A November Landscape Analysis

In “419,” Dickinson’s darkness is a metaphor for the unknown. Her use of dashes throughout each stanza disrupts their smooth flow and characterizes her narrator, showing the character’s hesitancy when abandoned in the darkness. As the character progresses through the darkness, however, the reader identifies a hopeful and perseverant tone. By expressing that “We uncertain step / For newness of the night,” the narrator shares the feeling of alarming change that is expected to become easier given time.

Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost both write about darkness, structuring their poems in an uncertain and cynical tone stringing along the reader by using consistent rhyming and vague details. The authors also use extended metaphors and fearful imagery to implement the ominous feel that comes with darkness. Although both poems use different devices to achieve their purpose, the message is almost parallel. In Emily Dickinson's “419” she grabs your attention by using the pronoun “we”, in doing this she relates to the reader and makes the poem more personable.

In “The Path Through The Cemetery”, by Leo Rosen, figurative language helps show that Ivan is terrified and fearful of walking through the cemetery. In paragraph 10, the author uses a metaphor (“The cold was knife-sharp”) to describe how Ivan was terrified to be out in such cold; this also establishes a creepy mood by comparing the temperature to a sharp blade. The author also uses personification in paragraph 11 (“The wind was cruel”) to create imagery, and add details to show how fearful Ivan really is. Overall, Rosen’s use of metaphors (and other fig. lang.), such as “The cold was knife-sharp” (paragraph 10), shows that Ivan is frightened by the way the cold gets to

In Daniel Woodrell’s novel, Winter’s Bone, the bitter cold of a typical Ozark Winter highlights the harsh and bittersweet lives of the characters in the story. Ree’s quest to find her father interspersed with familial interactions are sharpened by Woodrell’s crafted imagery and descriptions of the merciless winter, and the phenomenal writing which included superb word choice, authentic dialect, and evocative figurative language. In fact, the book would not have the same emotional impact without them. Throughout this finely crafted book, Daniel Woodrell transports the reader to the stark, bleak, and grim reality of the Ozark mountains where the people and the poverty are synonymous. By juxtaposing descriptions of the raw winter and the protagonist Ree Dolly’s bleak life, the reader feels a more intense understanding and connection to the heart-rending plight and events of the characters.

Mood depicts the emotions of the story. The weather and environment of the story control the mood. In the short story by Raymond Carver in “Popular Mechanics” magazine, the weather is present to affect the mood of the story. The melting snow signifies the melting away of their love for each other.

The landings are where one could rest for a minute before the continued upward travel. Just as life continues changing and altering as the mother speaks of “turnin’ corners” (Hughes 12). However, it is Hughes’ line 12 and 13 where the reader feels the truth behind the words: “…And sometimes goin’ in the dark where there ain’t been no light.” It has the same meaning as the aforementioned “Bare” (Hughes 7), but somehow seeing it in this aspect brings another dimension to this poem. How closely these lines resemble and complement those of Martin Luther King Jr.’s when he said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.

In ‘When we two parted’, the phrase “the dew of the morning felt chill on my brow-it felt like a warning of what I feel now”, uses natural imagery and foreshadowing to show that the “dew” was like a cold sweat, an omen of suffering o follow. Moreover, “dew” could also symbolise Mother Nature’s tears as she too felt misery as she watched their relationship come to a parting. Furthermore, “dew” could also symbolise the start of coldness as their relationship went on, reflecting a premonition of death. This is a typical description of Byron, as since he was a major figure in the romantic period, uses of overtly emotional natural imagery was especially

American novelist Tobias Wolff, in his short fiction story, “Hunters in the Snow,” strategically uses the cold, hostile setting of a snowy winter hunting trip to help center around oddly dark themes such as self-esteem, self-absorption, and overindulgence. The story is set in snowy, cold, miserable weather that makes it a struggle to even walk, shown by Tub having to trudge through the icy snow, “as the edge of the crust bruised his shins.” This battle against the weather relates to Tub’s battle against overindulgence, which effects the story by incorporating and symbolizing one of the key themes. This also symbolizes Tub’s self-esteem issues when battled against his hostile, cruel “friends.” The cold gradually becomes more of a problem throughout

“Sundown” Sundown, like three-dimensional     etchings, leaves the night prowled by a parade     of ghostly blues... Glowing like the     luminescence   of a billowless sea,   it drowns both     voyeur     and     fugitive   beneath limitless vistas   of telescoped remembrances... And as the breeze becomes the forerunner of a Halloween’d sweetness,   the pungent earth   draws cobalt curtains     around a world     now hushed in expectation... “Chill” January chills the newborn April day,   and beckons across   frost-flowers     tiered against the sun. Desultory fingers shimmer around their edges:   to plunge you     deeper   into my life       than the silence       of a desert night...

Seperately. We are not companions in this January heat. Authority waits for my footsteps, with cautious eyes and lips forming around punishing words: the number that replaces my name. And then each finger trembles, and my eyelids press close to catch the storm. “Congratulations…”

During this camping trip, the weather was very clear and cool. But by the end of the weekend, the weather transformed into cloudy and rainy. Because of the bad change in weather, my mood went from good to poor. This relates to my poem because in “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, the gold, flowers, and Garden of Eden all change for the worse. So this is just like the weather and how I felt.

Under the Southwestern Sky Parched and dry describes your land, with buttes and canyons all so grand! Oh such a wonder to behold, your beauty is worth its price in gold! This arid region

In the final section of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the audience is privileged to detailed descriptions of nature as Sir Gawain travels to his meeting with the Green Knight. Why does the poet include such descriptions? Through careful study of the text, it is apparent that these details about Gawain’s surroundings contribute to the suspense of this final section. All in all, the ominous tone of such descriptions followed by foreshadowing and affirmations of surrounding evil by various characters contributes to the suspense which is essential to the significance of the poem’s conclusion. Without question, the suspense first arises due to the foreboding tone prevalent in the descriptions of nature.

Persecution for believing in something is nothing new. One place that holds this stigma is China, where it is evident that the government does not want the people to have free will. In her story, “A Certain Night,” Ting Ling writes about her husband’s tragic death. Ting Ling conveys that her husband died a martyr. In the story, her husband’s struggle conveys that he and his comrades were helping a movement.