Understanding themes in poems and fiction stories
Q.1
A poem can be themed to deliver the intended message by using poetic devices. Shelley and Wordsworth are poets who concentrated more on personas to bring out themes in the Romanic poems. Personas’ way of presenting the message through varied tones makes the readers have a different interpretation of a given poem. The poem I wandered lonely as a cloud by Wordsworth revolves around someone strolling around and encounters daffodils, which offers nature’s serenity. Shelley uses imagery presentation of personas sentiments in a poem called To a Skylark. This essay gives analysis about how personas in the; To a Skylark and I wandered lonely as a cloud poems make themes comprehensive.
In to a Skylark, is a nature walk inspired poem where the persona compares nature by using a bird. The main theme is the appreciation of nature by Skylark’s moments. The irregular rhyme scheme used brings out the emphasis of the persona concerning a bird, which seems to have happy moments in the sky. “Bird though never wert.” The persona’s vivid description of what human life can be compared to by hailing the bird as it sings and dances in the atmosphere and highlights the sad end of skylarks adventure. Persona intends to bring out the reality of balancing moments as they could be joyous or sorrowful. “Teach me the half gladness.” From Skylark’s experience, the person describes how events unfold in different scenarios, and it is best to be handled appropriately. “Things more true and deep.” By gauging how the Skylark sings in freestyle, the person explains why it is important for humans to take it easy on life issues and is a wish to know how Skylark is ever delighted. “The world should listen then as am listening now.”
In I wandered lonely as a cloud, Wordsworth uses a persona who glorifies imaginative experience in nature to emphasize why the character needs protection. The persona presents ideas simply and directly. “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” free person’s intention as descriptive praises of the natural landscape and its beneficence. “Why is a bliss of solitude.” The environment-oriented theme also shows how unpleasant nature can be if tampered. “…I lie / in a vacant or a pensive mood.” The person also brings out the aspect of loneliness, making him fully phantom about nature. “I wondered lonely …” the persona also explains moments as he was strolling around, he was all alone but enjoyed his adventure. “And then with my heart filled with pleasure.” Through personification, the theme of fantasy is realized to counter the lowliness of the persona. “… and dances with daffodils.”
In conclusion, personas in the two poems have enabled an easy understanding of the themes. Two poets used their personas to describe their different occasions, which links nature to human life. Although the personas get into fantasy, they can relate how life should be and meditate on needed actions to harmonize life events to fit in daffodils, and skylarks stressfree existence. Personas, therefore, are given distinctive tones so that themes remain relevant to readers.
Q.2
Illusion and reality are very parallel themes, yet they often coexist in many fiction stories. In the Sandman by Hoffmann, the love story, which is a reality of feelings, is ended by Nathaniel’s delusions while he digs into his past incidences. The author brings realism and misconceptions by using characters of different nature and reasoning in his story. Personal relations and social interactions are disrupted by the names living in two separate worlds of reality and illusion. The author used figurative speech and symbolism to distinguish between the two themes. This essay is discussing how fantasy and reality unfold in the Sandman story.
Starting with illusion, Nathaniel is completely out of mind because of his superstitious norm. He revives his memory when Dr.Coppelius reminds him of past incidence with the barometer vendor. As a result of fear and guilt, Nathaniel becomes hyper-reactive and sensitive to merchandisers who, in his visionary, come to him as the dead barometer man. In a return letter to Lothar, Clara describes Nathaniel’s actions to be pure superstitions and has nonexistent narrations. She expressed her fear about Nathaniel’s future basing on his recent behavior. She develops a worry that Nathaniel might be harmful because of dwelling on illusions and persuades for Nathaniel’s claims to be taken as a joke. It is illusionary how Nathaniel believes in malovent powers that take control of him such that he puts Clara in an abusive relationship, where he punches her. He is delusional b connecting eyes with an interpretation leading to fear. Similarly, spyglass making him blinded from the truth.
The reality of life is also present in the story. First, there is love between Clara and Nathaniel, where the duo develops affection to an extend of Clara being unsettled over Nathaniel’s condition. There is the realism of Nathaniel being violent before him and after he becomes superstitious. He was so irritated with the barometer vendor and true to his words, he threw the merchant downstairs. Another incident is when he beats up Clara because he is overactive. Nathaniel’s provision of time and date when he recalls heartbreaking moments, i.e., 12th noon October, brings out events’ realism. The reality of confusion is also portrayed in Clara and Nathaniel’s mixed tales about current events when they send Lothar letters. Nathan trying to escape from coming into contact with the barometer seller at adult age, indicates a real situation he has to endure because of superstitions. After reading a reply from Clara, Coppola comes to terms with Nathaniel’s delusions and ironically gets him a pair of spectacles, to change his perceiving responses. Reality is also present in how childhood memories can affect an adult who has to endure life’s consequences, which saw Nathaniel committing suicide.
Conclusively, reality can lead to illusions and vice versa. Nathaniel existing in a superstitious environment, comes from his committing terrible actions to his childhood barometer seller. Dr.Coppelius tries to connect reality and fantasy when he reminds Nathaniel of past events and sells him spectacles to counter Nathaniel’s delusions. Illusions can be controlled, but one has to face the matter just as Nathaniel, who committed suicide and Clara, bear the pain of surviving alongside a sensitive and a violent lover. Superstitions and malovent power are imaginary but can take control of situations similar to Nathaniel’s case.