Two verse forms. Roger McGough’s “Being-In-Love” . and “Stop All the Clocks” by W. H Auden. are similar and different in a assortment of ways. Both poems nevertheless. portion the chief subject ; Love. The first verse form. explores the thought of ‘unrequited love’ . while the 2nd verse form is an look of heartache for person who has late died.
Roger McGough’s Being-In-Love. begins in the first stanza depicting this individual who he is in love with: “you are so really beautiful” . The talker is presumptively a male. because of the pick of vocabulary used to depict this individual. such as the usage of the word “beautiful” . This adjectival is normally merely used to depict a female. as males are by and large described as handsome. instead than beautiful.
“Your eyes so frequently sadnessful. and lips so kissinspiring. ” In these two lines. the writer has added two words that are made up. most likely because they help to depict these characteristics of this individual better than other words could. and besides because they follow the rime strategy.
The rime strategy is really regular in the first stanza. and it is as follows: A. B. A. B. The beat is besides regular in the first stanza. where each ‘A’ line has seven syllables. and all ‘B’ lines have eight syllables. The consequence of this regular rime strategy and beat. is that it allows the reader to read the verse form swimmingly. and absorb the content while making images in the reader’s head. of this individual. The 2nd poetry is somewhat different from the first 1. and the subject alterations to the fact that his love is non returned: “I think about my being-in-love. and touch the flesh you wear so good. I think about my being-in-love. and wish you were every bit good. ”
These following four lines express the speaker’s feelings really clearly. smartly utilizing repeat as an assistance to convey this desire across in the reader’s head. The repeat of the line ; “I believe about you being in love” . besides created a really strong beat. and a heavy rime strategy. The rhyme strategy is still an ABAB construction. but it is reinforced through this method of repeat. The construction is about the same as the construction of the first poetry. until “as well” is repeated. and so used once more in the last line:
“and want you were every bit good. every bit good. and wish you were every bit good. ”
Although this usage of the phrase “as well” three times changes the construction of the last stanza. it works really good and puts accent on the thought that his love is non returned.
The talker in this verse form. as mentioned before. is likely a adult male. and could either be a immature adolescent in love for the first clip. or an older adult male who has tried love a few times earlier. but has antecedently been rejected. There is besides an interesting deficiency of capital letters and punctuation in this verse form. I believe that the deficiency of right capital letters and punctuation besides suggests that this verse form is meant to be read any manner. instead than a structured verse form.
The verse form Stop All the Clocks by W. H Auden is a really strongly structured verse form that expresses the unhappiness and futility of life after person who was profoundly loved has died.
“Stop all the redstem storksbills. cut off the telephone” . This first line. which is besides the rubric of the verse form. ab initio suggests the thought that the verse form could be somewhat humourous and blithe. The following line: “Prevent the Canis familiaris from barking with a juicy bone” . strongly suggests this every bit good. However. the following two lines of the first stanza. in peculiar the 2nd 1. makes it clear that person has died. and is being mourned for ; “Bring out the casket. allow the grievers come”
In the 2nd stanza. the reader is exposed to the first existent information about this individual who has died. and the verse form becomes more serious. and develops a melancholy tone. It is evident after this line ; “Scribbling in the sky the message He is dead” . that the 1 who died was a adult male. From this. one can think that the talker is either a adult females who was in love with him. or a close friend or household member.
“Let the police officer wear black cotton gloves” . This line can be seen as a signifierof imagination. showing the feeling that her heartache is so great. that the decease of this individual should be happening. that should be nationally mourned.
The 3rd stanza somewhat explains and expands the thought of this individuals significance. and the talker reveals how he meant everything to her:
“He was my North. my South. my E. my West. My working hebdomad and my Sunday remainder. ” The first three lines of the 3rd stanza merely province how of import this individual was to her. and what a immense portion of her life he was. The following line. proves that the one grieving was a lover of the 1 who died:
“I thought my love would last everlastingly ; I was wrong” . The last line of the verse form is really affectional. doing it evident that the individual who died meant everything to the adult females. and she believes that “nothing now can of all time come to any good. ” Imagery. is besides used in the last stanza. portraying an image of a adult females who has stopped caring about life. and is everlastingly sorrowing.
“Time doesn’t affair any longer. halt all the clocks” .
In decision. both poems strongly show their feelings. and they are both written in similar constructions. Although the intents and manner in which they are written in are really different. the subject is however the same.
