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The protagonist's mindset begins to change in the second half of the poem when the language and mechanics become dark and less certain. The whole poem up to this point has been in free verse, without punctuation and with sporadic capitalization, serving to set up what occurs later. The thought "he tried his eyes on the lake ospreys / would fall like valkyries" is broken up between lines 15 and 16 making the thought confusing. Especially with the lack of punctuation, the reader is at first unsure of how to read it, whether to use the phrase before "lake" as an introductory phrase or use "lake" to modify "ospreys." The image of the ospreys turned valkyries also enhances the darkness and confusion with the inclusion of negative language like "cut throat" (17), "smoke" and "boil" to represent the sunset (19). In the next stanza it seems that the man perceives nature to turn on him, when, where once he embraced the moon, it now "carved unknown totems/out...
Then the owls deride him (22), trees crowd in on him (23), and finally, the very winds turn the whole mountain into a weapon aimed against him when they blew, "shaping its peak to an arrowhead / poised" (25-27). The last, terrified thought in the poem shows the man's paranoia of nature and of death when "he could only / bar himself in and wait/for the great flint to come singing into his heart" (29, 30). It is in this moment the man's fear consumes him, causing him to envision nature itself coming to destroy him.
Throughout the poem, the language conveys the man's security, hope, and determination to hang on. The following stanzas tell of his struggles and hope to stay alive, his strength and determination to be rescued. But as the poem continues, the sloppy mechanics, frightening images, and negative language indicate the growing fear which rakes at him until it exposes the insanity…
American Literature "Song of Myself" stanzas 1-21 by Walt Whitman Pride in the self and one's perseverance at life "I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "I am satisfied -- I see, dance, laugh, sing;" Equality and the view of American lands "And it means, sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, growing among black folks as
Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" The Road Not Taken Although readers have a tendency to miss this element from the poem, the title is probably the largest giveaway, particularly with the Poem, "Road Not Taken." A lot of individuals have got the idea that The Road Not Taken is actually a good poem about simply being different as well as choosing the road that no individual will take; that it
The remainder of the poem assumes a more regularly rhythmic form, although the meter is not strict. Some of the remaining lines and stanzas follow an iambic hexameter, such as stanza three. However, many of the lines are in anapestic hexameter, or contain combinations of various meters. The poet inserts dactylic and anapestic feet along with iambic and also trochaic ones for intensity and variation, much as one would
Thomas Hardy's Poem "The Voice" The title of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Voice" reveals a lot about its mode of delivery. The audible whispers of the woman calling, calling are conveyed to the reader through literary devices such as rhyme and rhythm. The voice of the woman is translated into the voice of the poet. "The voice" of the woman becomes a symbol of the narrator's memory, which is tainted by
Unfair Robert Francis was an American poet whose work is reminiscent of Robert Francis, his mentor. Francis' writing has often compared to other writers such as Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Henry David Thoreau. Although Francis's work has frequently been neglected and is "often excluded from major anthologies of American poetry," those that have read his work have praised him and his writing. In "Fair and Unfair," Francis comments on balance
Your answer should be at least five sentences long. The Legend of Arthur Lesson 1 Journal Entry # 9 of 16 Journal Exercise 1.7A: Honor and Loyalty 1. Consider how Arthur's actions and personality agree with or challenge your definition of honor. Write a few sentences comparing your definition (from Journal 1.6A) with Arthur's actions and personality. 2. Write a brief paragraph explaining the importance or unimportance of loyalty in being honorable. Lesson 1 Journal