Despite this, if someone is simply reading the poem for enjoyment, the format may be so distracting that the reader may not be able to appreciate the true meaning of the poem as a
However, it is written in one giant stanza and it has very few periods which makes it a fast read. James Dickey uses a different approach by using punctuation almost after every line and by separating it into various stanzas. This gives the poem its slow paced rhythm and allows the reader to feel every detail presented.
Emily Dickinson’s “Water…” provides a crucial life lesson that should not be overlooked. Dickinson states, “Water, is taught by thirst. Land - by the Oceans passed. Transport - by throe - Peace - by its battles told - Love, by Memorial Mold - Birds, by the Snow. ”(Pg 417).
Although Dickinson leads to a little happier of a path she comes up with the same conclusion in the poem. Her character in the poem goes from a familiar path into the darkness when then she states that you had to choose whether to become brave and overcome it, or let it overcome it. These changes in characters help us see how darkness is able to affect
Whitman and Dickinson share the theme of death in their work, while Whitman decides to speak of death in a more realistic point of view, Dickinson speaks of the theme in a more conceptual one. In Whitman’s poems, he likes to have a more empathic view of individuals and their ways of living. For example, in Whitman’s “Song of Myself”, the poet talks about not just of himself, but all human beings, and of how mankind works into the world and the life of it. Even though the poem mostly talks about life and the happiness of it, Whitman describes also that life itself has its ending, and that is the theme of death. For Dickinson, she is the complete opposite of happiness.
However, this poem has breaks in many places where poems do not normally have breaks, and this causes a sense of fragmentation when reading the poem. She uses these breaks to juxtapose consistency and fragmentation in an unusual way when she interrupts the flow of the poem but keeps it all as one stanza. By using juxtaposition such as “the mask that sighs like a woman even though a woman wears it” at the end of each line, she disrupts the flow of her poem and disfavors the “wholeness” taken from looking at the structure of the poem. The uniformity and length of the sentences within the poem creates a sense of wholeness throughout the poem but the breaks in the words and use of grammar creates a choppy, unconnected disposition within the poem.
The next few lines of the poem show
“The Untitled Superhero Poem” by Tonya Maria Matthews is a great example of stream of consciousness, displays great use of enjambment, and is an ideal representation of witness poetry. One of the first things that a reader will notice is that there is no punctuation in the poem until the very last line. The absence of punctuation, also known as enjambment, causes the reader to continuously read the poem without stopping. By using this device, Tonya Maria Matthews is forcing the reader to take in everything that is said in the poem at once. This device also gives high energy to “The Untitled Superhero Poem.”
This same effect couldn’t be achieved if complied with the formal element of punctuation, as it would formalise the ending of the poem; bringing it to an abrupt ending. The lack of form in this poem, therefore, helps to extend its content and meaning beyond the barriers of the page, we are able to identify the subtle elements of the poem which convey the content, which arguably wouldn’t have been as obvious or successful without the absence of the
The poem that stood out the most while reading this assortment of Emily Dickinson poems, was her poem numbered 656/520. This poem used imagery in numerous ways throughout in order to show the audience the important themes and the overall meaning of this work of literature. The poem’s main theme was about a walk on the beach that the poet encountered in the early morning. Although the poem is about a beach it can also give the audience contextual clues into other aspects of life.
In “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, Emily Dickinson uses imagery and symbols to establish the cycle of life and uses examples to establish the inevitability of death. This poem describes the speaker’s journey to the afterlife with death. Dickinson uses distinct images, such as a sunset, the horses’ heads, and the carriage ride to establish the cycle of life after death. Dickinson artfully uses symbols such as a child, a field of grain, and a sunset to establish the cycle of life and its different stages. Dickinson utilizes the example of the busyness of the speaker and the death of the sun to establish the inevitability of death.
The arrangements of stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem not only helps create rhythm but also draw the attention of the audience to the message
Emily Dickinson lived during a time when many would become very well acquainted with death. As such it would become a specter that was feared as it could make an appearance at any time. So looking at Dickinson 's work it seems rather interesting that taken as a collection there seems to be the tale of one character that comes to view death in a multitude of different ways throughout their life. First is the feared figure that leaves them restless, then death comes as something numbing but leaves the living to celebrate the life of the one that has passed, life as a story that is completed and finished upon death, and finally coming to see death as kind figure that takes one to a new home. this finally view is what paints death as something that is not to be feared but rather as something natural, it is the next
Allen Curnow’s ‘Time’ and Emily Dickinson’s ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ show the similar themes of the passing of time and its implications. The two poems both discuss events that occur throughout an average life (childhood, work, marriage and death are some examples), however, there is a stark contrast between the finality of ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ and the mundaneness of ‘Time’. The poem ‘Time’ is a tribute to the passing of time and how much humans have grown to obsess over it. The poem is an extended metaphor, using the repetition of “I am” to instigate that the voice is Time itself.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Lines1-4. Line 2 falls into line three using no punctuation and line 3 falls into 4 the same way. This allows the poem to flow from line to line instead of being read line by line. It
