Pattern #4

The poem "Edward" was very strange to me. It was very dark considering the killing of his father. In our small group, I was really surprised when we came to the realization that the mother was the one who wanted Edward to kill his father. He reveals this at the end of the poem when he says "such counsels you gave to me". This really shocked me! He hates her for making him do this and he is blaming her. When she asks what he will do for her, he says "the curse of hell from me shall ye bear". This is a very strong feeling. He is bitter I think after the act since he says his family can beg in the streets. He is rejecting everying since he wants to leave, but his feelings towards his mom are most negative. I think that this shows he blames her. Also, in this poem I think that he shows some remorse by saying "woe is me". He does not have enough remorse to help make his family's lives better. Instead, I think he is saying they are better off without him so he is leaving.

Pattern Poem #3

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I read on of the questions concerning "Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead" which asked if I thought the poem had a tone of optimistic or pessimistic. Instead, I think that this poem has a tone of confusion, fear, and the lack of acceptance. This tone relates to the son because he seems afraid of death. By saying "I can't just say good-bye as cheerfully", the son expresses his sadness and unknowingness towards death. He does not yet accept death. He is not bashing on death. Rather, he is saying how he feels about his father accepting death and compares this to himself. He recognizes the fact that he is not ready at all. He still does not see it as a great thing. The juxtaposition of his father being happy to die and him being happy to live show that the tone of this poem displays the son's lack of acceptance towards death. The father has acceptance which strengthens the son's true feelings toward death. He is not negative towards death itself, but is negative towards how his father feels. He is making death somewhat depressing, but his father makes it seem like a good thing by saying "cheerefully" and "sureness of his faith".

Pattern Poems #2

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The central theme of this poem is that all these different people wants different things, but the same simple wish is love. This is supported through various things in the poem. One of these is the pattern. By splitting each of these up, we see each person's specific wants. The structure supports a personal ad since they are all separate and many people are involved. In addition to structure, the repetition of the lines at the end of each stanza supports the theme. Each person asks the similar question of "Do you live in North London? Is it you?" and "Can someone make my simple wish come true?". The repetition of these questions show that each person is desperate to find the same thing. The want of love is shared by all of theme. Also, I found some of their descriptions to support this other theme of desperation. They ask this straightforward question in a personal ad showing that they are purely looking for love. I found the fact of them putting out a personal ad simply supported desperation as well.

Pattern Poems #1

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The form and pattern of "Delight in Disorder" helps to support the overall theme of this poem. The poem has a pattern that is varied in lengths. It does not really have a uniform or pattern to the length of each line. This supports disorder because it is almost like this poem is jumbled together and just written without any pattern at all. If this poem had organization, then it would be the complete opposite of the theme of disorder. In addition to the structure, the poem's rhyme scheme also supports the theme of disorder. If you look at the end of the lines, the rhymes are not perfect rhymes. Examples of this are "thrown" with "distraction" and "note" with "petticoat". The somewhat misfit rhymes support a disorderly theme.