54 Prince I found this poem interesting because of its used of repetition, its informal approach, and being more of a non-narrative approach. Lines like “54 planets where the living is juuuuuust right in that particular planetary zone”, and this gives the poem more of a causal language. I feel like this poem is simple to follow with describing the planets and its use of metaphors. Lines like “High-Heel Boots Prince and Jehovah’s Witness Prince displays the author’s use of subjective metaphors and using words like prince to describe the planets. I was a little lost to the reason why the author kept using the word “prince” to describe the planets, but to me the author used this to describe the enormous nature of the planets. I was also slightly
In the third stanza, the diction of “heaven” and “noble” allows the speaker to craft an image of an almost godlike juggler. This view of the juggler creates the tone of amazement and ardent which breaks through the previous gloomy description of the earth in the first stanza which “falls/ So in our hearts from brilliance” (lines 3-4). This reveals that the world the juggler has made, unlike the earth which the speaker doesn’t appear to have fond feelings of, is a joyful and light-hearted place that the speaker is easily captivated by. As the juggler “reels that heaven in” (line 16), creates an atmosphere of an almost unearthly experience. This description of the juggler as a master of spiritual elements allows readers to view how the speaker's attitude is uplifted and enlightened.
In HTRLLAP by Thomas C. Foster he talks about how many authors include biblical allusions in their stories. The transformation of turning into an insect could actually symbolize his desire not to have to return to a job he hates. In part one it says, “Gregor goes back to bemoaning his life as a traveling salesmen.” The transformation into a bug can be seen as a freedom from the from what he thought to be a boring life.
In the poem there is also an idea of man verses nature, this relates to the survival of the fittest. John Foulcher shows this through the use of first person point of view. For example in the second stanza “Then above me the sound drops” this again possesses sensory imagery creating a deeper human aura throughout the poem. Foulcher further uses a human aura to build a sense of natural imagery for example in the last stanza : “I pick up these twigs and leave them” adding closure
Over all, the poem helps imagine a possible student siting in a desk, reading a poem, and pulling his/ her hair out. Also the poem’s sound seems to be rushed. Together with the tone, it makes the poem sound like an angry student speaking very fast as to why he/she hates poetry. The rhythm seems to be regular. It shows to have a regular beat of unstress and distress. Each line follows a beat, but the lines don’t rhyme. The poem seems to show a few figures of speech. “Has difficulty retaining such things as addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables” meaning has a hard time understanding the poem more than math (Collins). “May recognize a word one day and not the next” means the reader would have a hard time remembering the overall meaning od a poem and its means (Collins). Also it would mean that the reader was very annoyed that he/she forgot everything about the
The poem may not be that long, but it has a lot of meaning. Figurative language is a big key in writing
symbolic richness, but at the same time the poem supplies the reader with a wide
This poem, ‘Apollo Tree’ makes absolutely no sense to me. Being the god of the sun in mythology, the poem starting with ‘Sunbearer’ makes sense. The line then continues on to say “To me, worshipper of sun bearing or greengrows”, which has a couple things I question. First off, what on earth kind of person still worships ancient mythology gods in today's time. Putting that fact aside, green grows is not a word! The poem gives no indication of what on earth ‘greengrows’ is, just using it again and again. Ignoring this, the poem just continues on talking about things associated with Apollo the god. He has a laurel and is known to be a singer, which is stated even if worded strangely. Next, the city is brought up, ‘in haste of bells’ , and ‘transforming laurel’ which I originally thought as a modern day person having the narcissism to see themselves as a god. Unable to understand, I now believe this writer sees similarities between a god and themselves or something along those lines. This poem was ‘too hard’ because the context is strange and the wording is stranger. Possibly this poem only made sense to the writer, but I refuse to believe greengrows is a
According to Holst, the suite was written about the ‘seven influences of destiny and constituents of our spirit’. Each planetary portrait is based on its astrological attributes, with Mars noted as being the ruler of our aggression, survival instinct and animal like nature.
The depth of the poem, in both its poetry and narration, is incredible, and in the
Because the poem is long, it won’t be quoted extensively here, but it is attached at the end of the paper for ease of reference. Instead, the paper will analyze the poetic elements in the work, stanza by stanza. First, because the poem is being read on-line, it’s not possible to say for certain that each stanza is a particular number of lines long. Each of several versions looks different on the screen; that is, there is no pattern to the number of lines in each stanza. However, the stanzas are more like paragraphs in a letter than
This poem is therefore widely a statement of pantheism, which is a position that god and nature are the same. According to Matt Slick, (2011) the word pantheism is derived from Greek words "Pan" meaning all and the other section from "theos" meaning God. This then implies that all nature found in the universe, from the stars, mountains, planets, wind, rain, storms are all part of what God is hence pantheists contest that God is all and all nature is part of God. This should not be confused with the Christian perspective that God created all nature but these are inferior to him and are in no way equal to him.
“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”
The located enjambments help the two fragments connect and keep the rhythm going. There is also alliteration that appears specifically consonances like having, heavenly, and hill. By using alliteration, the poet is describing and building up suspense to the truth of the resemblance between the sun and the man. Interestingly enough, the first line of the first two quatrains both have 11 syllables in them, and they relate because the gracious light is coming from the sky, and to get there, you must climb the steep up heavenly hill, using 11 syllables demonstrates the connection between the two lines. There is also an off-rhyme of eye-majesty and age-pilgrimage, this was probably done to be able to correctly fit 11 syllables in one line while trying to get straight to the point.
Here is the interpretation and analysis of the poem based on the sections that respect the grammar and meaning of its sentences:
The anthology is compiled of my favorite poems, and I purposely selected poems with controversial and subjective meanings. Unlike other forms of literature, such as narrations, in which the meaning and language is more direct, poetry tends to be more personal and open to interpretation. In many cases, even the poet never clearly reveals their poem’s true intent, allowing a myriad of theories to formulate. The subjectiveness of poetry allows the audience to develop various interpretations, which also ensures that more people are identify with them through different ways. For example, the meaning of A Girl by Ezra Pound is still debated, and while it is mostly accepted that the poem is based off the myth of Apollo and Daphne, there are still