Analyzing Richard White's Poem
1. In the opening paragraphs, White's attitude was of reminasance and awe. The nostalgia of his memory shared with us not once but twice. His urge to revisit the lake was strengthened with the readers urge to read just a bit more detail. White claws us into the memory with him, like we were there as a story teller, telling ourselves about what was happening, what it smelled and felt like. His attitude was of a warm "jollity" that invited us to join.
2. Examples of creative language: "and the gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills."
"she ran on moonlight sails."
"With a cake of soap."
"seen lily pads only from train windows"
3. "We went fishing the first morning. I felt the same damp moss covering the worms in the bait can, and saw the dragonfly alight on the tip of my rod as it hovered a few inches from the …show more content…
It makes it more realatable to the reader since he uses examples every person can understand.
Touch/Feel: "I watched him, his hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garnment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.” It talks of the familiar feeling of icy doom when putting on still-wet swimming suits. Most of everyone knows of the feeling, and it again adds to the personable feel of the story.
Taste: “There was a choice of pie for dessert, and one was blueberry and one was apple…” We're given the flavors of the pie, but in reality we most likely thought of the flavors ourselves, because of the common aspect of blueberry or apple pie.
Smell: “the smell of the swamp drift in through the rusty screens.” It talks about the smell in a way that even the most negative connotation (like rust) can feel nostalgia and
2. Examples of creative language: "and the gods grinning and licking their chops in the hills."
"she ran on moonlight sails."
"With a cake of soap."
"seen lily pads only from train windows"
3. "We went fishing the first morning. I felt the same damp moss covering the worms in the bait can, and saw the dragonfly alight on the tip of my rod as it hovered a few inches from the …show more content…
It makes it more realatable to the reader since he uses examples every person can understand.
Touch/Feel: "I watched him, his hard little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garnment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.” It talks of the familiar feeling of icy doom when putting on still-wet swimming suits. Most of everyone knows of the feeling, and it again adds to the personable feel of the story.
Taste: “There was a choice of pie for dessert, and one was blueberry and one was apple…” We're given the flavors of the pie, but in reality we most likely thought of the flavors ourselves, because of the common aspect of blueberry or apple pie.
Smell: “the smell of the swamp drift in through the rusty screens.” It talks about the smell in a way that even the most negative connotation (like rust) can feel nostalgia and