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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Is the Pathetic Fallacy True?
hi guys =D i;m new here....i found this forum really really useful when it comes to english hwk...i'm having trouble analyzing a poem..can you guys please help me?? =S
it's called:
Is the Pathetic Fallacy True by Elizabeth Brewster
When I was a child
the stones were living.
Hot under my hand, they felt like flesh,
and sands slipped through my fingers
with a caress.
Yes, everything was alive;
the clumsy, roaring wind
stepped on the flounched pink dress
of the apple-tree,
tearing it to shreds
the puffed cheeks of clouds
the brook with its pebbled tongue
and the hoarse old grave old sea
its gravelly song
and eath itself a brown warm girl
turning and tanning in the sun.
All false, all wrong,
somebody told me:
winds are not lovers
clumsy or gentle.
There's no blood
in stones,
no tears in water.
Nevertheless
sometimes lately when I touch a chair or table
I think I feel atoms stir
under my fingers
and at night in dreams I hear
the small remote voices of grains of dust
or the inaudible whispers of stars
as they will speak to me some time
when i lie with the living grass about me
and the wind my old lover
singing me to sleep
and to wake
it's called:
Is the Pathetic Fallacy True by Elizabeth Brewster
When I was a child
the stones were living.
Hot under my hand, they felt like flesh,
and sands slipped through my fingers
with a caress.
Yes, everything was alive;
the clumsy, roaring wind
stepped on the flounched pink dress
of the apple-tree,
tearing it to shreds
the puffed cheeks of clouds
the brook with its pebbled tongue
and the hoarse old grave old sea
its gravelly song
and eath itself a brown warm girl
turning and tanning in the sun.
All false, all wrong,
somebody told me:
winds are not lovers
clumsy or gentle.
There's no blood
in stones,
no tears in water.
Nevertheless
sometimes lately when I touch a chair or table
I think I feel atoms stir
under my fingers
and at night in dreams I hear
the small remote voices of grains of dust
or the inaudible whispers of stars
as they will speak to me some time
when i lie with the living grass about me
and the wind my old lover
singing me to sleep
and to wake
Top answer
Hello Anon Why not jot down your own ideas first? It will make it easier for others to help you. All the best, MrP
- Hello Anon Why not jot down your own ideas first?
- It will make it easier for others to help you.
- All the best, MrP
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Hello Anon
Why not jot down your own ideas first? It will make it easier for others to help you.
All the best,
MrP
Why not jot down your own ideas first? It will make it easier for others to help you.
All the best,
MrP
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lol..whoops i forgot to log in last time...=P
well i only thought of a few things cause this poem's not easy to analyze >.<
starting from: "all false, all wrong...:" it talks about loss of innocence because the speaker is growing up
overall...i think this poem relates to how children's world are vibrant; they show affection to everything they see... and it quiver
well i only thought of a few things cause this poem's not easy to analyze >.<
starting from: "all false, all wrong...:" it talks about loss of innocence because the speaker is growing up
overall...i think this poem relates to how children's world are vibrant; they show affection to everything they see... and it quiver
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That's a good start, SB!
The first thing is to define "pathetic fallacy". This phrase was devised by John Ruskin (the 19th century art critic) to describe the convention in poetry (or colourful rhetoric) of attributing human thoughts, feelings, or emotions to inanimate objects.
So the first thing to do is to list the instances in which the poet does this. Here's one:
1.
The first thing is to define "pathetic fallacy". This phrase was devised by John Ruskin (the 19th century art critic) to describe the convention in poetry (or colourful rhetoric) of attributing human thoughts, feelings, or emotions to inanimate objects.
So the first thing to do is to list the instances in which the poet does this. Here's one:
1.
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It appears to be called "Is the pathetic fallacy true?", Anon.
Best wishes,
MrP
Best wishes,
MrP
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Hello, anyone please
help me i need to understadn what's going on in this poetry but
i don't know what going on.
mostly last part
"as they will speak to me some time
when i lie with the living grass about me
and the wind my old lover
singing me to sleep
and to wake"
is she dead?
help me i need to understadn what's going on in this poetry but
i don't know what going on.
mostly last part
"as they will speak to me some time
when i lie with the living grass about me
and the wind my old lover
singing me to sleep
and to wake"
is she dead?
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