Moreover the author also uses symbolism to indicate the mood of the story. In fact the phrase,”Toads. Beetles. Bats.” could also be viewed as symbols illustrating the mood of the story. This is because toads beetles and bats all are considered as nocturnal, being active mostly at night, animals. The night is dark just like the mood of the story. Furthermore, the author decides to use the “Perfect House” as symbol. The “Perfect House” is almost perfect except for the fact that part of the ceiling collapsed. This showed even his family was unable to provide a comfortable living style, leading into…
Beginning in the fourth sentence of the excerpt, the author narrates all the life found in the forest, but describes them darkly, thus the contrast of death or fear. One of the many examples found in this section is the description of the poisonous frogs. Besides the clear image of death as the poisonous animal is described…
The artwork invites interpretation. It demands it. The setting is not static, it is made to change, vary, and affect the pieces throughout the season. The steel works are abstract and boldly placed, all in the open rather than tucked into a corner. The Crab is one of the most prolific sculptures in the garden, and it conveys a great sense of freedom. The limbs are fluid and varied, as if it could move in any direction at a moment’s notice. It is spread out, huge, but also delicate, commandeering the full range of its space. It seems to emerge from its shell in full flight.…
At first the purpose of the passage “Owls” by Mary Oliver is difficult to pinpoint. This is because Oliver begins with describing the penetrating fear of a “terrible” (33) great horned owl, and suddenly develops into a section discussing a desultory and trivial field of flowers. The mystifying comparison between the daunting fear of nature and its impeccable beauty is in fact Oliver’s purpose.…
On the both poems, D. H. Lawrence’s “snake” and Elizabeth bishop’s “Fish,” both author mentions about animals. Both writer treated animals as animals at first, but later on, they compare those animals with human. The explanation of visual, the time when two authors think those animals as human, and the ironic feeling that both author have demonstrate that both speakers state of mind change.…
Throughout ‘The Secret Life of Frogs’ themes that are expressed include childhood innocence and the negative influence of war on children. The theme of the innocence of children is clearly conveyed through the use of the parenthesis, ‘(we thought a brothel was a French hotel that served hot broth to diggers)’. This technique is used to enclose a thought that the children had in their childhood, and helps to further emphasize the idea that they misunderstood the adult concept of brothels. The parenthesis also helps to change the tone of the poem as it cuts the seriousness of the stanza through their misinterpretation of the word brothel. This highlights the idea that…
The structure of the poem helps to show the speaker’s response to the death. The poems structure is laid out in steps; first with the cutting of the toad’s leg, “A toad the power mower caught, chewed and clipped of a leg.” Secondly, with the laying under the cineraria leaves, “With a hobbling hop has got under the cineraria leaves.” Last part if the structure reveals the toad’s final thoughts and its final hour of living, “As still as stone, and soundlessly attending, dies toward deep monotone.”…
Figure [ 1 ] - A labelled diagram of an adult cane toad. Source:http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/content/planning/nick/cane_toad.jpg, accessed 12 Nov 11…
“Nesting Time”, a poem by Douglas Stewart combines an anecdote of his and his daughters experience in nature, with description of the appearance and behavior of the honey-eater, and his typical philosophical reflection in the relationship of nature and man. The poem is thus personal, objective and universal in its several dimensions. This is a charming poem that appears to comment on Stewart’s personal experience. He is pleasantly surprised by the behavior and appearance of this remarkable bird, which makes him forget the ‘hard world’, focus on its tiny beauty and cause him to reflect on humankind and nature. The opening is impassioned in its generalizing quality: ‘Oh never in this hard world’. It is apparent from this judgment that Stewart, in regarding our human life as a difficult and unconsoling affair, finds profound solace in nature and her creatures. The reader notices the contrast between his heartfelt “Oh” and absolute indictment of ‘never’, and the cluster of adjectives, with internal rhyme, which introduces the bird: ‘absurd/Charming utterly disarming little bird’. His love for it grows from an initial acknowledgment of its silliness and, then, praise of its captivating behavior to, finally, and adoring diminutive in ‘little’. It is Stewart’s descriptive language that brings the scene to visual life. The bird’s actions and purpose are highly visual through the often…
Wilbur's excellent use of diction can be seen throughout all three stanzas. Beginning with a more casual array of words, he quickly progresses to a more dark and gloomy selection. The dismal words throughout the poem, including "dim" (5), "low" (6), "staring" (8), and "gutters" (9), help to represent the speaker's grave emotion towards the toad. Wilbur describes the actual injury of the toad to be quiet simple and not so harsh. He uses the phrase "chewed and clipped" (2) instead of using ruthless words like slashed or hacked, once again giving the poem a soft and peaceful feeling of death. Wilbur depicts the toad's age in a tranquil manner, as well. The toad, with his "folds and wizenings" (8), which can be associated with wrinkles and creases of an elderly countenance, and his "hobbling hop" (2), which depicts perhaps an elderly walk, comes to terms with his injury and old age and decides to accept his death. Certain words seem to take on a soothing meaning and help convey the sympathy the speaker is feeling: "sanctuaried" (3) comes from the word sanctuary, a holy or sacred place; "heartshaped leaves" (5) are prettier and more consoling than jagged and pointed edges of leaves. Serenity continues into the toad's afterlife as he drifts into toad heaven, "lost Amphibia's emperies" (14). The toad is moving…
In the forth stanza the poet uses hyperboles like "castles and every hole an abyss," to create vivid visual imagery emphasising the peril of the turtles situation.…
“The Fish” written by Elizabeth Bishop is a poem that tells a unique story between a fish and the fisherman (narrator). This poem is filled with an assortment of visual imagery to help create an immense colorful image of what was going in in the little rented boat. Bishop creates a sense or respect also throughout the poem. The poem has a relationship made from beginning to end between the fish and the narrator. The catch of the “tremendous’ fish helps the reader understand why the fisherman lets the fish go in the end. Bishop shows tone and meaning at a deeper depth to show the reader the true meaning of what the narrator the narrator was thinking. These understanding are viewed through poetic elements such as imagery, symbolism, and tone.…
Animals are fascinating creatures that come in all shapes and sizes and can mean numerous different things in literature. They are everywhere, from the summits of the most mammoth mountains to the deepest of the ocean’s hadalpelagic zones. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi there are animals as far as the eye can read. But it is not only Life of Pi that can be a great example of animals in literature, Elizabeth Bishop’s, “The Fish” and William Blake’s, “The Tyger” can too.…
This piece is formulated through an allegory which exists on both a literal and figurative level. Virginia Woolf relates the struggles that a moth, which is so vulnerable to death to the everyday life of the human struggle. Implicitly, Woolf describes the moth to have value like individuals as they try to put a stop to death in the same sense like humans do.…
There are many reasons why the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop would appeal to the modern reader. I would consider Bishops concern with everyday objects to be one of the most appealing attributes of her poetry. Bishop takes objects that everybody can relate to and understand, and through poems like ‘The Fish’ and ‘The Filling Station’ she gives these objects a wonderful and powerful significance. This technique allows the reader to see the world in a new light. Another reason that Bishop appeals to the modern reader is her characterisation of childhood, especially the loss of childhood innocence. This loss is clearly evident in such poems as ‘In the Waiting Room’ and ‘Sestina’. Both poems here remind us of what happens when the innocence of childhood and reality collide. Finally the issue of ‘place’ is another key question in the appeal of Bishop’s poetry. In the poem ‘Questions of Travel’ Bishop deals with the idea of a sense of place or a sense of belonging somewhere. Bishop’s poetry appeals to the modern reader because it shows us how wonderfully interesting the world around us is if we stop and pay attention to what is going on around us.…