How do the Poets Explore the Theme of Death in Educating...

Tone is very important in poetry as it plays a role in the way the characters within the poem are portrayed, the way we perceive the writers intentions and it sets the mood when reading the poem. This can clearly be seen with â€Å"mother in a refugee camp† as the poem overall has a very hopeless and harsh tone and this can be seen when the narrator of the poem say, â€Å"She soon would have to forget† in the context that the death of the child is inevitable and they are hopeless as they cannot defy destiny. This is also harsh as the poet does not cover up death with euphemisms but is very straight forward saying that there is no other choice other than to forget. When it comes to describing the mother it becomes a very gentle and caring tone and†¦show more content†¦The pleading tone can be seen in the poem when Dylan Thomas says, â€Å"Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.† This comes as plea to his dad to fight death and not give in and this also emphasizes Dylan Thomas’s desperation for his father to wake up and not give in. On the other hand with â€Å"Remember† the tone develops as you go through the poem and it goes from a commanding tone to one that is accepting towards the end and this can be seen when Christina Rossetti says, â€Å"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.† This shows us that the character actually cares about the feelings of the person that loves her as she would rather that they forget and be happy than for them to remember and be sad. This development of tone comes as a natural due to the fact that the nature of the poem is a sonnet. Sonnets tend to convey a problem in the first octave and find the solution to that problem in the last sestet and this can clearly be seen in â€Å"remember† as she is telling them to remember but then she realizes that she cannot hold on to them forever and actually sets them free. As for â€Å"E for L† the poem on a whole is provocative and angry and this can be seen with multiple and ruthless acts of murder that he commits with no mercy at all. These include â€Å"I squash flies against the window† and â€Å"I pour the gold fish down the bog† these acts of murder emphasize how dangerous, psychotic and deluded this person really is. They also highlightShow MoreRelatedHow do the Poets Explore the Theme of Death in Educating for Leisure, Mother in a Refugee Camp, Do not go Gentle into that Good Night, Remember, T...822 Words   |  4 PagesLanguage plays a crucial role in helping a poet get his point across and this can be seen used be all the poems to help them explore the theme of death with the reader. This includes the formal, brutal and emotive language that Chinua Achebe uses in â€Å"mother in a refugee camp.† This can be seen when Achebe says, â€Å"The air was heavy with odor of diarrhea, of unwashed children with washed out rib s† this is very brutal and the is no holding back with the use of a euphemism or a simile as seen in the otherRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesSolidarity Remembered Janis Appier, Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD Allen Hunter, ed., Rethinking the Cold War Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. Revised and Expanded Edition E SSAYS ON _ T WENTIETH- C ENTURY H ISTORY Edited by Michael Adas for the American Historical Association TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS PHILADELPHIA Temple University Press 1601 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress