Essay about If You Forget Me

Analyse (tell me how the poet creates this image - choice of words, literary devices, implication etc)The idea of a freezing, harsh climate is emphasized with "winter's city" and "winter's leaves". The poet uses words like "death" and "terrible" to highlight the freezing, barren winter.

To begin with, E.E. Cummings and Pablo Neruda in a similar way have their speakers’ feelings expressed by addressing the women they love. In this way the theme of the poems is presented properly and the speaker’s feelings are emphasized. For instance, the phrases “you of my heart” (10) in Cummings’s poem and “Bring them all/ to where I am waiting for you;” (11-12) in Neruda’s poem indicate that the speakers address their lovers in order to express their feelings in a more lively way. Another similarity in the way the two speakers cope with the possibility of a future change is the fact that they both make thoughts about the women they love related to other men either it is in the past or in the future. To illustrate, Cummings makes a hypothesis using the word ‘if’ to show the possibility of his lover’s unfaithfulness in the future and thinks about it continuously. The repetition of the word ‘if’ and also the phrase “if this should be, i say if this should be-” (9) show the intense thoughts the speaker makes referred to the probability of mistrust by his lover. In the same manner, Neruda’s speaker talks about his woman’s past, and although he says that “[He] is not jealous/of what came before [him]”(1-2) and concludes saying that “[they] shall always be

In many ways, this poem is unusual in its subject. It deters in several ways from a typical aubade, such as Donne's "The Sun Rising" or the internal aubade introducing the bird narrator in Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde." For this poem, it is important to note that rather than detailing the parting of lovers, this poem addresses a parting which has already taken place. The speaker is likely driving away from his love, having left her, and imagining her still asleep. The last line of the poem has a certain intimacy to it, that even though they are apart, in the speaker's mind they are still joined by this moment, as he seems to have an awareness or thoughtfulness regarding what she is doing as he moves further away. Also, the speaker in an aubade is usually discontented that he has to leave his love; this speaker is somehow consoled by the knowledge that a parting is never really a parting (his driving off is somehow symbolic of this.) It is also interesting to note that this aubade doesn't greet the sun; rather it mentions the moon instead.

The first stanza foregrounds the importance of love to the lyrical voice. Throughout the stanzas, the lyrical voice will express his/her particular feelings about something that occurred particularly to him/her. It shows the writing through experience. The poem begins by saying that this lover has no riches and, consequently, couldn’t share them with the lyrical voice “No riches from his scanty store/ My lover could impart”. Notice the alliteration on “scanty store”, which gives a soft feel to the first part of the stanza. Then, the lyrical voice states that this lover gave him/her something that he/she values more “He gave a boon I valued more-”: his heart “He gave me all his heart!”. Notice the great emphasis made on the last line and how the lyrical voice accentuates it by using a final dash and creating a pause at the end of the previous line.

The author uses imagery in the poem to enable the reader to see what the speaker sees. For example, in lines 4-11 the speaker describes to us the

Romantic relationships,contains emotions that both partner share for each other,when conflict begins to arise animosity causes  the separation within  the relationship from those two people.This may or may not leave mutual feeling for each other.However,within the poem “IF You Forget Me”by Pablo Neruda emanates the message,regardless of what may had happened between you and someone else in a intimate relationship the bond between them will either last forever or disappear between each other.But, no matter what the feeling of “If You Forget Me” is mutual by the author uses of  metaphor,express to attempt to tell his lover that he will forget her if she forgets him,in the same instant that it might happen.As Equally important

The theme of the poem is loss. The seasons changing and turning impure are signs of that. Personification is used to express those words better in the poem. Personification is used on the word nature to help describe

In the second and third quatrains, the speaker uses analogies to describe why he wouldn't return to his lover. In each of the analogies, Gascoigne uses an animal longing for their object of desire. In the first second quatrain, it is a mouse that doesn't not fall for the same trap it once escaped from. In the third quatrain, it is the fly that will not be scorched by the same flame twice. In both analogies, the subjects escape from a dangerous conflict, only to want to return to that conflict again, as the desire is one that the subject needs to survive. By using this type of application to show the speaker’s conflict, the speaker better shows and develops their attitude towards the main subject of the poem. The imagery in these analogies helps to create the complex attitude of the speaker because by using the analogy, the reader is able to connect the speaker's feelings to a real life situation. The audience is able to better understand the scenario because the author compared it to an everyday scenario that can be easily pictured. Gascoigne skillfully uses imagery in the form of analogies to convey the complex attitude of the

The speaker is established as male - neurotic, then confident, and cheerful. Free verse is exhibited through this poem as well as x-lined stanzas. Enjambments also extend the speaker’s phrases creating a conversational tone and simple diction. The speaker expressions of sentimental and nostalgic attitude supports the theme as he reconciles his love and hope at that moment in his life. Early on, oranges are introduced into the poem as the speaker is “Cold, and weighted down / With two oranges in [his] jacket,” and used as a symbol of warmth in the cold of December(3-4). Specifically, Soto uses auditory imagery as “Frost cracking / Beneath [his] steps,” to further juxtapose the

Imagery is used throughout the poem to emphasize the finite time humans have on the earth, and how every second should be appreciated. Lines two and three are the speaker’s first use of imagery. Diction in line two illustrates the speaker’s recognition of the phenomena, which is snow in October. The phrase “But this morning” (line 2) highlights that the meaning is not a mundane morning. Most people would be agitated that winter came early, but the speaker seems to be grateful. Furthermore, the speaker describes the snow in a pleasant tone, seen in this line “pale muslin/ stretched across the grass” (line 2-3). This emphasizes that the speaker appricates the early

Personally, I enjoy this paragraph of the poem because it carries a heavy message about being distant. Distant with the one you love. When he mentions being “hungry” I believe he refers to the fact that he and his lover, have nothing else between each other and are suffering.

The poem uses a vast amount of alliteration throughout it. The author is showing a pattern through their writing. He uses alliteration to give life to his words for a better understanding of what is happening.

The imagery shows that since the character is young and responsible, he works to support him and his family. We are first introduced to the image of the young boy working as a young adult. Then, in the first 9 lines, the author describes the setting of the poem using imagery such as, “sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it,” “Five mountain ranges one behind the other,” “under the sunset far into

Remembering past loves to current times bring to reality a sign of the times in which cannot ever be go back to or never see the people in those memories again which in turn, leave people in despair. In Millay’s poem, the narrator views describes past lovers in different ways that still communicate how the narrator is slowing decaying due to remembering past loves. In one way she could be referring to herself as she mourns lovers that she once

This poem clearly represents the heart brokenness of a desperate man who had been shaded by the darkness of the piercing shock he experienced after he was forced to let go of his love, that was so dear to him. Although, he explains that with the love he presented to his significant other, it also brought hard times to their relationship, that caused her to be unhappy. The poet shows his difficult journey to successfully substain himself from her love.