Poems - Death/Loss
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- Created on: 13-05-18 16:45
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- LOSS/DEATH
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- structure
- villanelle with ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA rhyme scheme
- heartbeat
- lifeforce
- all stanzas other than the last reflect death's consistency for all men
- final stanza having an extra line gives a feeling of closure
- difference in final stanza is hopeful death could be inconsistent in the case of his father if he just fought
- heartbeat
- 5 stanzas with 3 lines, plus a 6th with 4 lines
- repetition of the first and last lines of the first stanza
- reflects the consistency of death
- iambic pentametre
- heartbeat
- lifeforce
- heartbeat
- villanelle with ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA rhyme scheme
- language
- irony, oxymorons, word-play, and juxtaposition
- 'blinding sight'
- 'curse, bless me'
- 'blind eyes could blaze...'
- shows his conflict, knowing that death is inevitable but wanting his father to fight
- 'grave men'
- describes the paradox of death, and Thomas's feelings about it
- 'frail...danced'
- figuartive
- 'words have forked no lightning'
- 'frail deeds may have danced'
- 'sang the sun'
- 'eyes could blaze like meteorites'
- repetition of types of men
- reflects the consistency of death
- irony, oxymorons, word-play, and juxtaposition
- tone/themes
- death
- fighting/ determination
- battling death
- structure
- Poem at Thirty-Nine
- language
- 'cooking, writing, chopping wood'
- her life is like her fathers with domestic chores, but she relishes it and shows vivid engagement and even pleasure in them
- 'cooking, writing, chopping wood'
- tone/themes
- appreciation
- informal
- bereavment
- remembrance
- structure
- enjambment
- reflects the weariness of her father
- reflects the freedom that she has found in accepting his death
- free verse
- conversational tone
- reflects the freedom that she has found in accepting his death
- enjambment
- language
- Remember
- structure
- sonnet form
- ABBA ABBA octave
- ABBA rhyme scheme gives it a more rigid feel
- octave = instructions to remember
- ABBA rhyme scheme gives it a more rigid feel
- CDDECE sestet
- less rigid, allowing the natural process of forgetting to occur
- change in rhyme scheme creates shift in mood
- ABBA ABBA octave
- two parts
- octave = instructions to remember
- sestet = the idea of forgetting in order to be happy
- less rigid rhyme scheme, allowing the natural process of forgetting to occur
- similar to 'Song' (When I am dead my dearest)
- sonnet form
- tone/themes
- haunting
- peace in death
- acceptance of death
- grief
- language
- repetition
- 'remember'
- softened by personal pronouns 'you' and 'i'
- 'gone away' as a euphemism for dying
- sadness of this emphasized by repetition and 'far' in 'gone far away'
- 'remember'
- imagery
- 'I am...gone far away into the silent land'
- intangible
- 'you can no more hold me by the hand'
- wistful longing
- 'gone away' as a euphemism for dying
- sadness of this emphasized by repetition and 'far' in 'gone far away'
- intangible
- 'you can no more hold me by the hand'
- 'I am...gone far away into the silent land'
- imperative
- softened by personal pronouns 'you' and 'i'
- repetition
- structure
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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