Analysis Of I Tend A Beautiful Plant

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Heinrich Heine a German poet also shares the title as a romantic poet invoking emotions throughout his stanzas. The Silesian Weavers, in each three translations describes the turmoil that the Germans endured. Heine focused on the entire aspect of Germany in his poem including the sorrow of those who wept, the faith of those who had been shattered, and the cities gloom that surrounded the country. The country had found itself embedded in despair and so many unfortunate events that it felt as if the plants could not bloom properly and nature just shut down completely. As I stated in the discussion board I found all three translations to be very well written translations, but overall preferred the one translated by Sasha Foreman. The poem, The …show more content…

Her poem, I tend a Beautiful Plant, goes through the life of a woman who is dying. Castro compares the life and death of the woman to a delicate flower. It seems as Castro is in the window of the woman’s life watching her as flower die of the lack of affection and companionship. I tend a beautiful plant that loves and seeks the shade like the orphaned soul that searches disheartened, lovesick, and alone (Castro 795). In this stanza the readers are introduced to the role that Castro plays in the life of the flower or the older lady who is nearing death, but yet still gives off a radiant beauty. But when a ray of sun caresses her leaves she languishes and withers and dies (Castro 796). As the one woman begins to find herself she finds that death has entered upon her life somewhat like a flower that finally receives sunlight after being in the shade for a prolonged …show more content…

Ghazals are a lyrical poetry that varies in three to seven couplets and has a rhyme scheme known as a qafiyah. Although, Ghalib uses a lyrical theme in his poems, It is a Long Time Since my Love Stayed with me Here also has a romantic theme. In the poem Ghalib is expressing his longing for a past lover of his. In the first stanza the narrator introduces the fact that he and his lover are no longer together. He also uses examples to describe how powerful their love was when they were together. And the sparkling goblet lit up our evening together (Ghalib 829). The way Ghalib composes the first stanza it is like you can sing the words due the lyrical

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