Creative Writing: Saturday Night Light

The visual’s background is formed by a dark and starry night sky; stretching across the image and transitioning into a sunny day sky. This is a representation of the passage of time, life, death, and the power of memories. The nighttime depicts ageing and adulthood, whereas the daytime represents youth and life. In the poem, the narrator describes the sky, ‘Ambiguous night, ambiguous sky,’ which is symbolic for the transience between adulthood and childhood. An ambiguous sky is a sky which is unclear or undecided. The faded transition from the night sky to the day sky reflects this notion and the uncertainty of memories; displaying how the poem

While the beginning half of the poem feels joyous and lighthearted, it is masked by a thin facade. This is portrayed by the nighttime setting and the shakiness of the seemingly cheerful terms, such as the verses “while the stars, that oversprinkle / all the heavens, seem to twinkle” (6-7). In the latter half of the poem, the tone becomes openly dark. The speaker probably sees this poem and its four sections as stages in life, which quickly dive from a bright atmosphere to a downright distressing one. Together, they represent the idea that happiness is

“Success doesn’t come to you, you have to go to it”, through my life from my childhood to this early adulthood, I underwent through many challenges and consequences as well as accomplishes and failure in my life. For example, learning the new language in a different country. To illustrate, adopted the new culture and community on the land of America. Namely, In the age of between thirteen to fifteen, I managed to lose weight and put myself into a weight training course. I have done all of these because I want to accomplish my ambition and show my parents that I could actually do better than what they thought of me.

The poem as a whole appear to be a metaphor for, or symbolic of the depression and loneliness felt by the speaker . In the very first line “I have been one acquainted with the night” (I. 1), tells that the speaker knows of the ‘night’ (a metaphor for loneliness and depression). The speaker also personifies the night by being ‘acquainted’ with it. In the second line, the usage of the word ‘rain’ is a metaphor for life’s problems, which the speaker seems to be immersed with . In the third and fourth lines, the speaker uses hyperbole when he says “I have outwalked the furthest city light/ I have looked down the saddest city lane” (I. 3; II. 1), a feat not humanly possible, because the farthest city light would suggest the end of the city, and the word ‘saddest’ is a relative emotion. The words “city light” is also symbolic of a community and friends, which the speaker is trying to

Global warming affects polar bears in antarctica by making the icebergs melt. It make them have to swim for a long time in the ocean to get to a iceberg to rest. It also causes less polar bears to survive. There is also not enough food for the polar bears and its family. we can stop global warming by using cars less to get around so that the pollution does not go into the air. You can use less electricity and use the energy from the sun. you can use less water from the sink or the shower. You can use less heat. To stop that we can use hydroelectric power, solar power, and wind

The night is dark, dangerous, and foreboding. Can you imagine the moon looking like a ghostly galleon (ship), lost amidst black, rolling waves (clouds)? It might not be your first thought. It probably never even occurred to you to compare the moon to a ghostly ship; however, consider how the author’s use of metaphor contributes to the poem – to the tone (dangerous, foreboding) and to the image. How does it make you feel? Anxious? Unnerved? Do you feel a sense of

The imagery in this poem reinforces the mood and appeals to the senses of sight and sound. Night, the setting which takes place in the poem is dark, depressing, and lonely. For example, when the speaker looks out the city

The poem evokes calming, night time winding down images to me by the line “The twilight darkens” which I see as night fall.

The speaker refers to the night as his acquaintance. This implies that the speaker has a lot of experience with the night, but has not become friends with it. Thus, because even the night, which has been alongside the speaker in comparison to anything or anyone else, is not a companion to the speaker, the idea of loneliness is enhanced. In addition, “rain” (2) is used to symbolize the speaker’s feelings of gloom and grief, because there is continuous pouring of the rain, which is unlikely to stop. In line 3, “city light” is used to convey the emotional distance between the speaker and society. Although the speaker has walked extensively, he has not yet interacted with anyone – thus distancing himself even further from society. Moreover, the moon, in lines 11 to 12, is used as a metaphor of the speaker’s feelings. The speaker feels extremely distant from society that he feels “unearthly.” The idea of isolation and loneliness in this poem is used as the theme of the poem; and the use of the setting and metaphors underscores the idea that the speaker feels abandoned from society.

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Twilight’s such a poignant time of day, A bittersweet reminder that night is on its way; The daylight sighs and wraps her cape About the lovely shoulders of the landscape; She knows she will return upon the morrow, But her adieu holds just a hint of sorrow; For when she does return, that which remains Of today will merely be the memory of joys and pains That yesterday once held, and only now,

My vision was still blurry, from the collision. At least for all I knew, I was the only one. I started shouting at the top of my lungs, “Is anybody still there!” Though I knew I was shouting, I heard nothing, but ringing. After leaving the ship wreck I turned around, and saw the horrific scene that was the boat. My last former fighters that fought with me in Troy, were nothing but bloody olives scattered about the shore. Most were impaled with planks and oars, but the gruesomest thing I saw was, a man about the age of 27, impaled through his right eye, and the object extruding through his lower back. Nobody was left. The pain suddenly hit me all through my right arm. I had an iron spike from the ship, lodged in my bicep. I

Another interesting feature of the poem is the constant use of imagery, specifically light and dark. The speaker consistently refers to death as “night” (Meyer, 247), and clearly refers to life as “day” (Meyer, 247) and “light” (Meyer, 247). The speaker uses words like “burn”(Meyer, 247), “bright”(Meyer, 247), “sun”(Meyer, 248), and “blaze” (Meyer, 248) in lines discussing life. While this is common imagery for life and death, its use in this poem does not feel trite. Instead it leaves one with the feeling of deaths inevitability, as night always follows day. This lends itself heavily to the tone as the speaker grapples with his father’s impending death. The only comfort the speaker seems to be able to find is in the life his father lead. The use of such dichotomous imagery puts the tone in perspective. There are only two

Nature was essential in this poem, used as an emblem due to the fact in which the rhythm of life and death throughout all the four seasons presents imagery that most can identify themselves with. It symbolizes the idea of how everything, no matter how good or beautiful in life, will at one point vanish into thin air. Although this poem was written in the 1920’s it signifies an important message that has not changed, one you realize how cherished certain moments may be, you will acknowledge and enjoy them even more.

First, Hopkins’ use of language throughout the poem builds up an image of a suffering man. The opening line, ‘I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’, is an indication of his suffering – ‘fell of dark’ indicates a fall into depression which is always just starting as the phrase implies dusk, whilst ‘not day’ indicates an inability to escape this darkness and find light. In just the opening line, Hopkins sets up the dark tone of this poem and his feelings of isolation. Hopkins reaffirms this in his next line through his use of ‘black hoürs’ which both reaffirms the absence of light in his life, but also a lack of colour due to the absence of God. This all seems to frustrate Hopkins as indicated through his use of an exclamative, ‘This night!’, due to his seemingly never-ending struggle. The depression is linked to God in ‘What sights you, heart, saw; ways you went!’ – Hopkins’ heart is wandering and trying to find solace. This also represent Hopkins’ chaotic emotions due to the personification of his unruly heart. In fact, the longer Hopkins stays in the dark the more his heart wanders, ‘And more must, in yet longer light’s delay’. To Hopkins, it seems the light is farther away than usual and so his emotions rebel; which causes him to stray from God.