Spoken Language
Storm in the Black forest is written by D.H Lawrence during the 1800’s.Lawrence is describing a storm in the Black Forest (a huge forest in southern Germany), which he has seen when visiting there in July 1929. Lawrence describes the storm in powerful words and creates the point that humanity has not and probably cannot master the power of nature.
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Lawrence has written the poem in free verse, there is an irregular pattern and no rhyming scheme which achieves a chaotic fell just like a storm. The structure is quite inconsistent and is unpredictable which can also be considered to imitate the storm. The poem uses enjambment to emphasise the hectic storm. “And as the electric liquid pours out, sometimes A still brighter”. The mix of line lengths and the repeated use of exclamation marks encourage the reader to sound both excited and in awe, just like Lawrence must have been during the witness of the poem. “The rain refuses to come!” this then highlights the power of nature having positive and surprising affects towards humans; creating amazement through form and structure. As well as conveying the message that nature does leave humans in awe and wonderment.
Visual imagery is used vividly in the poem by Lawrence uses a range of metaphors to make the poem come to life and exciting; “jugfull after jugfull of pure white liquid fire” the repetition of “jugfull” stresses the unlimited and uncontrollable power of nature. By using the metaphor for lightning makes the reader have images of molten metal which is highly extraordinary, but can also indicate terrible danger which again suggests the force of nature and how it dominates man.
D.H Lawrence uses the word “tipples” to describe the movement of the lightning. The word “tipples” is a mix of the word “tipple” and “topples” which Lawrence uses quite often in his poems’ , this is an emphasis on his excitement from overlooking the storm. This may imply that the powerfulness of the storm left Lawrence mesmerised.
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Lawrence has written the poem in free verse, there is an irregular pattern and no rhyming scheme which achieves a chaotic fell just like a storm. The structure is quite inconsistent and is unpredictable which can also be considered to imitate the storm. The poem uses enjambment to emphasise the hectic storm. “And as the electric liquid pours out, sometimes A still brighter”. The mix of line lengths and the repeated use of exclamation marks encourage the reader to sound both excited and in awe, just like Lawrence must have been during the witness of the poem. “The rain refuses to come!” this then highlights the power of nature having positive and surprising affects towards humans; creating amazement through form and structure. As well as conveying the message that nature does leave humans in awe and wonderment.
Visual imagery is used vividly in the poem by Lawrence uses a range of metaphors to make the poem come to life and exciting; “jugfull after jugfull of pure white liquid fire” the repetition of “jugfull” stresses the unlimited and uncontrollable power of nature. By using the metaphor for lightning makes the reader have images of molten metal which is highly extraordinary, but can also indicate terrible danger which again suggests the force of nature and how it dominates man.
D.H Lawrence uses the word “tipples” to describe the movement of the lightning. The word “tipples” is a mix of the word “tipple” and “topples” which Lawrence uses quite often in his poems’ , this is an emphasis on his excitement from overlooking the storm. This may imply that the powerfulness of the storm left Lawrence mesmerised.