Seventh Stanza's Poem 'Seven Whole Days'

As Wendy Martin says “the poem leaves the reader with painful impression of a woman in her mid-fifties, who having lost her domestic comforts is left to struggle with despair. Although her loss is mitigated by the promise of the greater rewards of heaven, the experience is deeply tragic.” (75)

As Oekeke awoke, he shifted in his bed with a pain coming from his chest. It wasn’t a pain that made you clench up and scream, he knew from that moment something was very wrong. He tried to open his at last, from when he awoke his eyes were still weary but it seemed as though he was stuck in time. His heart pumped faster and his mind was propelling from left to right to across the back and back. All he could think of was his family, but with such confusion he could hardly focus on the realty of his situation. It was a sensation he’d never felt ever before, and as he saw his life flash by him he knew the only thing he could do was to wait it out. The old man finally grasped control of his life covered in sweat and disorientation. He asked

When a reader grasps a theme throughout any piece of literature, he or she never clearly understands the intent without knowing where the theme came from. The theme that is portrayed in the poem is, often times reconnecting with a loved one cannot only bring happiness, but it can also bring sorrow. This theme was emphasized throughout the poem and without knowing the historical context of the poem, one could not necessarily understand where it came from. In the text it

In conclusion, the poem points the inevitable cycle of natural and emotional events and the power that love has to go beyond that cycle. This is why the speaker assures that the way he has loved is something that

The narrator is very lost because his love of his life is now gone, and I think that the narrator is going into a depression, but the narrator can still feel the loving, bright eyes of Annabel looking down on him.

Similarly, the phrase ‘the next moment, you are no longer there’ is perhaps suggesting that he was shocked at seeing her go so suddenly. However, the fact that when she next reappears she is ‘perfectly framed shows us that the joy of seeing her after thinking she has gone for good is a surprise to him. ‘Fragrant survivors of last night’s frost’ shows us that the flowers are strong, which is a suggestion that their love is strong. In the fourth verse the phrase ‘my heart misses a beat at love for you’ shows us that the love was so intense that time seemed to stop too. ‘Knowing a time will come when you are no longer there’ shows us that he is not looking forward to that time and that he knows it is inevitable. ‘Meanwhile let us make sure we clasp each shared moment’ shows us that he wants to make sure they use their time together wisely, and ‘in cupped hands, like water we dare not spill’ shows us they know that their time together is precious.

The enchantment in this poem begins by the earth welcoming the speaker back home. This speaker expresses that, “She took me back so tenderly.” This statement exemplifies to the reader that death is not a scary process. In this case, the earth is being portrayed as a woman. This is significant because women are often portrayed as being nurturing and caring. For the reader, this can trigger memories or ideas of who the reader would picture the earth as. Whether that be a mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, etc. the reader can

The poem’s structure as a sonnet allows the speaker’s feelings of distrust and heartache to gradually manifest themselves as the poem’s plot progresses. Each quatrain develops and intensifies the speaker’s misery, giving the reader a deeper insight into his convoluted emotions. In the first quatrain, the speaker advises his former partner to not be surprised when she “see[s] him holding [his] louring head so low” (2). His refusal to look at her not only highlights his unhappiness but also establishes the gloomy tone of the poem. The speaker then uses the second and third quatrains to justify his remoteness; he explains how he feels betrayed by her and reveals how his distrust has led him

In the Egyptian love poems, it is apparent that both the boy and the girl long for their lover when they’re away. In ‘Seven whole days’ the boy talks about how when his love is away he feels ill and no medicine or magic can make him better, only the sight and presence of his beloved can cure him. While in ‘Am I not here with you’ the girl speaks about her worry that the boy will leave once morning comes because food will be more important to him than the girl’s love and whatever relationship they

This book report is an analysis of the Egyptian Love Poem [ My god, my Lotus…], from the book, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volume A. Egyptian Love Poems date back to 1300-1100 B.C.E., they were written on papyri, potsherd, and flakes of limestone. Papyri are a sheet-like material that was made out of pithy stems from a water plant. Which was used to write or paint on in the ancient Mediterranean world, potsherd is pieces of broken ceramic material. The lovers in Egyptian Love Poems are young and tend to be under parental supervision, half the poem is spoken by the girl and the other half by the boy. [ My god, my Lotus…] uses imagery to describe the desires of love and how different types of love function within modern societies. This poem displays different perspectives of love and the reality of how love is viewed in most civilizations. Readers will learn that love is not exclusive to men and women, and how different forms of love can lead them to overcoming life obstacles.

The predominant image that I got while reading this poem was the one of a hospital. Hospitals are always full of sick and at times terminal patients. In certain situations when a patient is found to be terminal they immediately fall into a state of depression and believe that waiting for their death is the only option they have but many doctors advice otherwise by encouraging them to take trips or do something that they had always wanted to do before they pass away which is how I saw it connecting to the poem and particularly the speaker’s point of view about time. 13. In lines 18-19 the speaker says “show your heart” which is a metaphor of the imagined agreement between him and his mistress of finally agreeing to engage in a sexual relationship.

The final line, “ I am not there, I did not die,” ties the whole poem together, making the ending perfect. Wherefore, Frye’s syntax and tone help transmit the essence of the

Before being used by human beings as scientific symbols, the numbers played a symbolic and mythological role in human life. The connection between the life of the primitive man with the numbers has certainly been more, if not less, than today. In the current study, the number 7 has been considered as one of the most efficient mythological symbols and archetypes in the contemporary poetry to investigate into the role of this mythological number in the perspective of contemporary poets.

Are there any last words you would like the world to hear before you are pulled apart at your souls seams? Have you ever witnessed annihilation at the sub atomic level? It's time I pick up the pen and begin the chapter to come... acknowledge that this will not be chapter 8.. or chapter 9... or even a chapter 11... Let's not forget the title of this creation, from incubation to present and eternally, "The Count of Seven" the heading of this chapter will read only one of two ways Epilogue/Prelude or Epitaph. So how does it begin? The beginning of the end. How does the series finale start? Not at all whatsoever, how it will end... life whimpering, winking out of existence with a simple whisper... no, no, no... the world's end... it shall begin as it began in absolution... with a bang.

I interpreted this poem as a very sad one. A love unrequited by the pursued. In the first two lines the poem tells you to forget about the love you share and hear a tale of this. Not to literally forget, but possibly put aside. The man is a winter breeze, cold and rough and sort of roams the land. The woman is a window flower, shut off from the outside. This sets up the separation.