Tuesday, June 30, 2009

day 2

Adlestrop

by Edward Thomas
Yes. I remember Adlestrop—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.
The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop—only the name
And willows, willow-herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Monday, June 29, 2009

lesson 1

poem from : http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_wordsworth/poems/10951


1.the poem used "i gazed-and gazed-but little thought" as a hyperbole, shows that the poet wants to emphasis on how he gazed but he did not think of the show.

the poet also gave life to the golden daffodils describing them as "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."(personification)

the poet also made the star a symbolism of "bliss of solitude"

2. I like this poem as it uses three types of the five figurative languages, which makes it very interesting to read. It keeps the reader captivated by how the poet compared himself with a cloud showing a sense of being a free man that is able to soar like a bird. He also described what he sees like daffodils, to human like trades such as dancing and dancing of the daffodils was also compared to his carefree heart. He also describes the stars as part of the never-ending milky way that’s seen from a margin of a bay. It’s all these details that shows how beautiful this poem is .