What similarities and differences can you see in The Thought-Fox and
Digging in terms of ideas, language, structure, and rhythm / rhyme?-
How might these aspects affect any reading of the poem?
What similarities and differences can you see in ‘The Thought-Fox’ and
‘Digging’ in terms of ideas, language, structure, and rhythm / rhyme?
- How might these aspects affect any reading of the poem?
I found that one of the most significant similarities between ‘The
Thought-Fox’ by Ted Hughes and ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney, was how the
poets in question talked about their writing process, their creative
process in the poem itself. In each poem the voice of the poet is
easily distinguished, as they are both written in the first person.
This is a most superlative way for the creator of the poems to write
about what they see directly, to relate their experiences and memories
to the reader directly. They write about the scenes which they can see
through their “window” and at the same time involve the senses in
these poems which helps make a connection with any reader of the poem
as it stimulates the imagination. This approach makes for a powerful
piece.
To continue, one of the similarities between these two poems, is that
in each case the poet is trying to voice an experience, a viewpoint or
a conclusion, that will cause a reaction (of different sorts) in the
reader, using specific writing techniques like half-rhyme which was
used by Ted Hughes (for example the two words “fox” and “stinks”).
The second similarity is that both poets use the idea of nature to
emphasise their poems but in subtly different ways. For example in
‘The Thought-Fox’ the idea of nature is more figurative as opposed to
the literal and ...
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There is again no clearly defined rhythm but each poem has sections
which have rhythm and sections without. Of particular note is the
third stanza of ‘The Though-fox’ which seems to be an anomaly. This
stanza not only has a regular rhythm of eight syllables to a line, it
also has one line ending in ‘leaf’ which does not have any assonance
that is similar to the other lines. The reason for this is maybe to
draw attention to the moment at which the poets’ ideas begin to flow
and links back with the structure of the poem.
In emulation of these two poems I finish with;
My thoughts are still not firm
Inside the cavernous hole of head.
Yet to hold a concrete form,
Trying to escape from me instead.
Yet in time, their time will come,
The storm of thoughts will calm,
And from cave pour forth, to become,
An essay held within welcoming arms.
The author is able to so descriptively express this common event by dedicating each stanza to a different perspective involved. The author begins the poem with a protruding inexplicit situation, captivating the reader’s interest and provoking curiosity to help create imagery. Much like a thesis of an essay, the author states “blurring to sheer verb” at the end of the first stanza, he restates the true simple nature of this topic. Wilbur next describes the surrounding in reaction to the fire truck, showing the reader the flamboyancy and power of the fire truck. At the end of the second stanza, the author italicizes the line “thought is degraded action!” This could be interpreted as the speaker’s thoughts, suggesting that those ringing bells remind him that thinking is but the inferior form of action. In the third stanza, the author focuses on the effects of the fire truck on the speaker, helping relate the reader to the thoughts of the speaker as he experiences this event. Corresponding to the ending of the second stanza, the speaker is reminded of the true nature of thoughts, thus letting go of his worries “I stand here purged of nuance and my mind a blank. All I was brooding upon has taken wing.”
Both authors use figurative language to help develop sensory details. In the poem It states, “And I sunned it with my smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.” As the author explains how the character is feeling, the reader can create a specific image in there head based on the details that is given throughout the poem. Specifically this piece of evidence shows the narrator growing more angry and having more rage. In the short story ” it states, “We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among bones.” From this piece of text evidence the reader can sense the cold dark emotion that is trying to be formed. Also this excerpt shows the conflict that is about to become and the revenge that is about to take place. By the story and the poem using sensory details, they both share many comparisons.
Therefore, Oliver’s incorporation of imagery, setting, and mood to control the perspective of her own poem, as well as to further build the contrast she establishes through the speaker, serves a critical role in creating the lesson of the work. Oliver’s poem essentially gives the poet an ultimatum; either he can go to the “cave behind all that / jubilation” (10-11) produced by a waterfall to “drip with despair” (14) without disturbing the world with his misery, or, instead, he can mimic the thrush who sings its poetry from a “green branch” (15) on which the “passing foil of the water” (16) gently brushes its feathers. The contrast between these two images is quite pronounced, and the intention of such description is to persuade the audience by setting their mood towards the two poets to match that of the speaker. The most apparent difference between these two depictions is the gracelessness of the first versus the gracefulness of the second. Within the poem’s content, the setting has been skillfully intertwined with both imagery and mood to create an understanding of the two poets, whose surroundings characterize them. The poet stands alone in a cave “to cry aloud for [his] / mistakes” while the thrush shares its beautiful and lovely music with the world (1-2). As such, the overall function of these three elements within the poem is to portray the
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