Poetry Analysis Of 'The Cave' By Mumford And Sons

The sentence structure of this poem is unlike a lot of poems that you might see where the lines are of equal length and contain the same amount of sylables. Rather than taking that approach, Blanco's poem contained senteneces, and lines that were all of different length. For example, in the second stanza blanco included two very long lines that included dashes and comma's because he was creating a list. Some of the very short lines feautured throughout the poem occur beacause the sentence was too long to fit into the line before and was continued in the next line.

The poem is written in free verse, offers no type of rhyme scheme, and in one long stanza. This contributes to

This poem’s form is clearly adapted to its function because of the one main device that is used to make this poem stand out. The allusion, clearly a reference to the Sirens in “The Odyssey” is the siren’s song itself .The sirens song represents a huge befuddle within readers, and has also been described as the song that nobody has ever heard of because everyone who has heard it has died. This is the most obvious and most notable allusion because according to the lure, Odysseus is tied to the mast of the ship in order to hear the Siren’s Song without jumping overboard (which is what would normally happen due to the songs enchanting power). In this poem, one of the three sirens tells about the song that she sings. Atwood describes in the poem that the anatomy of the song is unknown to all mortals except the sirens themselves. Although, based on the depressing and

The poem is formed of eight stanzas, each one is six lines long except for the fifth stanza which is an octet. The stanzas are formed of sets of three rhyming couplets in the

The men “tied me [Odysseus] up” to keep him form being enticed by the voices. The rope represents the physical restraint protecting Odysseus for the future showing him how to control his ego. The rope can also be looked as his past tying him back. Odysseus’ physical restraint kept him safe while the Sirens tore into his self-ego. The Sirens sang “holds clear of entering/ our green mirror” (Homer 706; 725).

The Minefield by Diana Thiel starts with a heartbreaking story of a young boy and his friend running between towns ends horribly when they took a short cut to find food. One of the young boys ran off ahead only to accidentally step on a landmine, taking the young boy’s life. The story was being told by a father at dinner to his family, but the father did not seem fazed by the horrific story of his friend. The narrator states throughout the poem, it seems as if the father is still living in the minefield by the anger busts and the bruises he leaves on his family. With the father’s violent outbursts and the way, the author talks about the abuse is both the father and the narrator suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The structure the author used of the poem says a lot about what the author is trying to say. As well as the words themselves. The words and the structure may cause the reader to have mixed feeling about the father throughout the poem, do you feel bad for the father for what he has been through or anger for abusing his family?

Also Homer's use of the words “their necks were in the noose” is interesting, because there are possibly two layers of figurative meaning. The more shallow layer refers to the suitors being snared in a trap they can't escape, not being able to run from their deaths, repeated in the next phrase “their doom sealed” (35). Taking a deeper look, however, it is possible that the example of necks in a noose is meant to compare the suitors to the people who usually are in the predicament of being hung, in fewer words, criminals. Odysseus then seems to cut through this panic with his “dark look”, possibly showing his disgust with the situation. He then shouts back, “You dogs!

This reflects how Odysseus is slowly watching the situation crumble out of his control, just like how pillars of salt of sand crumble because they lack structural support. Correspondingly, Odysseus and his crew are unfamiliar with the giants cave, making this situation even more unnerving and difficult for Odysseus, which relates to how the king in the song has his “missionaries in a foreign field.” This shows how similar Odysseus is in relation to the fallen king in the

only three short stanzas. By keeping it short he also allows the reader to interpret the poem

Interestingly, Whitman uses free verse more intensely in some of his works than others. For example, section two of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is full of sentences with different amounts of syllables, and there is no presence of a rhyme scheme. This example from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry finely illustrates a more intense application of free verse, because the lack of a consistent meter is quite obvious. However, the first stanza of A Noiseless Patient Spider contains sentences with amounts of syllables that are far more similar, but there is still an absence of a rhyme scheme. This less noticeable absence of a consistent meter in A Noiseless Patient Spider paints a clear picture of Whitman

“When truth is blurred by lies and misinformation, perception becomes reality and all is lost.” A person's perception is based off of what they believe and the world becomes a reflection of their own beliefs. Often, society is told and shown lies that they are forced into believing. Society will live the rest of their lives with the belief of these lies. However, when someone wanders away from society, on the pursuit of happiness, and gains the truth of our misconception. It is their obligation to spread their knowledge to the rest of society. Unfortunately, their voice and knowledge is ignored by the society, but their legacy is never forgotten. In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and the song “The Cave” by Mumford and Sons, when analyzed as

In the second stanza the speaker uses gravity as a metaphor for life which says, life puts a lot of weight on us. Life can wear and tear us down at times but can also bring each of us to

Along with the irregularities in meter, neither poem has a regular line length or rhyming pattern. Dickinson’s poem contains alternating tetrameters and trimeters, with the exception of the first line, which contains 7 syllables. The poem contains some irregular rhyme; ‘heard’ in line 5 rhymes with ‘bird’ in line 7, and ‘Sea’ in line 10 rhymes with ‘Me’ in line 12. Whitman’s poem contains even more irregular line lengths. The first 4 lines of each stanza vary from 12 to 15 syllables, but the last 4 lines of each stanza vary from 5 to 8 syllables. Unlike in Dickinson’s poem, the rhyming scheme carries throughout the whole poem, although the AABBCDED rhyme pattern contains a few cases of near rhyme.

Radiohead, in a Motion Picture Soundtrack, tie together the negative effects of popularity and pop culture. By leaving out the more optimistic view of fame, it prevents the sugar-coating of details. This technique, while dreary and glum, sets the perfect tone for the writer to reach the reader on subjects not frequently talked about. Ironically, in order to ‘shine light’ upon this topic, Radiohead creates as gloomy and dark of an environment as possible to convey their ideas. Within the song itself there exists a constant struggle of here they, the band, are, the negative side, and here is where they want to be or where they belong, a hope for something positive. They also use this method to reiterate the idea that fame is not so glorious. Instead, fame deceives other into yearning for something not there. Radiohead hones in on this illusory view with the connection to suicide. Unfortunately, suicide is often the easy way out of a hectic life – specifically for music culture. In essence, Radiohead’s song demonstrates, through their experiences, that the media does not depict the complete picture of fame. Overall, Motion Picture Soundtrack perfectly communicates this negative side of fame and how oftentimes the only way out is death.

Seamus Heaney published “Digging” and “Twice Shy” under the same collection of poems from “Death of a Naturalist” in 1966. The story behind “Digging” is about the internal conflict Heaney has with himself and the memories of his father working hard in the potato farm while Heaney works hard at digging into his poetry. “Twice Shy” centers on how a couple communicates their emotions felt from a date that carried meanings. The main theme for “Digging” is about the conflict Heaney has with his identity, while “Twice Shy” focuses on disillusionment between the couple. Heaney seems to struggle with realizing his own potential and qualities for something else other than what he and society thinks he should be. As for “Twice Shy” the couple has experienced the unpleasant romantic situations in the past which lead to hesitancy in a new relationship. The author built the theme of identity in “Digging” and for “Twice Shy” the newfound love of the couples through the use of imagery, rhyme, and mood.