Nothing But Death Analysis. Nothing But Death, The poem from Pablo Neruda translated and edited by Robert Bly. The poem presented about the looks of the Death and about how the death appears around the human. There are seven stanzas in this poem and the techniques appeared in the poem are Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, and Alliteration. The imagery is the techniques used all over the seven stanzas in this poem to describe the image of the Death the movement, and the sound which included Auditory, Visual, and Kinetic. The First stanza described the environment in the cemeteries, the heart refers to the dead bodies in the graves and a tunnel could be coffins. The dead bodies sleeping in a tunnel which give the image of the coffin and in this stanza the poet also used a Simile in the last three lines by using word “like” and “as though.” The poet compared the graves like a shipwreck that is the death will take the human go down and drowning to the underground like the dead bodies in the graves. The last line “as though we lived falling out of the skin into the soul.” is like the rotting of the dead bodies. The second stanza there is one Simile in this …show more content…
The pale dead refer to the phrase “woman that have dead hair,” “bakers who are as white as angels,” and “pensive young girls married to notary publics,” There is one Simile which is the bakers and angels, the poet compared the bakers that white as an angels. The woman and the bakers is describing the appearance of the dead person which related to “the pale dead”. In the sixth line, the phrase “the vertical river of the dead” is the same idea of Styx River. Michael Dawson (1997) notes that “A river that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead.” (para.1). Sailing the dead person to the river of the dead could be the Styx River that can notice from the phase “the river of dark people” the dark people refers to the dead
The overall theme of the poem is sacrifice, more specifically, for the people that you love. Throughout the poem color and personification are used to paint a picture in the reader's head. “Fog hanging like old Coats between the trees.” (46) This description is used to create a monochromatic, gloomy, and dismal environment where the poem takes
The speaker dictates, “but most lay like corpses, their coverings coming undone, naked calves hard as corded wood spilling from under a cloak” (Olds Lines 12-15). The beginning of the simile “but most lay like corpses” brings back the idea that all the events happened and that the poem is not just meant to be symbolic. Also it reiterates that death is upon the reader and that the siege caused the tragedies that occurred. The second part of the simile “naked calves hard as corded wood spilling from under a cloak” again is a simile about appearance of the dead. The claves of the dead bodies have gone stiff and no longer are filled with life or the willingness to move.
Everytime she says “here lies” an image is created of her walking down the graves and acknowledging the unnamed slaves. Both uses of anaphora add to each poem positively, and help establish the poet’s
In the last five lines of the poem, a metaphor is used to enhance the despair of the poem more deeply. He says " And I have seen dust from the walls of institutions, Finer than flour, alive, more dangerous than silica"
The first stanza of the poem uses metaphors portray the writer point of view and imprint on the reader. The line, ‘night that covers me’, refers to death that hangs over him whist in hospital and the pain that never leaves him. He uses ‘black as the pit from pole to pole’ as an extended metaphor to emphasize that he is surrounded and there is no place for him to turn to. Using these techniques push the reader to imagine the hardship of his life and his suffering. With the 3rd and 4th line, ‘I thank whatever gods may be, for my unconquerable soul’, he is not selective in thanking any god in particular but to any higher being able to help him withstand his punishment.
For the word "Death" also known as in negative term means losses that no one wants to meet with him. He also uses ironic diction. There are three stanzas; six, eight, and ten lines. Including to rhyme scheme throughout each stanza.
Because the juxtaposition portrays death as concluding yet forceful and life as confusing and random, the poem successfully relates the importance of not faltering, as it is obvious life presents more opportunities than death can. Supporting the poem’s theme and effectively expressing the speaker’s personal conflict, juxtaposition plays a key role in the work’s
Respect Their Bodies The idea of the poem Their Bodies is living people should respect the dead, no matter the identity of the dead person. The poem Their Bodies was written by David Wagoner, and was about how dead people should be respected by the living, no matter who the dead person was. This paragraph will be about said poem.
Through the use of nature metaphors, the author both demonizes the concept of death. However, the specific metaphors he chooses, the wave, and winter, simultaneously highlight the importance and inevitability of death. Through his use of repetition in both poems, he calls attention to his two contrasting reactions towards death in each poem. He repeats how he is left speechless throughout the poem “The Force…”, And within the poem “Do Not Go Gentle…” he emphasizes his rage. Finally, through well-planned imagery, Thomas affirms to the reader that despite his aversion towards death, he still recognizes the value of it.
The choice of diction describe a time of violence and terror through phrases like "blood-dimmed tide," and "innocence drowned. " The use of diction in almost every stanza of the poem leads to the creation of a rather chilling poem.
The narrator’s changing understanding of the inevitability of death across the two sections of the poem illustrates the dynamic and contrasting nature of the human
In the poem “Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson, death is described as a person, and the narrator is communicating her journey with death in the afterlife. During the journey the speaker describes death as a person to accompany her during this journey. Using symbolism to show three locations that are important part of our lives. The speaker also uses imagery to show why death isn 't’ so scary.
Silent but Deadly Victor Wang Ms. Babcock ENG 1D1 May 9th, 2016 All that is left behind is a suicide note and a playlist of songs – no clear explanation – only a boy named Sam left clueless and drowning in melancholy. In Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff, the unexpected death of Hayden leaves a searing and unbearable hole in Sam’s mind. Not only was Hayden Sam's best friend, but he was also his confidante. Sam lived a life where his wellbeing was cemented in a foundation based on more of Hayden than on himself.
The poem begins by expressing how she was not able to stop for death, but how death kindly stopped her. The author uses a soothing form of death, describing it to be in a Carriage. They move along in the Carriage, peacefully, they pass by a school where the children are playing, they passed by fields of grain, and they continue until seeing the sun setting down. The speaker continues by stating how unproperly dress she was, the temperature began to drop, and she was starting to feel cool. They passed by a place where it seemed like that was the place where she would be buried, “The roof was scarcely visible-
In the first stanza she uses words such as “shutting”, “hard”, and “darkness” when talking about death and since these words are negatively connotated it shows the speaker’s repudiation. Then in the second stanza, she uses “dull” and “lost” to perceive the idea of losing our light and making this world more like an old worn out piece of brass. Finally, in the last two stanzas the words “gone” and “down” are there to show that the speaker indeed knows that her loved one is gone. Indifferent to these negatively connotated words the speaker also uses positive words when describing the dead. For example, she uses the words like “wise”, “lovely”, and “thinkers” which shows that death takes the most valuable people of the earth.