Thursday, March 28, 2019
With close reference to at least 2 poems explore how the poets create E
With close quotation to at least 2 poems explore how the poets createa whiz of image and atmosphere.In Porphyrias Lover by Robert Browning and Mariana by AlfredTennyson, the poets ingestion many an(prenominal) different literary techniques to create asense of pettishness and atmosphere. They choose their language andvocabulary carefully to make the reader drug abuse all of their senses, usingtechniques such as imagery, rhyme and rhythm.Porphyrias Lover begins with a description of the rain and thesullen wind which makes the mood seem dismal and gloomy, though unlikein Mariana, this changes later in the poem. This is shown when heappears to be sulking when Porphyria calls and he does non respond.However, Porphyrias entrance into the cottage causes the atmosphereto become warm by lighting the cheerless grate, which again couldmirror her lovers feelings for her in the aforesaid(prenominal) way as the setting inMariana reflects the main characters emotions. This change inatmos phere in Porphyrias Lover suggests that she is the mostimportant thing in his world and his source of happiness. InMariana, the building has fallen into disrepair, as the flowerpotswere thickly crusted with moss and the shed was falling apart, whichis similar to the feelings in her heart. In the selfsame(prenominal) way that there isno one there to look later on the garden, there is no one to loveMariana.The writers use rhythm, rhyme and repeating to give the poemsmovement and structure. For example, in Mariana, Tennyson returns toa similar pattern of five-spot lines at the end of each verse, which givesthe poem phrasing. In Porphyrias Lover, repetition is not used asmuch, moreover, as in Mariana there are patterns in the rhyme at the endof each li... ...oftly. The flowing rhythm makesthe mood eerily calm, and this feeling continues right to the end ofthe poem. The opposite effect is created in Mariana, as Tennysonuses punctuation such as commas and semi-colons to create brea ks,which gives the poem a slow pulse and almost shows the passage of timethat Mariana has to put up with.The last three to four lines of each poem have many similarities. Bothrefer to God, showing the religious thoughts of the time, and, moreimportantly, the both communicate the reader wondering what happens next,and leave many questions unanswered.Porphyrias Lover and Mariana are both examples of how poets cancreate depressing and eerie moods and atmosphere using quick-wittedvocabulary, imagery, rhyme and rhythm. I think that the poems are bothquite romantic, but are both examples of how too much love can be abad thing.
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