Bloom Harold Ws Merwin Analysis

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Bloom, Harold. W.S. Merwin. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. Print.
Bloom establishes that the poet sought to make a significant message regarding life in a metaphorical way. He uses various images including “fire” which makes the poem more “felt” by the reader that it is understood. The term “beam of a lightless star” is used as an abstraction to hide the actual bitterness of death and thus making is audience more casual and not tense. In addition, the author also makes a clear that the whole concept of life and death is just mystical and that he does not understand.
Perloff, Marjorie. Poetic License. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1990. Print.
Perloff explores the complexity of the poet and how much he has depicted …show more content…

"'Migration': The Solemn Art". Nytimes.com. N.p., 2005. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.
Chiasson, in his analysis of Merwin’s poetry explains that he observed a more unrealistic time frame where he travels forward in time to explain some of the things that he anticipates to find in future. Chiasson was also established that the author was highly motivated by the enthusiastic that death was a major threat to his liberty and freedom. The last part of the poem shows that Merwin is also seemingly restless in a manner that serves to display his anxiety even as he anticipates his …show more content…

Postulating his death or even using the analogy of a presumed death of another individual, the author’s main incentive is to make vivid the whole concept of having died and how it feels. In his analysis, Shultz makes reference to the fact that the author might have used heavier words so as to present his message in the strongest way possible. In doing this, Merwin helps the reader to make a sober understanding of the poem and thus leave a long lasting impression. Throughout the poem, the author might be asking a hidden question of “what would happen if I died today and what would be the feeling”.
Thomas, Michael W. "Merwin's for the Anniversary of My Death." The Explicator 49.2 (1991): 126. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.
In his analysis of the poem, Thomas first explains that Merwin intended to present the message in a paradoxical way. In one instance, for example, he states “I have passed away”. How he came to understand that he had come to his death, no one knows; maybe through psychic powers just as Thomas establishes. However, he introduces another key concept of how he shall view death thereafter; “tireless traveller”. In this regard, the author seeks to show that he has given in the idea that is death experience is already here and that he can only accept and travel on with time on the rather timeless journey.
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