The oxymoron, A “Perfect grief” is utter, complete grief. That is the stage the poet reached as the wind went still and he sat down. Earlier he was blown about and carried here and there by his violent gusts of thought and emotional sorrow, like the blowing wind in which he walked. But now that wind has gone silent, as have his thoughts and emotions. All that remains is just the stark, bare, empty sense of loss.
The depressive mood is reinforced by the image of death in the line “shaken out dead from tree and hill” which generates a shtifling atmosphere engulfing the poet with its indication of lifelessness, he was not mentally present in the current situation for “his naked ear heard the day pass” The poet states that “I had walked on at the wind’s will” creating a sense of close relationship between him and nature, which foregrounds the uplifting power of nature he is going to receive towards the end of the poem.
A powerful conveyance of his grief is in the deranged picture he paints of himself. He claims that ‘between my…was’ in a detached manner, demoting himself to the fetal position. He adds that his hair was ‘over’ and his lips were ‘drawn in’ bringing out a picture of mania in his absolute despair. A complete and utter helplessness to his state of affairs is depicted with the poet having no control over his body or mind, the sorrow having possessed him like a disease, leaving him no control. I feel that this image also shows lack of will to attempt to break through as the poet is unable to muster the strength to continue and face the demons he hides from.
The poet powerfully expresses sadness as he describes his physical movements when grief gets the better of him. 'His forehead' was 'between his knees' as he was deep in grave sadness , 'his lips were drawn in'. This description signifies his sorrow for something as he is not able to comprehend his overwhelming emotions. In my opinion 'bending' his head 'between his knees' and 'hair touching the grass', shows his depressed state. His drawn-in lips are an indication of severe regret that he seems dumbfounded.
The depth of sorrow, the poet is drowning in along with the trauma that keeps his head from breaking the surface is highlighted as an anecdote of his life, something he wishes to swallow but is forced to spit it out. Calling upon nature to rescue him from this melancholy, the poet's "naked ears heard the day pass", a symbol of his physical and mental insecurity. His elevation of the "woodspurge has a cup of three" depicts the poet's realization banking on his instincts, proving nature as a physical being and hence swimming to the shore by agonizingly learning to swim, a grief which is "perfect" for him to realize that everything happens for a cause.
The oxymoron, A “Perfect grief” is utter, complete grief. That is the stage the poet reached as the wind went still and he sat down. Earlier he was blown about and carried here and there by his violent gusts of thought and emotional sorrow, like the blowing wind in which he walked. But now that wind has gone silent, as have his thoughts and emotions. All that remains is just the stark, bare, empty sense of loss.
ReplyDeleteThe depressive mood is reinforced by the image of death in the line “shaken out dead from tree and hill” which generates a shtifling atmosphere engulfing the poet with its indication of lifelessness, he was not mentally present in the current situation for “his naked ear heard the day pass” The poet states that “I had walked on at the wind’s will” creating a sense of close relationship between him and nature, which foregrounds the uplifting power of nature he is going to receive towards the end of the poem.
ReplyDeleteA powerful conveyance of his grief is in the deranged picture he paints of himself. He claims that ‘between my…was’ in a detached manner, demoting himself to the fetal position. He adds that his hair was ‘over’ and his lips were ‘drawn in’ bringing out a picture of mania in his absolute despair. A complete and utter helplessness to his state of affairs is depicted with the poet having no control over his body or mind, the sorrow having possessed him like a disease, leaving him no control. I feel that this image also shows lack of will to attempt to break through as the poet is unable to muster the strength to continue and face the demons he hides from.
ReplyDeleteThe poet powerfully expresses sadness as he describes his physical movements when grief gets the better of him. 'His forehead' was 'between his knees' as he was deep in grave sadness , 'his lips were drawn in'. This description signifies his sorrow for something as he is not able to comprehend his overwhelming emotions. In my opinion 'bending' his head 'between his knees' and 'hair touching the grass', shows his depressed state. His drawn-in lips are an indication of severe regret that he seems dumbfounded.
ReplyDeleteThe depth of sorrow, the poet is drowning in along with the trauma that keeps his head from breaking the surface is highlighted as an anecdote of his life, something he wishes to swallow but is forced to spit it out. Calling upon nature to rescue him from this melancholy, the poet's "naked ears heard the day pass", a symbol of his physical and mental insecurity. His elevation of the "woodspurge has a cup of three" depicts the poet's realization banking on his instincts, proving nature as a physical being and hence swimming to the shore by agonizingly learning to swim, a grief which is "perfect" for him to realize that everything happens for a cause.
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