Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Comment closely on the poem Rising Five, looking in particular at Essay

Comment closely on the poetry Rising Five, looking in particular athow Nicholson uses resourcefulness.Rising Five is about how people want to grow up quickly, andtherefore how we want to rush through our lives and our youth. It is in addition about how we do not appreciate our precious and present momentsin our lives, the fact that we are always looking forward into thefuture and not focusing on what we have now. The imagery used in thispoem complements and emphasizes these messages to the reader, creatinga rushed tone and effect. For example, we immediately get thefeeling of someone who is rushing in the first line of the poem Imrising five.Stanza one is about a boy who is 4 years and 8 months Hed beenalive/ lvi months or perhaps a week more. Fifty-six monthssounds like a much longer time than 4 years and 8 months. We alsoknow that he is counting the time as it passes perhaps a week more,this suggests that the boy wants to rush through life and grow up morequickly, even being on e week older counts. The imagery of the littlecoils of hair/ Un...

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