For this entry, discuss SOUND in one of the poems. How is rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, and repetition of sounds used? How does this contribute to the theme and tone of the poem? What is the theme and tone of the poem?
What is the overall TONE for the other two poems?
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The tone in the poem '' I heard a Fly buzz-when I died'' by Emily Dickinson is a very depressing poem. The (-) pauses in the end of the lines in the poem are used as rhyme scheme. In the poem it seems like something really big happened in her life that even the little things become much more important and noticeable. There is a repetition of words in the poem as buzz, room, and stillness.
ReplyDeleteThe poem “ Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson which tells us that hope is contained in the soul of everyone. In the poem she begins create an image of hope in our mind and uses feathers to represent the hope.In the contract, bird could broke their wings during flying such as person try to give up when they facing the hardships. The rhyme scheme works in conjunction with the simple words certainly works in counter to the content. Therefore,it make the poem much more clearly. The theme of the poem is whatever happens to your life like hardships or problems you should still keep your hope. The tone of the poem is optimistic.
ReplyDeleteThe tone of the follow poems：
I heard a Fly buzz-when I died- ironic
Anyone lived in a pretty how town- despairing
The tone in the poem by Emily Dickinson is a very sad poem.'' I heard a Fly buzz-when I died'' is a poem with a rhyme schem that delivers pauses inbetween each long and catches the reader with her catchy terms and phrases. The way she writes this story though is as if she has some kind of life like connection.
ReplyDeleteIn Emily Dickinson's "'hope' is the thing with feathers",author writes hope like a bird. In each stanza, the rhyme of the last words of first and third sentence are identical. The rhyme of last words of second and fourth sentence are also identical. These make reader feel comfortable and fun. Then reader can think about the words in the poem and be hopeful in life, like a bird. So, the tone of this poem is praise.
ReplyDelete"anyone lived in a pretty how town"--detached
"i heard a fly buzz--when i died"--dreamy
In the poem, the 1st and 3rd lines of each verse have 4 stresses and the 2nd and 4th lines have 3 stresses. Emily describes “hope” as a bird and it will be everywhere and it will never stops “at all”. There is also some alliteration using in the poem. Phrases such as ‘without the words’ and‘strangest Sea’ strengthen the impact of the images and they shows the poem’s theme that hope is always there no matter how hard the situation is. The tone of the poem is positive because people will feel hope is around them all the time when they read the poem.
ReplyDeleteThe tone of “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is desolated.
The tone of “I heard a Fly buzz-when I died” is peaceful.
All of the poems read on pages three and four of our poem packet use sound to help express the improtance of the poems. In Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope" is the the things with feathers, she expresses a greatful/thoughtful tone through the use of diction, such as "perches" and "sweetest", and also repetition of the the word "heard" to explain the importance of the bird which symbolizes hope. The third line of the poem says" And sings the tune without the words". This means that the birds are always making music, and yet they never say a word. The theme of Dickinson's poem is that birds are what give us the peaceful music that we hear wherever we are, the music that wraps its arms around us, the music that we take for granted, but is always there for us. People should not act that way towards the thing that give us all hope; is hope.
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"I heard a Fly buzz- when I died" : conclusive
"anyone livein a pretty how town" E.E Cummings : story telling, informative
*lived*
ReplyDeleteI chose the poem"Hope"is the thing with feathers written by Emily Dickinson. The author describe hope as a very beautiful thing. It is always inside people's hearts and make people feel comfortable. The rhyme here is "That,And"which make reader read the poem more clearly. "soul, all, storm, words"are end in the same sound. "heard,bird"and"se,extremity,me"are end in the same sound. The tone of this poem is romantic.
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ReplyDeleteThe author is trying to tell us that we all have a soul inside of us. It is what gives us hope and life, but never needs food. It is a sad tone because the author wants the readers to know that there still is hope for them even though they do not know it. It is to make it known that no matter where one is they will still have hope. The author wants the readers to know that as long as they believe they will find hope, even in the most desolated places.
The rhyme scheme of Emily Cummings poem is repetitive on the first two lines in each stanza. This contributes to the theme of the poem because it shows the changing emotions and seasons. The tone of the poem is peaceful and depressing. Emily Dickinson Rhyme scheme starts in the second stanza and goes to the last. The repetition used was to empathize the idea that hope can reach any level and has no limitations. It contributes to the them and tone of the poem because it is faith.
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