In the poem, “Dusting,” by Julia Alvarez, the speaker is being rebellious against her mother and wants to do different things than what her mother wants her to do. In the first stanza, the poet writes that the speaker writes her name many times on dusty furniture “each morning” while the mother followed her to dust the furniture and the mess by the girl. This is an example of the speaker rebelling her mother since this is a metaphor meaning that the girl wants to accomplish different things than her mother but her mother keeps on erasing her accomplishments and wants the girl to be just like her. Another evidence in the poem is at the end of stanza two, where the speaker says “But I refuse with every mark to be like her, anonymous.” This phrase
However by the third stanza, readers gain a sense of peace from the language used. For example “Floating maple leaf. ”(8) The language becomes soft and light as she describes scenes of what she sees during that one hour of peace. But again in stanzas four through five she
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds, generally the first sound of a word. Seen in such lines as “”(). Anaphora, the repetition of words, or closely related words, to introduce successive clauses or lines, for emphasis, this can be observed in the third and fourth lines of each stanza “” (), contrasting ending words such as grass and glass, cling and a-swing, and free and glee all share similar endings. Symbolism of the singing is speaking out rather than being silent and taking such abuse quitely. The use of these help the reader understand
The poem begins with the narrator describing being alone in the woods. She is being dragged through the water, by a mysterious man which develops the sense of imprisonment. She describes the man’s language as not human and she turned to prayer to find strength.
By now it is no secret that the main theme for both “I heard a Fly buzz” and “Remember” is death. The two writers may use the same theme, they do, however, each have their own way of approaching the subject. Dickinson approaches the subject with calm and coolness, while Rossetti is bursting with emotion. In Dickinson’s poem the speaker seems to be observing what is going on, like she is having a ‘out-of-body experience’. This could also explain why the speaker is, supposedly, the only one to react to the flu buzzing around.
The rhyming scheme is very evident as fluentuates throughout the poem with lines such as, Hypnotized by you if I should linger. Staring at the ring around your finger. Along with it’s rhyming schemes there’s a bit of alliteration tied up as well, Devil and the
However, toward the end of the third stanza, Wheatley starts to employ a rhyme scheme. Lines twenty-seven through thirty follow an ABAB rhyme scheme, where “divine” (Wheatley 27) and “pain” (Wheatley 29) are paired together and “foe” (Wheatley 28) and “soul” (Wheatley 30) are matched. This more organized structure contrasts with Wheatley’s declaration of herself as an “Ethiop” (Wheatley 28).
While “subtleties” toward the end of stanza 1 does not really rhyme with “lies” and "eyes," it gives a case of eye rhyme. That is to say, it looks as though it could rhyme with those different words. The writer 's utilization of “myriad”
He begins with saying that she is “like the night/ of cloudless climes and starry skies” (1-2). He uses a simile in to compare her beauty to the night sky, being both bright and dark, causing the line to have a lyrical effect. Also, in the first stanza he uses alliteration with “cloudless climes and starry skies” to help the poem flow more and create a more lyrical effect (2). It also helps to describe the woman’s elegancy through the melodious choice of words. In the second stanza he uses the oxymoron “one shade the more, one ray the less” (7).
Throughout the six stanzas of the poem, we identify
These schemes change almost every stanza. I would say that the scheme is not traditional. The poem departs from traditional poems because it doesn 't really follow a structure. You could say that it 's free verse with a large amount of rhyming throughout. The line lengths and stanza arrangement also have not patterns or structure which is very unlike most other poems .
There are two words that rhyme with each other: cage and rage. Additionally, the lines, “his wings are clipped and his feet are tied. So he opens his throat to sing” will be repeated in the fifth stanza. The repetition emphasizes and reveals the poet’s feeling of restrictions and her will of seeking for freedom. The third stanza has the most ending rhymes, which are trill, still, and hill.
The idea that science is capable of explaining everything in life is rejected here as she says that this world is not the end of the line, that there is something after it that we cannot see. It is “invisible, as music”, meaning something that we cannot physically see, but is always there, something that is noticeable and recognizable to those who care for it. The recognition of this invisible afterlife represents a train of thought that someone who had rejected all forms of spirituality would not follow, indicating that Dickinson’s doubt had not led to her disbelief in a higher power. Despite this, Dickinson, in the dichotomy and contradiction that seemed to represent her neverending consideration of the world around her, also recognized the helpful role of increasing scientific discoveries: Faith is a fine invention
This imagery was very well done as it keeps to the tone of the poem and it also functions as imagery that can be very sinister. Another example in the poem to show that she has aged is in stanza 2. “The dress yellowing”, this means that the white wedding dress has turned old become the color yellow. This is one of the biggest clues used in the poem to demonstrate that she has become old, that plenty of time has passed. The literary device used in this example can be also defined as imagery, as we can imagine the dress old, dirty and yellowing as the poem
The first stanza describes the fact that humans aren’t immortal and regardless of how much we radiantly shine, we are overshadowed like the clouds in the
