Through out this week I have been learning about the connections between poetry and its literary elements. What I have grasped that a poem never really has to rhyme to convey vivid imagery, or to better say I've realized that figurative language can really bring a poem to life. Such as the poem I read a few days ago " Titanic" that was posted as assignment to read. The multitude of tones in this poem inspired a number amount of feelings, the way the author portrayed the tone deviated me from the norm of how much they suffered and the tragedy of it all but to a more in depth tone, relief instead of despair. Even though many lives were lost that day , none of them really went alone, and that each death could of possibly been painless , also, no one died with superiority. When I say superiority, I mean the rich 1st class was just in the same spot as the beggar that made it on the boat they were all equal and they would all be remembered and glorified in movies, books and such.
Its interesting a different context and figurative language could easily change my view of this tragic event. The next text I read was the " Convergence of the twain" it was a hard read but with time I understood that poetry can take two items and fabricate a kind of humanistic view of them. The author describes the vessel as being majestic full of its makers pride and the iceberg as its partner of demise. The author portrayed using figurative language and metaphors to describe this one event to be predetermined and somewhat unstoppable/unpreventable.
The both authors manged to portray a form of symbolism that for the "Titanic" we all die the same tonight but never be forgotten. For the "Convergence of the Twain" we learn you never know what lies along the path and whose twined in you fate. Im looking forward to writing this comparison essay.
