Analysis of a poem
Poetry is a mysterious thing. The use of poetry can be made to bring about a feeling or emotion about something, or it can be used to earn a few extra dollars. There are some writers though, like William Wordsworth, who used the writing style to write about their real life experiences. It has been suspected that he did just that in his piece, ?A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal?, to jot down his feelings about a loved one who had passed away. It is this honesty that helps to make the poem a great piece of work. Wordsworth manages to capture this honesty through his vivid imagery to create a personal sense of being there.She seemed a thing that could not feel Rolled round in earth?s diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.? The work is, obviously, a piece of poetry. In the piece, a woman has died and her lover/admirer is mourning her loss. We believe that it is a woman who has died, but in all reality, it is not specified as to who, or what, has died. The source of conflict is that the one he loves is dead. The poem is organized into two stanzas with a point of view
It is the imagery that Wordsworth uses to help accentuate his other poems, case in point, the ?Lucy? poems, of which ?A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal? is a part. While a bit cumbersome to understand at first, if the audience will simply sit down and read the poem a few times over, it is quite easy to be sucked into the world that Wordsworth comes up with and become a ?witness? of sorts to the scenes that he creates. The audience does not have to be a fan of Wordsworth, or poetry for that instance; however, after living in just a few of his poems, it is easy for anyone to give the man much respect. The theme of the poem is that death comes without notice. A part of the poem that emphasizes this is ?She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly year. No mention has she now, no force;? The meaning behind that is the sudden change from happiness and bliss to cold sadness and mourning. The symbolism of ?earth?s diurnal course? is the circle (or cycle) of life, a possible reference to the spiritual rebirth of our body (a biblical view says that our bodies were created from the dirt on the ground, and that when we die, in essence, our bodies return to the dirt). Before he saw her only through the eyes of love; now he recog
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Approximate Word count = 838
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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