The sea of sunset
Emily Dickinson
The poem "The sea of sunset" written by Emily Dickinson describes the idea of a sunset. To me the poem gives an imaginary picture of a sunset and the verses mostly describe scenes you identify a sunset with. The poem is set up into two stanzas and made up of four verses, which form a cross rhyme to give the poem a flow like the sunset. Since this poem is about a natural occurrence a couple of words such as "Yellow sea" (v.2), "western"(v.4) and "horizons"(v.7) are used out of the nature vocabulary to connect it more with the poem. The poet uses in the first verse the verb "washes", which refers to the title of the poem, the sun washes away into the sea and the orient of the sea is names in the next verse "Yellow sea". As well as the verb "rushes"(v. 3) is a metaphor saying that the days pass quickly by as a contrast to this the verb "rose" at the beginning of the same verse describes the sunrise as solid.The repetition of "night" used in the fifth verse declares that the sunset happens every night over and over again with the same appearances such as the ships disappearing in the horizons. Emily Dickinson uses a hyperbole by using the words "dip" and "vanish" (v.8) to bring out the rapidness of the sunset. But she combines it with a dreamy atmosphere when using the adjective "fairy"(v.8) and the verb "poise"(v.7). The meter is consistent except one verse inconsistent, which expresses the main part of the poem, the place from what perspective the sunset is seen in this poem. In general the poet uses a lot of metaphors to bring more attention into the poem and picture it visually. She accentuates different parts in the poem, for example in the last verse, by using contrast. All in all the poem relays on the idea of a place where the sun goes down and the ship vanish in a dreamy way. I like this poem because it gives a good picture where, when and how the sunset takes place.
Emily Dickinson
The poem "The sea of sunset" written by Emily Dickinson describes the idea of a sunset. To me the poem gives an imaginary picture of a sunset and the verses mostly describe scenes you identify a sunset with. The poem is set up into two stanzas and made up of four verses, which form a cross rhyme to give the poem a flow like the sunset. Since this poem is about a natural occurrence a couple of words such as "Yellow sea" (v.2), "western"(v.4) and "horizons"(v.7) are used out of the nature vocabulary to connect it more with the poem. The poet uses in the first verse the verb "washes", which refers to the title of the poem, the sun washes away into the sea and the orient of the sea is names in the next verse "Yellow sea". As well as the verb "rushes"(v. 3) is a metaphor saying that the days pass quickly by as a contrast to this the verb "rose" at the beginning of the same verse describes the sunrise as solid.The repetition of "night" used in the fifth verse declares that the sunset happens every night over and over again with the same appearances such as the ships disappearing in the horizons. Emily Dickinson uses a hyperbole by using the words "dip" and "vanish" (v.8) to bring out the rapidness of the sunset. But she combines it with a dreamy atmosphere when using the adjective "fairy"(v.8) and the verb "poise"(v.7). The meter is consistent except one verse inconsistent, which expresses the main part of the poem, the place from what perspective the sunset is seen in this poem. In general the poet uses a lot of metaphors to bring more attention into the poem and picture it visually. She accentuates different parts in the poem, for example in the last verse, by using contrast. All in all the poem relays on the idea of a place where the sun goes down and the ship vanish in a dreamy way. I like this poem because it gives a good picture where, when and how the sunset takes place.
thank you so much for putting that out there. You actually helped me get an A+ on my English paragraph i had to write about the author
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