Rhyming Words In Longfellow's The Arrow And The Song
In his poem “The Arrow and the Song”, Longfellow uses rhyming words, first person, and descriptive phrases to create a positive tone to serve his purpose of teaching the audience to be yourself when starting new friendships. Longfellow writes his poem in first person to get his audience to connect with his thoughts. Anyone is able to relate the poem back to his or her own lives. This poem is written in many different ways for anyone to get anything out of it, and to show that things affect people differently. The longer the arrow is in the air, makes the reader realize sometimes we can loose sight of what is important to us. It explains that life moves fast and we shouldn’t give up on things that matter. The word choices that Longfellow
includes are used in the simplest way. For example, how he started his poem “I shot an arrow into the air” this is easy to visualize and get everyone to understand his poem. As you read on the whole poem comes together and speaks to anyone who is going through different things. “I found the arrow, still unbroken” No matter the distance we can get through anything we put our minds to. Rhyming words are used to keep the poem moving just like life. It creates a patters in his use of words, air, where and sight, flight where they are placed in back to back sentences. This strategy keeps you focused on where the arrow will land. Seeing an arrow in fight shows confidence in your path of life. It is moving in a certain direction. The rhyming words connect you from one starting point to one final point. Everything in between is where you loose sight but as long as there is a purpose to the arrow it will land. Sometimes friendships can grow apart but if you return to where the arrow lands and it is unbroken then the friendship will still remain. “I found the arrow, still unbroken”. These are the friendships that a worth keeping. A broken arrow at the end of a flight does not show strength in that friendship. Our direction in life often goes different directions for a short time. Life should be about learning and exploring. These are the arrows that take flight.
includes are used in the simplest way. For example, how he started his poem “I shot an arrow into the air” this is easy to visualize and get everyone to understand his poem. As you read on the whole poem comes together and speaks to anyone who is going through different things. “I found the arrow, still unbroken” No matter the distance we can get through anything we put our minds to. Rhyming words are used to keep the poem moving just like life. It creates a patters in his use of words, air, where and sight, flight where they are placed in back to back sentences. This strategy keeps you focused on where the arrow will land. Seeing an arrow in fight shows confidence in your path of life. It is moving in a certain direction. The rhyming words connect you from one starting point to one final point. Everything in between is where you loose sight but as long as there is a purpose to the arrow it will land. Sometimes friendships can grow apart but if you return to where the arrow lands and it is unbroken then the friendship will still remain. “I found the arrow, still unbroken”. These are the friendships that a worth keeping. A broken arrow at the end of a flight does not show strength in that friendship. Our direction in life often goes different directions for a short time. Life should be about learning and exploring. These are the arrows that take flight.