Poetry analysis: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot
The poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot, contains themes and language (diction and syntax) that are much more contemporary and colloquial than those we have studied earlier. Throughout the poem we can feel the sense of time passing, and the mentioning of growing ‘old’. This poem is much longer than other poems we studied. There are random rhyming scheme going on throughout the poem, but it is evident that almost every stanza has rhymes. There are few couplets and one line where sometimes same sentence is repeated. This poem contains variety of allusions but mostly from the bible. It brings out the prophet John the Baptist and Lazarus who was raised from the dead. It also talks a bit about Hamlet and how he doesn’t procrastinate. I believe that the last line is significant “Till human voices wake us, and we drown.” I think that it means we live in such a society that focuses on work, politics, and industrial lives that we grow old and tired. Until the “human voices wake us” we won’t be able to realize this sort of life style and eventually drown.
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Poetry Analysis: God's grandeur
Poetry Analysis: God’s grandeur by Manley Hopkins
The poem, God’s grandeur, is written by Manley Hopkins and in the time frame of the Victorian Poetry (late 19th century). Overall this poem illustrates the divine power of God and although humans have occasionally failed to notice this, God is always there constantly showing his power and a promise of rebirth. The first octave describes God’s power and how humans fail to realize this, and the last sestet shifts into a more reassuring tone describing how God will always be there just like the morning sun. The “shook foil” and “ooze of oil” is metaphorically used to express God’s presence and his power. The electrical foil and rich oil describes both God’s presence and his power by conveying an image that builds up and eventually overflow. The line “Why do men then now not reck his rod?” demonstrates a frustration from the author that how do people not realize such greatness and power. The “rod” is metaphorically described as God’s power. The sunset and sunrise is also metaphoric in a sense that even though we fail to recognize his power and presence, God will always be therefore us, just like how sun always rises after the dark.
The poem, God’s grandeur, is written by Manley Hopkins and in the time frame of the Victorian Poetry (late 19th century). Overall this poem illustrates the divine power of God and although humans have occasionally failed to notice this, God is always there constantly showing his power and a promise of rebirth. The first octave describes God’s power and how humans fail to realize this, and the last sestet shifts into a more reassuring tone describing how God will always be there just like the morning sun. The “shook foil” and “ooze of oil” is metaphorically used to express God’s presence and his power. The electrical foil and rich oil describes both God’s presence and his power by conveying an image that builds up and eventually overflow. The line “Why do men then now not reck his rod?” demonstrates a frustration from the author that how do people not realize such greatness and power. The “rod” is metaphorically described as God’s power. The sunset and sunrise is also metaphoric in a sense that even though we fail to recognize his power and presence, God will always be therefore us, just like how sun always rises after the dark.
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