rising five
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- Created on: 02-06-19 09:11
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- Rising five
- Structure
- variable rhyme scheme, first stanza is only consistent one (ababcdee) following stanzas either contain no rhyme or only a few rhyming words. last stanza uses similar ending sounds/ alliteration instead
- emphasis on RISING focuses on theme, draws further attention to purpose of poem
- suspended lines bring stanzas to a halt, Nicholson says if you're not in the present, where are you?
- layout leaves words to appear floating in air (helps to create shift of tone after stanza 3)
- Content
- moves from an affectionate, lively portrayal of a little boy's determination to seem older than he is, to a more meditative reflection on our tendency not to appreciate life as we live it, undercut by a more sombre awareness of mortality and time passing
- Purpose
- Reflects on our human tendency to always look to the future and not appreciate the present moment
- Tone
- Friendly, affectionate; then gloomy, dark serious
- Analysis
- Stanza one
- 'rising five'= looking to future, being older is a positive, direct speech = present in situation, tone= pride
- description of boy= vivid, full of energy, life, vitality, young, sweet, cherubic, comic
- Stanza two
- Nature description= rich, dynamic, vigorous, everything moving/ stretching out/ fecundity
- nature is boiling with energy/ confinement preceding exuberant release
- Stanza three
- shift from materiality in first two stanzas to abstract ideas of light and time
- tone becomes darker, setting sun= metaphor for death
- emphasis on rushing, night is coming SOON
- Stanza four
- new replaces old, change is inevitable
- life: flower/ cradle > fruit/ marriage bed > rot/ grave
- attention onto reader when pronoun changes to WE
- leaves fall like a boy loses his youth, carelessly
- weare inclined to waste our lives looking ahead
- we only see imperfections, a flower will be overlooked, because we do not value youth/ the moment
- Stanza one
- Structure
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