English Poetry Essay

Part A 2. What are the exemplary significances of the candy store in Lawrence Ferlinghettis The Pennycandystore beyond the El (Geddes, 318)? The candy store in The Pennycandystore Beyond the El is symbolisationic of a childs youth. This verse form is referring to the fact that our childhood passes by to a fault soon and the candy store is a reminder that we destiny to seize every moment to enjoy it. The pennycandystore offers as a strike out or refuge to the bad weather outside and the stresses of everyday life.It takes on the characteristics of an enchanted environment full of magic and wonder, where a child has the hazard to enjoy their youth without all distractions. When A girl ran in Her vibrissa was rainy Her breasts were breathless in the little room (Geddes 319), the safe haven of youth is invaded. The innocence of youth is lost and teenage adolescence is not further away. 3. After reviewing the entry on rhyme in Abrams Glossary, attain three diametric types of mop up-rhyme in Theodore Roethkes Prayer (Geddes, 140). What effects do the rhymes produce?In Prayer there are several lawsuits of goal rhyme that add to the overall structure of the song. These examples of end-rhyme are lose/choose, knackered/head, and preserve/serve. The person praying is using the rhymes to give the poem a flicker and sarcastic feel. Therefore, O Lord, let me preserve The Sense that does so fitly serve Take Tongue and Ear-all else I have-Let light attend me to the punishing (Geddes 140) This passage suggests that the person praying wants light to attend them to the grave, but they believe it to be such a lofty request that they are offering their tongue, ear, and everything else on their body.The rhymes produce the notion that the prayer should not be taken too seriously. 4. What is the chief symbol in Lorna Croziers poem Forms of artlessness (Geddes, 675)? What does the symbol suggest beyond its literal meaning? The main symbol in the poem Forms of Innoc ence is the black swan, which represents the girls innocence. A strange shape for innocence when you think of Leda but the girl insists it was a swan, black not white as you might expect (Geddes 675). dull swans are a rare occurrence in nature and so is a girls innocence in life.The swan took flight, how it soared from the windowpane beating its wings high above the stubble field (Geddes 675) is a representation of the girl losing her virginity. The girl losing her virginity is the final step to losing the innocence that she at one time had as a child. 5. In Epithalamium (Geddes, 600) Louise Gluck economic consumptions alliteration, assonance and consonance. Identify an example of apiece and comment on the effect of these devices in Glucks poem. In Epithalamium an example of alliteration is here(predicate) is my hand that testament not harm you (Geddes 601). Here the poet is utilizing softer fails.There were others their bodies were a preparation (Geddes 600) is an example of assonance. An example of consonance is the awesome charity of marriage (Geddes 600). Both the example of assonance and consonance delectation harder sounds to convey a message. One could conclude that higher-pitched sounds aggravate the ear, while softer-pitched sounds rest the ear. The wife in the poem is describing her marriage to an abusive married manhood and uses sound to get her message across more clear. However, it is ironic that the wife starts the poem with hard sounds and ends the attack on her husband with soft sounds.6. How do any three of the plant/ plant life images function, or what do they convey, in Ezra smites translation-poem The River Merchants Wife A Letter (Geddes, 2526)? The plants and vegetation in the poem communicate a message about a wifes love for her husband. In the beginning of the poem we are presented with the image of a little girl pulling flowers (Geddes 25). The flowers symbolize a budding or growing relationship between the little male ch ild and girl. Then at the end of the poem the plants and vegetation take on a completely different meaning.You dragged your feet when you went out. By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses (Geddes 26). When the husband left the house he dragged his feet and cleared the moss away, but he has been bygone so long that it has grown back. Though the wife says the moss is too indistinct to clear away, she really just doesnt want to let go of this last memory of her husband. The leaves dec early this autumn, in wind (Geddes 26), is a representation of a husband and wife whose relationship is falling unconnected and becoming more and more distanced.Part BBushed by Earle Birney In the following essay I intend to use the elongated method of explication to examine the poem Bushed. The title Bushed refers to individual that is lost in the bush and is made volatile by spirit in the bush too long. In the following explication I will analyze and dissect each stanza, gaining some insight on the different stages that a man goes through living in the bush. The first of septenary stanzas begins with the creation of a rainbow that is shattered (Geddes 161) by lightning. When referring to the inventor of the rainbow it is God.The rainbow is so greathearted and overwhelming that his mind slowed when he looked at it (Geddes 161). The man in the poem is in awe of his natural surroundings. In the second stanza the man acquire to roast porcupine belly (Geddes 161). This shows us that the man is learning how to use the resources around him to survive in the wilderness. In stanza three we are told the man is out at dawning regardless if it is yellowed bright or ilk a fuzzed moth in a flannel besiege (Geddes 161). Here we become aware that the man is up at dawn regardless of the circumstances.The fourth stanza opens with, But he found the mountain was clearly alive (Geddes 161). This is where we begin to see the signs of paranoia and closing off setting into t he mans mind. The man gives the mountain human qualities such as feet and the ability to fall asleep (Geddes 161) that further suggest he is slowly losing his mind. In stanza quint the man mistakes ospreys for valkyries, When he tried his eyes on the lake ospreys would fall like valkyries (Geddes 161). This is a sign that the man is beginning to panic being in the bush alone and fear is taking its toll.The valkyries as the man sees them are choosing the cut-throat (Geddes 161). The man is becoming delusional and believes birds want to cut his throat. Stanza six shows us the man succumbing to the intimidating force of nature. The moosehorned cedars circled his swamps and tossed their antlers up to the stars (Geddes 162). The man truly believes that the wilderness around him is coming alive. He seems to think, the winds were shaping its peak to an arrowhead (Geddes 162), it meaning the mountain. The isolation the man is experiencing is enhancing his fear, which is depressing his mind , and leading to insanity.The final stanza is the man totally liberal up and surrendering to nature. He is waiting for the great flint to come notification into his heart (Geddes 161). The flint meaning the peak of the arrowhead from the mountain to come and end his life. This poem is a commanding examination of one mans struggle to survive in the bush. We see that the human mind cannot amply comprehend what nature is trying to say, but we should make every grounds to listen nonetheless. Works Cited Geddes, Gary. 20th Century Poetry & Poetics Fourth Edition. Ontario Oxford University calf love Canada, 1996.