Memory and imagination play an important role in the poem “Daffodils.” In the first three stanzas, the poet imagines and depicts the nature as he sees around him. He sketches the surroundings through his imagination till he reaches the daffodils. In the final stanza, the poet uses him memory to recaRead more
Memory and imagination play an important role in the poem “Daffodils.” In the first three stanzas, the poet imagines and depicts the nature as he sees around him. He sketches the surroundings through his imagination till he reaches the daffodils. In the final stanza, the poet uses him memory to recall the vision he witnessed in the first three stanzas. The poet is alienated from the society, is seen when he says, “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, as he uses his memory to bring back a part of that very society. The poets memory flutes on his imagination when he says, “That floats on o’ver vales and hills.” The poet’s imagination which in turn leads him to recall the memory makes the poem more thriving and also it speaks about the speaker’s loneliness and isolation.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) Summary
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Poetic devices used in the poem, “Television” are:- 1) Simile:- is used to compare directly between two different things using the words “as” or “like.” For example, in the poem, the poet compares the minds of the children to cheese when he says, “HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE.” 2) Metaphor:-Read more
Poetic devices used in the poem, “Television” are:-
1) Simile:- is used to compare directly between two different things using the words “as” or “like.” For example, in the poem, the poet compares the minds of the children to cheese when he says, “HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE.”
2) Metaphor:- is used to compare two abstract ideas. For example, in the poem the poet compares young children to be as drunk as intoxicated people when he says “Until they’re absolutely drunk.”
3) Alliteration:- is the repetition of consonant sounds in near or adjacent words. For example, in the poem alliteration occurs when “And pirates wearing purple pants.”
4) Consonance:- is a broader form of alliteration and is seen in the poem when the poet repeats the ‘L’ and ‘D’ sounds in “It makes a child so dull and blind.”
5) Assonance:- is the repetition of vowel sounds. For example, in the poem, “And in its place you can install”, the “i” is being repeated.
6) Hyperbole:- is a form of simile used to exaggerate an object. In the poem, the poem exaggerates the adverse effects of the television by saying “A dozen eyeballs on the floor.”
Television Poem Stanza Wise Summary
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