A long poem in the form of a list symbolizes a woman's typical day filled with to-do lists and jobs always left partially done. But, the female speaker in the poem is not complaining, she actually finds a comfort in piles of laundry because it means she isn't alone. "If you were to leave me, if I were to fold only my own clothes...a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." We complain about the work other people create for us, especially people we live with, but in reality, the sharing a life requires tedious work that only goes unnoticed when it isn't done. Like the cleanliness of a grocery store is only noticed if no one has swept the floor, the woman recognizes that she will only notice the amount of laundry she does if it decreases. Because then, it means that her lover has gone.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Sorting Laundry
Sorting Laundry - Elisavietta Ritchie
A long poem in the form of a list symbolizes a woman's typical day filled with to-do lists and jobs always left partially done. But, the female speaker in the poem is not complaining, she actually finds a comfort in piles of laundry because it means she isn't alone. "If you were to leave me, if I were to fold only my own clothes...a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." We complain about the work other people create for us, especially people we live with, but in reality, the sharing a life requires tedious work that only goes unnoticed when it isn't done. Like the cleanliness of a grocery store is only noticed if no one has swept the floor, the woman recognizes that she will only notice the amount of laundry she does if it decreases. Because then, it means that her lover has gone.
A long poem in the form of a list symbolizes a woman's typical day filled with to-do lists and jobs always left partially done. But, the female speaker in the poem is not complaining, she actually finds a comfort in piles of laundry because it means she isn't alone. "If you were to leave me, if I were to fold only my own clothes...a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." We complain about the work other people create for us, especially people we live with, but in reality, the sharing a life requires tedious work that only goes unnoticed when it isn't done. Like the cleanliness of a grocery store is only noticed if no one has swept the floor, the woman recognizes that she will only notice the amount of laundry she does if it decreases. Because then, it means that her lover has gone.
Dover Beach
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold
Comparing three bodies of water, Arnold invokes the feeling of misery and sadness by describing in detail the sounds of the sea with "the eternal note of sadness in." The speaker claims that in order to survive the misery the world has become we must turn to one another. He says to abandon faith because there is none left. Using diction such as "full" and "long" to describe the sea filled with sadness, he uses the similar words "full" and "round" to describe how the "Sea of Faith" used to be. In this way, he implies that the substance that used to fill the sea of faith now makes up the seas of misery, possibly saying that the same actions and concepts that lead us to faith can lead us to misery.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
I taste a liquor never brewed
I taste a liquor never brewed - Emily Dickinson
Billowing clouds, sweet nectared flowers, butterflies, and glowing saints - Emily Dickinson's manner of intoxication seem more like a dream than drunkenness. She also employs figurative language and imagery to further her point of the magicalness of the "endless summer days."
The title in this instance "a liquor never brewed" refers to the purity the speaker sees in nature. It does not require the typical brewing associated with real liquor because the nature the speaker refers to cannot be tainted.
Billowing clouds, sweet nectared flowers, butterflies, and glowing saints - Emily Dickinson's manner of intoxication seem more like a dream than drunkenness. She also employs figurative language and imagery to further her point of the magicalness of the "endless summer days."The title in this instance "a liquor never brewed" refers to the purity the speaker sees in nature. It does not require the typical brewing associated with real liquor because the nature the speaker refers to cannot be tainted.
The Convergence of the Twain
The Convergence of the Twain - Thomas Hardy
Contrasting imagery adds to an overall sentiment of mismatched disbelonging connected to the disappearance of valuable passengers and expensive objects upon the sinking of the Titanic. The line "The sea-worm crawls - grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent" shows the squander and lavishness of the vessel lost to sea. In this manner, the author points out that the pride and materialistic nature of the Titanic's creators and how it ultimately led to nothing. The ruin of the Titanic could be the ruin of society.
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