The Bee Meeting Analysis Essay

Larkin’s use of alliteration when unfolding the content, that of Bleaney’s room, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed, Fall to within five inches of the sill’(l.3-4) creates an ironic bleak description of the things which presumably once surrounded Mr Bleaney; this contrasts the function of alliteration as its usually used in a playful manner. Using such a feature allows some light-heart, creating a rhythmic flow to the poem, despite the dismal atmosphere being presented. Larkin uses alliteration quite a few times in Mr. Bleaney, ‘Behind the door, no room for books or bags’ (l.9) signifying that the room in which he resided in was so box size that there was no space for leisure or anything exciting, not even behind the door where it may not
The speaker refers the rest of the villages as a group ‘they are all gloved’ (l.3), ‘they are smiling’ (l.4) and ‘everybody is nodding’ (l.12) where this group of people are always doing things together in exception of her. She also uses absolutes like "all" signifying sense of being left out. Plath also conveys vulnerability through straightforward phrases like ‘I have no protection’ (l.3) and ‘nude as a chicken neck’ (l.6). The use of anaphora and repetition shows a panicked reassurance that she doesn’t fear loneliness and enhances her declaration of fear – ‘will not smell me fear, me fear, my fear’. In contrast, it is significant to see how the Sheep ends with ‘a dark water’ (l.15) in Plath’s Sheep in Fog, which remains to be mysterious and unable to be seen through the murky waters. This emphasizes a sense of superiority into its observers. While the observers are capable of seeing their own reflection through the black water, they are unable to break into the speaker’s identity, who is not able to see through the dark water. This indicates the speaker is not being vivid about their appearance to others because they themselves are not completely confident in who they