8.
After reading "The Apparation", I found that the tone of the poem was one of vengence. This is due to both the imagery and the diction. The diction used in this poem adds a dark, angry scene. His anger transfers to the desire to haunt and make his once love's life. Some of these words are "sick, "wretch", "painfully", and "ghost". All of these words have a negative connotation. From this, I think that the poem is meant to reveal the speakers anger. It is almost like he is venting. In addtion to the diction, the imagery of the poem reveals the theme of vengence. When the speaker says "shall my ghost come to thy bed"(line4), the speaker is showing how he is following and haunting her. Also, he says that she will be "bathed in a cold quicksilver sweat"(line12). This image shows how afraid and frightened she will be of him. The way he words this stanza makes me think that he will enjoy her feeling this way because he is saying it in a biting way, like he doesn't care he would do this. Also, when he talks about her new guy, he is talking bad like no guy will ever be as good as him. He wants her to realize that her new guy cannot help her and if she had stayed with the speaker it would have all been fine.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Figurative Language Poetry #4
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After reading "Pink Dog", I found that the tone of this poem is satirical and humorous. The poem's tone is achieved through the diction and imagery of the poem. The diction in this poem, such as "idiots", "ebbing", "drugged, drunk, or sober", and "naked and pink", support the humor and satire. All of these words are not formal, and some of the phrases are just absurd and funny. The poet is obviously not trying to make a point by saying everything wrong. Rather, he is saying how they will deal with the problem in a satirical way. The phrases throughout the poem that explain this are actually really funny. When he says that " the beggars who can afford them now wear life preservers", I for real laughed. I mean this is obviously not happening, but the poor are being treated that bad! I did not fully understand this poem, but the humerous diction and imagery of the actions taking place gave me a better understanding.
After reading "Pink Dog", I found that the tone of this poem is satirical and humorous. The poem's tone is achieved through the diction and imagery of the poem. The diction in this poem, such as "idiots", "ebbing", "drugged, drunk, or sober", and "naked and pink", support the humor and satire. All of these words are not formal, and some of the phrases are just absurd and funny. The poet is obviously not trying to make a point by saying everything wrong. Rather, he is saying how they will deal with the problem in a satirical way. The phrases throughout the poem that explain this are actually really funny. When he says that " the beggars who can afford them now wear life preservers", I for real laughed. I mean this is obviously not happening, but the poor are being treated that bad! I did not fully understand this poem, but the humerous diction and imagery of the actions taking place gave me a better understanding.
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