PreIB POEM ANALYSIS
Before you read on, I would like to remind you that this was written in PreIB and I WOULD NOT recommend you approach a text in the same way I do here in later poem analyses in IB1 and IB2. However, I found that organising my notes in this way when analysing really helped me get a very basic understanding of the structure of the poem and the writer's possible underlying message.
I'd like to say, though, that I haven't included any notes really on the impact on the reader of the poem, which arguably is one of the most important parts of analysing a poem. However, for some type of knowledge about what type of analysis I started with and how I organised it, read on:
I'd like to say, though, that I haven't included any notes really on the impact on the reader of the poem, which arguably is one of the most important parts of analysing a poem. However, for some type of knowledge about what type of analysis I started with and how I organised it, read on:
(pssst, if you don't know some of the words I mention below, don't worry, I've got you covered: click here for a comprehensive list of definitions you'll need when breaking down an analysis)
External structure: pastoral poem (glorification of country and religious life)
Rhyme structure: abab cdcd
Setting: country-side, religious household, first day of March, Spring time
Significance of setting:
- first day of Spring paired with religious upbringing=strong appreciation for rebirth and renewal in the world
- countryside allows for trees and mountains, surrounding nature to be fully appreciated
Tones:
Rhyme structure: abab cdcd
Setting: country-side, religious household, first day of March, Spring time
Significance of setting:
- first day of Spring paired with religious upbringing=strong appreciation for rebirth and renewal in the world
- countryside allows for trees and mountains, surrounding nature to be fully appreciated
Tones:
- enthusiastic/eager
- optimistic
- appreciative
- compassionate
- celebratory
Approach to text:
- inclusive (constant usage of 'we' and 'us')
- what the world has to offer is for all people to appreciate
- connection between ie. 'earth and man' (stanza 6) and its comparison of 'heart to heart' when referring to 'love' has been written by the author to signify that feeling should not be limited to only people-to-people, but it should also be all-inclusive of those things on Earth that are inanimate
- inclusivity and connectedness between all things on Earth is experienced in the 'hour of feeling' (possibly universally experienced hour, similar to 'earth hour')
- Love owed to earth
- 'our minds shall drink at every pore/the spirit of the season' --> suggests that there is nature was previously unappreciated and now we should take advantage of this unappreciated force during the 'hour of feeling'
- Religious
- mentions 'to pray' twice, paired with 'and bring no book' (stanza 4 and 10 respectively)
- 'book' mentioned thus should refer to bible, signifying further the importance of the religious context
- repetition of stanza 4 at end pushes enthusiastic tone when summoning the sister to go outside
- mentioned unchanged 'idleness' in referencing 'bring no book'
- this 'idleness' could refer to a sense of laziness, perhaps the religious nature of their household is strict and overriding and thus observing nature without book in hand is considered lazy practice
1ST PARAGRAPH: religion, its restrictions
2ND PARAGRAPH: imagery, tone
3RD PARAGRAPH: love, inclusivity, love owed to earth, circle back to religious restrictions
MENTION TONE IN EACH PARAGRAPH
MENTION PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED POINT IN EACH PARAGRAPH
ROUGH THESIS: Through a religiously affiliated perspective, Wordsworth highlights -with the usage of imagery and a celebratory, compassionate tone- the beauty of nature and the inclusive disposition of universal love, of which is owed to life on Earth without restriction.
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