Making Connections - Assignment Example

Making Connections Pigeon Woman by May Swenson The most intriguing factor in Swenson’s poem is her use of imagery, somber tone, and simple diction to describe the solitude of an old woman and the extent she can go to tap the love she craves and lacks in life. The poet uses an omniscient speaker in the poem and the speaker uses a solemn tone. The speaker employs a sad tone and is sympathetic of the woman who seeks love from pigeons, which do not seem to get the affection as in: “they let her wet thirsty fingertips-/but drain away in an untouchable tide" (27-9).

There several instances of alliteration in the poem for example in line 25; “Sack empty, she squats and seems…”, and in line 5 “…woman wades.” The last line “they are the flints of love” means that the love provided by the pigeons is short lived like sparks and goes away whenever the pigeons flee her. The poem “Pigeon Woman” does not express the poet’s innermost thoughts; it is instead a description of an episode witnessed by the speaker. The poem is a one-sided dead love story as in the last line ‘they are the flints of love” which shows a dead love.

How do I love thee? By Elizabeth Barrett browning (1850) making connectionsThe sentiments expressed in the poem are not realistic because the love, as described in the poem, is only possible in a romanticized situation. For example, the promise “I shall but love thee better after death” in the last line, is an empty promise because there are no feelings after death. The question of “how do I love thee’ is answered in an exaggerated way. The speaker uses dimension, as in “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height” (2), and comparison, as in “I love thee freely, as men strive for right” (7).

These answers are effective because; for dimension, it implies that the love is immeasurable. For the comparison, the speaker implies that his love is incomparable.Porphyrias lover by Robert Browning (1834) Making an ArgumentTelling the poem at the speaker’s point of view makes it possible for the speaker to express his or her attitude. I would describe the scene as a cold blood murder because the speaker kills the Porphyria’s lover ruthlessly for no apparent reasons, but for her to die in his arms.

The speaker and Porphyria’s lover have been lovers given the way she behaves when she got into the house and the way the speaker eludes to their earlier intimacy. For example, “she put my arm about her waist”/… Murmuring how she loved me — she” (16 & 21). The speaker also states “…her cheek once more/Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss” (47 & 48). This is a proof that they have been lovers.Works Cited (Poems)Barrett, Elizabeth B. “How do I love thee?”Browning, Robert.

“Porphyrias Lover” Swenson, May. “Pigeon Woman”