Stop All the Clocks

In the poem, “Mayday on Holderness”, Ted Hughes analyses the relationship between man and nature. The theme of the second stanza is strongly focused on death, playing a part of the poem’s overall theme - the cycle of life. Another focus point of the stanza is the eternal being of nature and man’s need for it.

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

Two literary pieces, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by, Dylan Thomas and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by, Emily Dickinson are both poems that discuss the topic of death. While there are some similarities and comparisons between the two poems, when it comes to the themes, both poets writing styles are quite different from one another which makes each poem unique. Thomas and Dickinson both use identical figurative language devices and other literature symbolisms as they explain their main themes which contrasts the differences to the concept of death. These distinct variations between poems are apparent in both the form, and how the choice of words is used in the poems. Both of the authors have presented two very different ideas on death. The poems are well distinguished literature devices, they share minor similarities and differences between each other and how they present the meaning of death to a toll.

The two poems are similar in their corresponding feeling of dread for death. Using diction,

To begin, as the song progresses through each of the nine stanzas, it describes a year and dystopic view of innovation, time, and ultimately revelations. Man’s actions in the song have placed traditional morals, religion, the Earth, and their own survival at risk. The base line and percussion drives a dramatic tempo that alludes to the rapidly ticking of a clock. The final stanza of the song is unlike the rest. It offers

Finally the poem has an emotional appeal. The poems tone is positive in a negative way it is sort of uplifting even though there is nothing encouraging about the situation. This is shown tough the use of words such as " I am the thousand winds that blow/ I am the diamond glints on the snow" these phrases have positive connotation saying that he will always be with us

The three authors, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Bradstreet, and Emily Dickinson, had poems in which they explored the common theme of death. Their unique views on death, as reflected in their poems, tells us of the different ways people looked at death during their respective times. In this essay, I will explore and explain three poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and one from Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson respectively, and then compare the differences between the three authors.

This is a very controversial and moving poem. The language is frank and interesting. The rhythm shows the passion of the narrator and the poet transparently. There is amazing balance between abstraction and what is tangible. This poem is highly effective in that it engages the reader immediately with a

Every poem contains its own tone for the reader’s perspective, in this particular poem Dove uses words to present grief along with the supportive feelings towards its character. Dove uses her words and feelings the reader get from her words to perfect her approach. The tone of the poem is best reflected in the description of everyday items and circumstances of the speaker’s life.

This is expressed by the multiple examples of old men whom regret certain aspects of their lives and defy death even when they know their time is up. The speaker is urging his father to fight against old age and death. The meaning and subject of the poem influence the tone and mood. The tone is one of frustration and insistence. Thomas is slightly angry and demanding. His words are not a request, they are an order. The mood of the poem is is serious and solemn due to the poem focusing mainly on the issue of death. This mood and tone is created by words such as “burn”(2), “Grieved”(11) and “rage”(3) along with phrases such as “crying how bright”(7), “forked no lightning”(5), “near death”(13) and “fierce tears”(17). The insistent feeling is also created by the repetition of the lines “Do not go gentle into that good night”(1), and “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”(3). The figurative language used also affect how the meaning, tone and mood are interpreted.

The author uses several types of poetic terms in this poem to develop the theme of a person accepting grief in their life. One poetic term she used was a metaphor. The metaphor is “Ah, grief, I should not treat you like a homeless dog.” Although grief is not a type of dog, the author wants us to think of grief in the same way that we would think about a homeless dog. The same phrase can also be considered a simile. The author intends for us to think of grief as being like a homeless dog. Another way that the author expressed her theme was by using a specific kind of repetition like anaphora. Several words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines and sentences in the poem. These words are “you,” “your,” “my,” and “and.” There are also several phrases that are repeated throughout the poem. These phrases are “your own,” “I should,” and “you need.” She uses these repetitive words and phrases in the poem to describe a conversation that a person is having with grief.

There are some things that we do know about this poem. It is most often referred to as an elegy because of the mood of mourning and regret. Upon further reading I discovered that this poem is like others of its time period. Many

In the opening stanza, he expresses his negative reactions towards everything surround him like clocks, telephone, pianos and dogs because he wants time to stop the distressed moment. For example, 'Stop all the clocks' and 'silence the pianos'. These sayings both symbolize how the person is affected by the death of the man in the poem and they both symbolize the feelings of grief such as denial. In the second stanza, he describes what happens in the funeral and uses symbolism so the readers can recognize the respectful mourning: “Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves. Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.” He also uses personification for the airplanes like “moaning” and “scribbling: He is Dead” to portray the empowerment of his miserable mood in the funeral.

Warren begins the first stanza by highlighting the foreboding strictness of nature. He uses harsh, distinct adjectives to describe the evening. The hawk is seen breaking away from the “dark angularity of shadow” into the sun formed “geometries of orchids” furthermore, the time of day is acknowledged as the majestic creature is said to ride upon the fading “tumultuous avalanche” of day light. The use of these cacaphonic adjectives shed light on the foreboding mood of this piece. From this stanza recognizes that nature is being represented as a cold and calculated force that only the hawk can maneuver. Through the use of language the theme of man versus nature becomes apparent.

Throughout the poem, W.D. Auden did an exceptional job incorporating the several examples of figures of speech. By including these devices, Auden drew deeper connections to the overall themes of death and love with the readers. For example, “let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead/ scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead” is an illustration of personification (Auden, 5-6). Auden personifies an airplane to mourn over someone and scribble in the sky. Both human like characteristics suggest that the speaker wishes for everyone to know that his loved one has passed, so that everyone can mourn over the deceased, like the speaker. Another example of this is shown through a series of metaphors in lines 9-12 “…my North, my South, my East, my West,/ My working week and my Sunday rest,/ My noon, my