gabejacobs
12-14-2008, 01:27 AM
I am trying to analyze this poem, but it is a bit complicated.
A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within
Oh cunning wreck that told no tale
And let no Witness in
The mind was built for mighty Freight
For dread occasion planned
How often foundering at Sea
Ostensibly, on Land
A not admitting of the wound
Until it grew so wide
That all my Life had entered it
And there were troughs beside
A closing of the simple lid
That opened to the sun
Until the tender Carpenter
Perpetual nail it down --
My questions are the following...
+ What are the major effects of this poem?
+ How the poet achieved these effects?
+ What are poetic elements of this poem? Imagery, tone, metaphors, etc
+ What does the poem make you see, hear and feel?
Thanks for any help that can be given.
- Gabe
A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within
Oh cunning wreck that told no tale
And let no Witness in
The mind was built for mighty Freight
For dread occasion planned
How often foundering at Sea
Ostensibly, on Land
A not admitting of the wound
Until it grew so wide
That all my Life had entered it
And there were troughs beside
A closing of the simple lid
That opened to the sun
Until the tender Carpenter
Perpetual nail it down --
My questions are the following...
+ What are the major effects of this poem?
+ How the poet achieved these effects?
+ What are poetic elements of this poem? Imagery, tone, metaphors, etc
+ What does the poem make you see, hear and feel?
Thanks for any help that can be given.
- Gabe