Analysis Of The Poem Boat Of Cypress - 1152 Words

â€Å"Boat of Cypress† Explication Throughout history, authors have used poetry as a way to express themselves and how they think or feel in an artistic way. There have been poems written about almost every feeling a person has ever had which is why poetry is so popular, because it describes feelings in a way many people cannot. In present day, people from all around the world look back at old poetry and try to define the true meanings behind poems using literally elements and context clues to aid them, this is known as explication. The writing named â€Å"Boat of Cypress† is a famous poem written long ago by an unknown author, and composed about a woman full of misery and despair from her personal point of view. Throughout this poem, the readers†¦show more content†¦The theme of obligation really stood out while during the last stanza of the poem. The speaker voices her obligation when she by saying, â€Å"I think on it in quiet, /I cannot spread wings to fl y away,† (29,30). These lines show that the speaker has many thoughts that she does not verbalize, and that she cannot get those thoughts out of her head. The speaker feels obligated to keep all these things in so she does not upset her family, and be â€Å"met only with their rage.†. Secondly, the author uses word choice to show the speakers overall sorrow. Throughout the whole poem there are word scattered everywhere that describe the general emotion of sorrow, some of those word being â€Å"restless† (19), â€Å"torment†, and â€Å"troubled† (4). These words instantly give the connotation of feelings like despair and sadness. The speaker also uses literary elements such as simile to express sorrow, like when she says â€Å"These troubles of the heart/ are like unwashed clothes† (27, 28). Everyday people usually do not pay much mind to unwashed clothes, and usually look at it as something unimportant or irrelevant. When the speaker compares her internal troubles to something that holds little importance to everyday life and is also seen as unpleasant, the readers really get a look into the sorrow and sadness that the speaker is truly feeling. The speaker also uses word choice to help show the readers the true intensity of what she is going through.Show MoreRelatedThe Book Of Song Summary1202 Words   |  5 Pageslike â€Å"marriage customs [and] relations between men and women† (â€Å"Book of Songs†). There are about 305 poetic songs in the entire thing, but this article describes five songs. The first song, called the Cypress Boat, expresses a woman who is being forced to marry against her will. In the beginning, the boat this girl is in is being is tossed on the sea, and comparing this to her restless feelings of being forced to be with this man that she does not want to be with. In the next stanza, she described theRead MoreConfucianism in Journey to the West31834 Words   |  128 PagesUniversity of Leiden 14 June 2012 Department: Language and Culture of China Course: Visual Political Communication (BA3) Semester: Summer Semester 2011/2012 Lecturer: Florian Schneider Journey to the West A Textual-Visual Discourse Analysis Name: Stefan Ruijsch (Student No. 0620203) Major: Chinese Studies, BA 3 E-mail: s.ruijsch@umail.leidenuniv.nl Phone: 06-48369645 Address: Vrijheidslaan 256, 2321 DP Leiden Word Count: 9,387 Table of Contents page