Dh Lawrence Piano Analysis
Morgan Earp
English 1020
Professor Teter
October 27, 2014
A Piano and a Memory
In the poem “Piano”, D.H. Lawrence’ s writing sets a deeper tone for the readers. While looking back on his childhood memories and the times he had with his mother at the piano, the author provides a very strong connotation of longing to return to his boyhood. His use of various literary devices such as personification, metaphor and connotative words help to convey the poem’s tone and allows Lawrence to express his memories to his readers while connecting with them on a personal level. Lawrence using of the word vista gives a more pleasant connotation to the time that has passed and leads one on a mental journey back through time as he listens to the piano singer.
The vivid imagery Lawrence uses gives the reader a picture so one can connect during his journey to the past. In the first stanza of three stanzas, he is transported back in time by a woman’s singing “Softly, in the dusk” (Lawrence 1) to a happier place and time where it was his
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