed reading both poems which were interesting in the contrasting views of both poets. Whilst Raleigh's view of love is, I would guess
Alliteration is present in "Hawk Roosting" through the repetition of the callous sound of the letter "K" the first and third stanza. The hawk speaks of slaying of his prey in their sleeps when he catches a glimpse of "hooked head[s] and hooked feet" (Line 3) which to him are signs of a "perfect kill" (4); thus, showing how ruthless he is by showing no mercy for the prey to even attempt to fight back. He then moves on to state, "My feet are locked upon the rough bark" (9), with the K sounding in locked and bark portraying how powerful he thinks he is by being able to perch up against something that God created (nature, trees). Although, alienated in different lines of the poem, the alliteration of this consonant presents that the haw-K is self absorbed and full of confident due to the effect the letter K makes; therefore, showing how the hawk views the world - which the world revolves around him. However, in "Golden Retrievals" the repetition lies in the letter
The two poems that are in comparison is “Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni and “Thank You Ma’m” by Langston Hughes. Both of the poems use different craft moves and techniques to describe the craft of the writing. The author craft moves just states the message and theme to get across the story. The author craft moves that is used is Tone, Symbolism, And a little Inner Thinking in “Thank You Ma’m”. In both the short story and the poem, the universality of the idea is comparing the book and the poem by using different writer techniques and author's craft throughout the story.
The two poems I have chosen to explain are Piano by D H Lawrence and
The role of the peacock in the short stories “The King of the Birds” and “Displaced Persons” is very important. Symbolically a peacock are representatives of glory, immortality, royalty and incorruptibility. In Christianity, the peacock represents the omnipotence of the church as well as resurrection, renewal and immortality. Throughout these stories the symbol of the peacock walks with his magnificent tail containing the eyes of God. In this essay I will be exploring the similarities between “The King the of Birds” and “Displaced Persons”.
Rhyming will be the first thing I will take a look at. Both poems use rhymes through the whole poem. In “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” they use the same words for rhyming a lot, for example they use the word home to rhyme six times. “My Old Kentucky Home” is a lot longer
To show their audience that their appreciation for nature is very strong and dear, both authors use diction to describe the beauty and feeling of being surrounded by nature. In his poem, William
The poet in her writing used the language tools of symbolism, images, metaphor and nature to illustrate her poetic ideas. The writer, used the word ‘’Hunters’’ in the first line which indicates an imagery of man in existence, example
The first literary device that can be found throughout the poem is couplet, which is when two lines in a stanza rhyme successfully. For instance, lines 1-2 state, “At midnight, in the month of June / I stand beneath the mystic moon.” This is evidence that couplet is being used as both June and moon rhyme, which can suggest that these details are important, thus leading the reader to become aware of the speaker’s thoughts and actions. Another example of this device can be found in lines 16-17, “All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies / (Her casement open to the skies).” These lines not only successfully rhyme, but they also describe a woman who
...oes hand in hand with the structure of the poem as well; bringing about a certain rhythm through punctuation and line breaks. It is this rhythm brings out the repetition and clash of elements especially with parentheses, which allows us to look at the element of starvation while considering the reaction of the press.
In both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman’s works, they emphasize some differences in their writing. In Dickinson’s works she shows that her works are short and simple poems, while Whitman’s poems and often long and complex. With Dickinson showing that her works are short and simple, while Whitman brings on a more sophisticated style, it truly shows that they use their own unique style of writing. In both Whitman and Dickinson works they have been known for being such unique artist and being original, while people try so hardly to impersonate their style, but they are unable to come close to accomplishing it. Whitman wrote in ambitious proportions, while creating a style of rhythmic structure, creating stanzas and complex lines.
The only strong comparison between the poets, in terms of structure and technique, is that the meaning of their poems run much deeper then the specific words on a page. Even this can come as a contrast when looking at these three poems. “Home Burial,” by Frost is a fairly straightforward poem, written in dialogue, with the writer working as the narrator. The poem is about a married couple dealing wi...
Through alliteration and imagery, Coleridge turns the words of the poem into a system of symbols that become unfixed to the reader. Coleridge uses alliteration throughout the poem, in which the reader “hovers” between imagination and reality. As the reader moves through the poem, they feel as if they are traveling along a river, “five miles meandering with a mazy motion” (25). The words become a symbol of a slow moving river and as the reader travels along the river, they are also traveling through each stanza. This creates a scene that the viewer can turn words into symbols while in reality they are just reading text. Coleridge is also able to illustrate a suspension of the mind through imagery; done so by producing images that are unfixed to the r...