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What Is The Mood Of The Poem Xiv By Derek Walcott
In the poem “XIV”, Derek Walcott takes his readers on a journey in which he uses symbolism, imagery, and other poetic devices to describe the speaker's transition from the “unknown” to acquiring knowledge with the help of an elderly storyteller. Through the poetic devices Walcott uses, the reader can convey the speaker's development of maturity from his childhood to adulthood by listening to the wise, elderly woman's stories of the Caribbean. Walcott uses imagery to set a dark, intimidating mood for the first half of the poem. The lines,“sunset would threaten us as we climbed closer,” explains that the closer they get to the woman's house, the darker and more dangerous the journey will be. Meaning, that the boys are unfamiliar with their surroundings,
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