Each of the following poems, ‘Mixed Emotions’, ‘Porphyria's Lover’, and ‘This be the Verse’, convey the receptivity of destructive emotions and how these may cause people to act or behave. Although the poems have some similarities, each of the poets, Hauge, Browning and Larkin, have a different style of presenting these emotions. This can be seen through the enjambment in mixed emotions, and the contrast with Browning's caesura's and end stops. Browning uses caesura's towards the climax of the poem, when the male narrator murders his lover. The caesura's are used to create a pause in the middle of the line, suggesting Browning is giving the reader time to take in the idea of murder. The use of caesura's are important when looking at the context of the poem. Due to it being written in the Victorian period, it was seen to be an anomaly as very few poets wrote about the ugliness and brutality of murder. Therefore, at the time, the pauses within lines were used as a way of evoking the thoughts of murder within the middle class readers and ultimately caused them to see the horrors within their society. In addition to this, Browning sets out the poem in one long stanza. This shows that although later in the poem the narrator is presented to believe he is in control, in actual fact he is not. The long stanza shows a quick thought process that is occurring thought after thought, rather than being planned in advance. It also presents these destructive thoughts to be messy (think of a better word) within his mind, and it seems to be a spur of the moment attack. However the end stops used, slow the pace down. This contrasts to mixed emotions where there is enjambment. This shows a continuous, and fast paced line of destructive thoughts. H... ... middle of paper ... ...imilar techniques such as aggressive language to show the destructive emotions within people, and how this effects their behaviour. However, they also use very different techniques such as Browning's dramatic monologue, contrasting to Larkin's quatrains, formed in a nursery rhyme fashion. Each poet has a different context to their destructive emotions too, with Browning focusing on the destruction of someone else, Hauge on the destruction of oneself, and Larkin the destruction of society. Write about the direct address and how that evokes sympathy from the reader, and how it also makes the reader think about themselves. You can write about the destructive language against herself, and how it portrays her self hatred, or lack of self esteem, which each individual has experienced at some point in their life so it creates a connection between the poet and the reader
In all poems the theme of Disappointment in love is seen throughout. Duffy focuses on the pain, despair and acrimony that love can bring, whereas Larkin focuses on the dissatisfaction before, during, and after a romantic relationship. Both Duffy and Larkin differ in tone. Duffy takes a more aggressive and dark stance to portray what love can do to a person after a disappointing love life. Duffy also uses this sinister and aggressive stance to try and convey sympathy for the persona from the audience in ‘Never Go Back’ and ‘Havisham’ Whereas Larkin conveys his discontent in love through his nonchalant and dismissive tone, but still concealing the pain that has been brought by love in ‘Wild Oats’ and ‘Talking in bed’.
Each literary work portrays something different, leaving a unique impression on all who read that piece of writing. Some poems or stories make one feel happy, while others are more solemn. This has very much to do with what the author is talking about in his or her writing, leaving a bit of their heart and soul in the work. F. Scott Fitzgerald, when writing The Great Gatsby, wrote about the real world, yet he didn’t paint a rosy picture for the reader. The same can be said about T.S. Eliot, whose poem “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock,” presents his interpretation of hell. Both pieces of writing have many similarities, but the most similar of them all is the tone of each one.
The speaker in any poem is significant because he enables the reader to aquire information necessary in order to enter the imaginary world of the work. In Browning's Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, the solitary speaker, who is a monk overwhelmed with hatred toward a fellow monk, plays an important role as the guide in the world of the poem. The diction, structure, and tone of the entire poem communicate the speaker's motives, perceptions, emotions, and behavior.
In the poems My Last Duchess by Robert Browning and My Ex Husband by Gabriel Spera, both artists write about a character who is dealing with an ex-acquaintance. As they show off to the new acquaintances about the old ones the reader understands the hysteria that is dwelling in both speakers. How do each speaker represent their poem in the same way, even though one is of murder and the other is of theft?
The diction of this poem influences the imagery with the tone of the words . They are used to convey the message of how it feels to not feel the spark of love
Before discussion of these poems can truly begin, some background information of each other is necessary to understand why they have written their respective poems and maybe shed some light onto why they have taken certain positions on each of the three topics. Considered one of the greatest English poets of all time, Philip Larkin gradua...
Through her endeavors, this seems to be a new way of thoroughly expressing her admiration and vast affection for her husband. Emily Barrett Browning has proved herself a master poet. Not only does she use almost every literary device in the book, but she also delves deep into her feelings. These explanations of her feelings that she adds into the sonnets are rich in metaphors, alliteration, personification, and many more.
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In the poem “A song of Despair” Pablo Neruda chronicles the reminiscence of a love between two characters, with the perspective of the speaker being shown in which the changes in their relationship from once fruitful to a now broken and finished past was shown. From this Neruda attempts to showcase the significance of contrasting imagery to demonstrate the Speaker’s various emotions felt throughout experience. This contrasting imagery specifically develops the reader’s understanding of abandonment, sadness, change, and memory. The significant features Neruda uses to accomplish this include: similes, nautical imagery, floral imagery, and apostrophe.
Browning describes the thought floating away over the picturesque scenery: ? Help me to hold it! First it left The yellowing fennel, run to seed There, branching from the brickwork?s cleft?? The flowing lines and use of enjambment represent his thoughts spilling over, almost frolicking through the fields of Rome. This style of poetry is used by Browning regularly: for example in ?
The most relevant technique that MacNeice uses is the irregular structure of the poem. Although it is presented as a prayer, the subject matter is contrasted to be vulgar, morbid and violent, heightening the effect all the more. The varied length of the stanzas and lines is a mere reflection of the chaos in the world. The deterioration of humanity is effectively brought out through the cascading lines in the poem – we are left with the feeling that with every second that pas...
Browning's amazing command of words and their effects makes this poem infinitely more pleasurable to the reader. Through simple, brief imagery, he is able to depict the lovers' passion, the speaker's impatience in reaching his love, and the stealth and secrecy of their meeting. He accomplishes this feat within twelve lines of specific rhyme scheme and beautiful language, never forsaking aesthetic quality for his higher purposes.
Robert Browning frequently wrote dramatic monologues to enhance the dark and avaricious qualities in his works. Browning's use of this particular style is to "evoke the unconstrained reaction of a person in aparticular situation or crisis" (Napierkowski 170). A poem may say one thing, but when mixed with dramatic monologue, it may "present a meaning at odds with the speaker's intention"(Napierkowski 170). This change may show the reader more insight into the poem without directly stating the underlying facts. The reader is allowed to "isolate a single moment in which the character reveals himself more starkly" (Napierkowski 171). Browning's use of dramatic monologue "disposes the reader to suspend moral judgement" (Napierkowski 171) causing a haughtiness to hover over many of his works.
	The speaker of the poem is a civilian observer, probably a local. There is a sense of tension and fear in the speaker’s tone. The speaker uses an observatory tone in the poem, a combination between 1st and 3rd person. The author shows us that the speaker is an observer when he says "They are not there…/You finger the trigger of your Bren." (ll. 8&10) You can clearly see that the author creates tension when he says "Half-fearing, half-desiring the sudden hell/ Pressure will loose." (ll. 11-12) The poet has a way of building us up to a climax then letting us down, and again he gets us on the edge of our seat, only to sit back down quickly.
There are many people in the world that follow the literature art of poetry. There are clubs for poetry and people who aren’t that crazy about it. Some people think it is a way of expressing emotions or feelings and some simply think that it sounds pretty or has a certain elegance to it. A poet that is well known for expressing emotions with a little bit of elegance is Robert Browning. Robert Browning is one of the best if not the best Victorian era poets. He is known for his love poems to his wife, as well as some of his other works. His poems vary from love to cavaliers to even walls. Of course in poetry such things as walls or cavaliers can be used to symbolize certain things. A wall for instance, can be a symbol of someone going through a hard time in their life and and they need to climb a wall in order for their life to become better, yet the top of the wall is simply out of reach. Robert Browning was born in 1812 and lived to the year of 1889. He was born in the united kingdom and died in Italy. During his lifetime there were many wars going on which would possibly could be one of the reasons he always writes about love. He was married to another famous poet by the name of Elizabeth Browning. Together they had one child and his name was Robert Barret Browning. Some extraordinary life lessons can be learned from studying Roberts life, his works of poetry, and even his surrounding areas to see if this inspired him.