Oscar Wilde
Casey Haddox
CP English II
Ms. Walsh
June 3, 2012 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde’s hopeful and romantic voice welcomes readers to a different point of view on poetry and life. Wilde uses strong and bold words to emphasize what he is truly feeling and to set a tone for the reader. He is a passionate and idealistic writer and isn’t afraid to express real emotion to his audience. His writing truly portrays his characters and refers to his past and real events that he had gone through. Was Oscar Wilde able to capture the meaning of love throughout his poetry to convey his true feelings during his life time? Oscar Wilde connects the meaning of Her Voice to be the words of a women falling in and out of a relationship (Finemen, Kelly). The poem is written in a story form explaining events on how a couple can fall in love and out of love so easily. Wilde begins by explaining the feelings you get when you first meet someone and how the character falls madly in love. He then explains how they vastly get married, using similes “as long as the sea-gull loved the sea, and as long as the sunflower sought the sun,” to express the vows and commitment they made for each other. Wilde then shows conflict by saying “dear friend those times are over and done; love’s web is spun.” This shows fighting has begun between the two characters and their love has started to dwindle. Wilde expresses each stanza as a memory they had with one another, in stanza’s three and four the character seems to reminisce on past times with each other. Wilde writes “look upward where the white seagulls screams, what does it see that we do not see,” he’s trying to show that the characters are looking for answers lying beneath their own problems. In stanza five Wilde expresses that the characters will never forget their love together, although they might find other people to love it won’t be anything like the love between one another. Lastly, in stanza 6 their love is portrayed as completely over
CP English II
Ms. Walsh
June 3, 2012 Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde’s hopeful and romantic voice welcomes readers to a different point of view on poetry and life. Wilde uses strong and bold words to emphasize what he is truly feeling and to set a tone for the reader. He is a passionate and idealistic writer and isn’t afraid to express real emotion to his audience. His writing truly portrays his characters and refers to his past and real events that he had gone through. Was Oscar Wilde able to capture the meaning of love throughout his poetry to convey his true feelings during his life time? Oscar Wilde connects the meaning of Her Voice to be the words of a women falling in and out of a relationship (Finemen, Kelly). The poem is written in a story form explaining events on how a couple can fall in love and out of love so easily. Wilde begins by explaining the feelings you get when you first meet someone and how the character falls madly in love. He then explains how they vastly get married, using similes “as long as the sea-gull loved the sea, and as long as the sunflower sought the sun,” to express the vows and commitment they made for each other. Wilde then shows conflict by saying “dear friend those times are over and done; love’s web is spun.” This shows fighting has begun between the two characters and their love has started to dwindle. Wilde expresses each stanza as a memory they had with one another, in stanza’s three and four the character seems to reminisce on past times with each other. Wilde writes “look upward where the white seagulls screams, what does it see that we do not see,” he’s trying to show that the characters are looking for answers lying beneath their own problems. In stanza five Wilde expresses that the characters will never forget their love together, although they might find other people to love it won’t be anything like the love between one another. Lastly, in stanza 6 their love is portrayed as completely over
Cited: C.D. Merriman. "Oscar Wilde Biography." www.online-literature.com. Jalic Inc. Copyright Jalic Inc., 2008