The Piano
Poem analysis
- Created by: Frankie97
- Created on: 28-12-13 10:35
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- The Piano
- Structure
- aabb rhyming couplets
- "me, see; strings, sings"
- 3 stranzas
- Enjambement
- "the insiduous mastery of song betrays me back,"
- Punctuation variety
- ; : ,
- hexameters + 13 meters
- "Softly, in the dusk, a womn is singing to me;"
- aabb rhyming couplets
- Imagery
- Simile
- "I weep like a child for the past"
- Personification
- "the heart of me weeps to belong"
- Auditory imagery
- "tinkling; tingling"
- Visual imagery
- "small, poised feet"
- Figurative language
- "my manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance"
- Image
- "The glamour Of childish daysis upon me, my manhood is cast"
- Simile
- Language
- Sibilance
- "Softly; singing"
- Alliteration
- "singing; Taking"
- Present simple + continuous
- "Taking; smiles"
- Jargon
- "appassionato"
- Emotive language
- "weep; cast"
- Sibilance
- Effect
- Symbol
- "My manhood is cast down in the flood of remembrance"
- Sympathy
- "I weep like a child for the past"
- Atmosphere
- Sad + Nostalgic
- Symbol
- Meaning
- Nostalgic
- Contrast
- Between time zones
- Subjective sympathy
- Narrator's point of view only on his life
- Tone
- Sad
- Calm
- Nostalgic
- Narrator= charcter
- Structure
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