zuloodev.blogg.se - Different moods of poems

The speaker is saying that she is more beautiful and gentle than anything he has ever seen. In line two the speaker writes “Thou art more lovely and more temperate”. “Sonnet XVII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare, is a sonnet which consists of 14 lines and is in one stanza. “The Rhodora” provides the reader with a mood that is happy and uplifting and gives the reader a more respectful view of nature. In line twelve the speaker states “Then beauty is its own excuse for Being ” meaning that the purpose of the flower is to show beauty, and nothing more. This poem is written loosely in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of aabbcdcdeeffghgh. In “The Rhodora” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the speaker finds a flower that is unique in beauty compared to the rest of nature. For example, “The Rhodora” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Sonnet XVII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare, and “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman, all have the similar mood of happiness and vitality. All poems have unique tones and moods which show what the speaker feels when writing the poem, and what the reader feels when reading it. When writing about how poets create particular moods or atmospheres, always use specific details from the poem and analyse the effects they have on the reader.Poetry is a way of expression a speaker’s feelings and emotions into a literary work. The repetitions present a refrain, which emphasises the good things the poet has enjoyed in life, and that even death can never take away these experiences. The rhythm pattern of the poem creates a lively, upbeat tempo.

Words such as ‘revelry ’, ‘dancing’, ‘love’, ‘Joy-jaunts’ and ‘ecstasy ’ create a sense of enjoyment and happiness.

The repetitions create an insistent tone, which emphasises both the message of the poem and the mood and atmosphere created. The rhythm pattern of the poem and the rhyme scheme give the poem a solemn and serious feel, which helps to create the mood of the poem.

Vocabulary – words such as ‘burn’, ‘rave’, ‘rage’, ‘fierce’ and phrases such as ‘forked no lightning’, ‘caught and sang the sun in flight’, ‘blinding sight’, ‘blaze like meteors’ are very colourful and contain violent connotations, which reflect the feelings of anger and frustration that Thomas feels about his father’s death.

Now think about how the poets create these particular moods in their poems. Great Things has a joyous and celebratory feel about it as Hardy reflects on the things he has enjoyed in life.

How do these poems differ in terms of the tone, mood and atmosphere created?ĭo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night has a fierce and bitter tone, which reflects Thomas’ feelings of anger at the prospect of his father’s death.

What then? Joy-jaunts, impassioned flings, Here, Hardy reflects on his life and the prospect, ultimately, of his death. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightīlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,Īnd you, my father, there on the sad height,Ĭurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,Īnd learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Though wise men at their end know dark is right,īecause their words had forked no lightning they Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Old age should burn and rave at close of day In the first poem, Thomas confronts the idea of his father’s death. Both are concerned with the idea of death but the mood, tone and atmosphere created in each are very different.