What The Stars Meant By John Koethe Analysis

Mary Moon and the Stars” is a short story written by author Janice Galloway. The story is told from the point of view of an anonymous narrator who gradually becomes friends with The central character, Mary moon, of whom the short story is based on. The narrator uses techniques like word choice and symbolism to tell the story of Mary moon and the narrator and her struggle with prejudice and neglect.

The imagery used in this verse appeals to the sense sight. This helps the reader visualise what the writer is taking about. It also allows the reader to relate and connect more to the poem.

The poem begins with using “melodies” as an image. In the first phrase, “Like melodies draw it to me softly through the mind,” the word “melodies” seems to be symbolic of thoughts or memories. These melodies are like a tune that you cannot get out of your head, a memory that he is unable to forget.

Although this is a short poem, there are so many different meanings that can come from the piece. With different literary poetic devices such as similes, imagery, and symbolism different people take away different things from the poem. One of my classmates saw it as an extended metaphor after searching for a deeper connection with the author. After some research on the author, we came to learn that the

     The poem starts off brilliantly. “The first four lines are beautifully phrased, and the opening couplet in particular has ingrained itself in the collective consciousness” (Blair, 1). “She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies;/ And all

In this poem he uses symbolism a lot to explain his theme. For example "dark swallowed ships are my deleted thoughts..." The dark ships are his dark thoughts that he finally swallowed. Also the different elements are symbolic to his family.

Furthermore, the author uses personification to develop the message by making it seem like the stars can move around and cause commotion. For example, Plath says, “The stars drop silently.” (Plath 4). As a result, the author makes us think of stars as if they are people who move around and make noise, causing the audience to see stars in a different perspective. Plath also makes it seem as if the river is an uncontrollable kid by using, “But tonight they have discovered this

The imagery in the poem, specifically natural imagery, helps use the reader’s senses to develop a vivid depiction of the speaker’s connection to nature and dissatisfaction with the surrounding reality. The speaker’s continued use of the “moon” reflects her attribution of feminine identity and idolistic character to the moon. As opposed to referencing herself and her personal insomnia, she uses the imagery of the moon “beyond sleep” to convey her internal struggles with insomnia and her reality. Throughout the poem, the speaker also refers to shining, reflective surfaces, such as “a body of water or a mirror”, to describe the inverted reality in which the speaker experiences reciprocated love. Reflective surfaces often invert the image that is projected into them, seemingly distorting the true nature and reality of the projected image. The speaker’s reference to this reflective imagery highlights her desire to escape the burden of a patriarchal society and assume an independent and free feminine identity. Specifically, the use of natural imagery from the references to the “moon” and “a body of water” convey the speaker’s desire to take refuge within the Earth or in the feminine identity of the Earth, Mother Earth. Feminine identities are often related and associated with aspects of nature due to the natural cycle of the menstrual period and the natural process of procreation. The speaker takes advantage of these connotations to suggest Earth and natural imagery as an escape from the man-made terrors of male dominated society. In the second stanza, the speaker uses extensive imagery to develop metaphors conveying the speaker’s experience of jealousy of the moon

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

The thirst for something stable is evident as the children show their awe of the physical world. As an adult explains the stars to Mazie, Olsen writes: "As his words misted into the night and disappeared, she scarcely listened‹only the aura over them of timelessness, of vastness, of eternal things that had

(AGG) As said by Manly Hall, “Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbolism men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts that transcend the imitation of language”, and there are many signs of symbolism in the book Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fischer Staples, especially involving the stars. (BS-1) Stars do symbolize many different elements in the book, but a literary view, or surface view, on the stars, as well as each character's personal connection to stars is evident as well. (BS-2) Moving more into the symbolism of stars, they convey the mental state of Najmah throughout the book. (BS-3) Not only are the stars used in a more in-depth meaning for Najmah, there are also major instances for Nusrat,

Evidently, in Staples’ Under The Persimmon Tree uses symbolism of the stars to convey a deeper meaning of guidance towards family. (MIP-1) Both main characters,

A lot of the author’s poem resemble the bible in one way or another. For example, the “Pentangle,” which is a five pointed star that interwinds in the middle, resembles strength and faith. In the story, King Solomon designed the star as his own magic seal. The five points link and lock together

A star’s purpose is to illuminate the sky’s darkness as it serves to be the guide when

     Although mentioned several times before, the Sun makes its first significant appearance in the seventh stanza of the second part. Before then, one will find both Sun and Moon mentioned many times purely for the reader’s enrichment. The repeated mention leads the reader to believe that it will soon become important by foreshadowing without