contributing to this feeling was the stanza organization. Each stanza was very short‚ usually containing a sentence or less‚ and included many enjambments‚ "a farmer was ploughing/ his field/ the whole pageantry"‚ "of the year was/ awake tingling/ near". The considerably short length of each stanza creates a feeling of unimportance; with no attempt at describing the scene in-depth‚ Williams just gives the reader a superficial view of the scene. There are also some stanzas that explicitly state the insignificance
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the first stanza it begins with the ambulance arriving and bringing life and hope‚ “like an artery” is a symbol of life and also a symbol of hope. Another symbol of life in the first stanza is “The ambulance at top speed floating down” which means like an angel which represents life and hope. The writer portrays the idea of life and hope in the first stanza by using symbolism and symbolising the like of angels and artery’s which both are a symbol of life. In the second and third stanzas of “Autowreck”
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books. The title is a mock‚ serious title for it sounds like a piece of academic research Larkin uses first person persona to give expression to things he would prefer not to have attributed to himself. The structure of the poem divided into three stanzas; school years‚ adolescent years and the present. The tone is sarcastic and colloquial‚ that along with the shorter lines‚ creates a less serious poem from Larkin. In the first part of his journey‚ the persona is imaginative and loves to read‚
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and diminishment is pervasive. And the poem “No Road” is not an exception either. In his poems of this series Larkin invents stanza forms of intricate patterns that become one with the content of the poem. His rigorous adherence to these patterns brings the sadness into sharp relief and gives the emotions their authority. The poem “No Road” is divided into three stanzas each of which has its own idea and theme‚ but on the whole they make the poem be integral. The first part of the poem tells us
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Cleanliness here seems almost antiseptic‚ or negative and the idea of perfect regulation in ‘sanities’ repeats in ‘sanitary’‚ ‘levelness’‚ ‘straight’‚ ‘pedantic rows’ and ‘rational whine’. There is an uncomfortable edge to this perfection. While the first stanza is full of the semantic field ofregulation‚ and control‚ the second is rising ‘hysteria’‚ where even inanimate objects take on a ‘vicious’ tone. Pathetic fallacy puts ‘sickness lingering‘ in the garages‚ the ‘plastic hose‘ is ‘poised‘ like a snake
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and ’my’ in the poem delineates that it is a very personal and self-centered poem; cut off from the world..The repetition of the last line of each stanza-"And...done"‚ emphasizes the poet’s inability to escape his execution. It is an elegy encasing several metaphors that allow readers to resent the with compassion the plight of the poet. In the first stanza‚ Tichbourne makes use of antithesis to establish the circumstances of his life. he reflects on his short life‚ one which ended before he truly lived
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sisters with different aspects. The mythical side could be referring to the two sides of Persephone to show the connections between "shade and light". In the first stanza‚ it introduces the two sisters‚ different as dark and light. One sister is very happy while the other is awfully depressed. In the second‚ third‚ and last stanza‚ it talks about the aspects of the sister of the shade side. This sister is a logical‚ mathematical‚ and thinker sort of person. She spends her time dark shadowy room
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sympathise with the character. It is a poem of lamentation and has elements of being an elegy‚ as Marty seems to be in deep and serious reflection. The poem has a feel of being a ballad as it is constructed of many mournful short stanzas and is often quiet meditative. Stanzas 1 to 8 are each quatrains which an A/B rhyme scheme. This creates a light-hearted feel‚ which makes the context of the poem less mournful by allowing the poem to flow smoothly. Hardy creates clear‚ vivid imagery throughout the
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tone and the structure of the poem. Duffy uses techniques like metaphors‚ symbolism and imagery. These techniques are very effective as they create a clear vision of what the speaker is both doing and reflecting on in the poem. For example in stanza one‚ “with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows” creates an image of the graves or coffins of the dead soldiers. However the ‘spools of suffering’ also acts as a metaphor demonstrating the effects of war. This is because ‘spools’ often relates
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structure in both poems are. Both works are split up into three separate stanzas‚ each poem using different tones to bring out the hardships of war. “Beat! Beat! Drums!” has a war marching tone to it‚ as it is rhythmic and adds to the sounds of war in addition to the sounds of beating drums and blowing
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