“The tossing, blooming, perfumed grass”. Through this powerful but yet humble verse, the author transmits a delightful scene into the reader’s mind, but also introduces the reader to the main idea which is how nature is affected by human activity. The author’s great potential on illustration demonstrates his ability to enchant the reader. Lindsay’s excellence is truly shown by the usage of personal connotations and his precise and chosen language.
The poet provides her personal context, which guides the reader to make interpretations. The author’s positive-like connotations create a secure and peaceful imagery, conveying various mixed feelings created by the contrasting of words. The scene illustrated includes a spring and flower-full setting as well as an indelicate element which are the buffaloes. For instance, the title “flower-fed buffaloes”. In this simple quote the author adds her distinctive connotation to each word, which provides a more concise idea of the poem. In addition, another example where the author use connotations is in the phrase “locomotives sing”. The author combine the words, “locomotive” and “sing” which creates an imagery of a peaceful locomotive sound. The author add a peaceful connotation to “sing” and a aggressive feeling to “locomotives”. These two words are contradictory yet the author reaches her purpose and makes the reader agree, as if the locomotives sound were lovely.
The particular language chosen by the author generates a concise and accurate concept of the poem. The poem is written in a very accessible language which easily involves the reader and facilitates the connection between the poet’s idea and the readers perception of it. The scene Lindsay portray is sweet, bloomed and sugary where the reader can be easily submerged. At the same time, the author use an understandable languague which creates a freindly atmosphere. “wheels and wheels spin by in the spring that still