Today I’m going to assist you in finding your inner poet, a world you never thought imaginable. Poetry is the gold medal of literature. It takes the reader on an emotional expedition; this is done by having a strong subject matter, thoughtful moods and tones, and finally by perfectly executing the use of multiple poetic devices. Wystan Hugh Auden wrote an all-time classic titled Stop All the Clocks. This poem grabs the reader by the hand and takes them into an escape from reality. Stop All the Clocks is a relatable poem to teenagers and people who are experiencing the loss of an important person in their life. So hold on tight, because poetry truly is a delight.
The subject matter of this poem is the mourning of the loss of a close friend, family member or even lover. In the first stanza of Stop All the Clocks, the speaker of the poem asks that the clocks be stopped, the telephone cut off, the dog kept quiet with a treat and the melodies from the piano silenced. During a time of mourning, you generally don't want to be disturbed or distracted by the chaos and noise of the surrounding world. This is because you need time to grieve a life that is no longer and perhaps the noises remind you that the world continues to turn
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No? Well you obviously haven’t read Stop All the Clocks. This poem clearly has a gloomy and depressed mood and it is easily recognizable by the reader. This has been achieved by Auden’s sentence structuring, emotive language that was used and his choice of words. Each sentence within the poem is straightforward and sometimes they contain repetitive words, however the chosen words are very concise which causes the reader to pity the speaker’s trouble. From the first to third stanza, the mood is influenced by Auden’s agonizing pain however in the fourth stanza, specifically the concluding sentence, the mood is exceptionally upsetting and it manages to summarise her helpless
The first stanza describes the depth of despair that the speaker is feeling, without further explanation on its causes. The short length of the lines add a sense of incompleteness and hesitance the speaker feels towards his/ her emotions. This is successful in sparking the interest of the readers, as it makes the readers wonder about the events that lead to these emotions. The second and third stanza describe the agony the speaker is in, and the long lines work to add a sense of longing and the outpouring emotion the speaker is struggling with. The last stanza, again structured with short lines, finally reveals the speaker 's innermost desire to "make love" to the person the speaker is in love
Stanza three again shows doubtfulness about the mother’s love. We see how the mother locks her child in because she fears the modern world. She sees the world as dangers and especially fears men. Her fear of men is emphasized by the italics used. In the final line of the stanza, the mother puts her son on a plastic pot. This is somewhat symbolic of the consumeristic society i.e. manufactured and cheap.
Although most of the poem is happy and joyful he does use some sad and gloomy connotative words. He uses
LITERACY EXPLICATION. Analysis of how the poet (May Swenson) uses poetic elements in the poem ‘ALL THAT TIME’. 1. Personification.
To begin, the episodic shifts in scenes in this ballad enhance the speaker’s emotional confusion. Almost every stanza has its own time and place in the speaker’s memory, which sparks different emotions with each. For example, the first stanza is her memory of herself at her house and it has a mocking, carefree mood. She says, “I cut my lungs with laughter,” meaning that...
The poem also presents the idea that the woman wants to escape the situation and remove herself due to the oppression she is suffering. For example, ‘I must get out of here. I must get air.’ and ‘her face changed from terrified to dull’. Again this is representing the idea that he doesn’t comfort her or understand her emotions because they are so detached from one another, which begins to frustrate and grate on her that she is desperately trying to free herself from the dreadful situation.
The poem I prefer is "Stop all the Clocks", because I feel it is a
It seems as if she is drawing on personal experiences. The general tone of the poem appears to be one of bitterness and resentment. Forceful comments such as, ‘…Here..’ and ‘…Take it…’ suggest that she still holds hidden anger towards the events from which she is drawing her memories.
He further emphasizes the guilt in the opening line of the second stanza where he describes living well but having a life that is dreadful. Further consumed is the narrator knowing that he is powerless to stop the bloodshed that has been glorified by others and whatever attempts that could have been made to try to rectify the situation have long since passed. The final stage that the narrator arrives at is the complete loss of empathy. The
The idea of loss is prevalent in both poems Stop all the Clocks by W.H Auden and Mirror by Sylvia Plath. Auden’s Stop all the Clocks reveals the travesty of death and the consuming emotions which are evoked through the devastation of physical loss of a loved one, whereas, Plath’s Mirror depicts a symbolic loss of identity through the inevitable process of ageing, as the narrator portrays the woman’s transition into someone that she does not desire to be. In the first stanza of Auden’s Stop all the Clocks, the initial idea of loss is revealed by the narrator, establishing the setting of a funeral and allowing readers to identify the grief and sorrow evoked by the death of a significant person in their life. Contrastingly, Plath’s Mirror does
As one can see, the two poems differ in their forms, yet still portray a grim mood through a child’s
Phillips, Carl. "On Restlessness." New England Review (10531297) 30.1 (2009): 131-140. OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson). Web. 4 Nov. 2013. I decided to focus more on Phillips’ article because he talks more about the poem itself, and has a stronger focus on a particular argument and theme of restlessness in my opinion compared to Paton and her analysis of how frost writes poems. I also enjoyed the article and thought it very thought provoking while being easier to read and comprehend compared to Paton’s article.
It begins with a tone of sadness and despair following the breakup between the author and his beloved. In the second line, we learn that the parting of the two lovers was so bad that it was accompanied by “silence and tears” (2). It is evident that the speaker feels wronged by the lover because, upon parting, the lover becomes physically cold (5). This sets the pace for the sorrow that is expressed throughout the rest of the poem. This poem stands as an example of the literary revolution that marked the Romanticism Era.
The final stanzas represent the narrator growing up and reflecting on the past memories of her father and whether or not to let them go and
Her tone in this song is at first mellow, but when she comes to the stanza of this song, she deliberately raises her voice to emphasize her genuine feelings. The tone describes her want and need for her thoughts to be truly heard. She wants the listener to capture her essence and the view of herself. In this specific stanza, she explains that s...