In William Shakespeare's poem, "Winter," he wants the reader to imagine the harsh affects on people and the world around them. Shakespeare's choice of words helps the reader imagine the world he is creating in his peom. Unlike Shakespeare's companion piece for "Winter," "Spring" helps the reader imagine a beautiful season. In "Winter" Shakespeare chooses to protray a harsh outlook on the season of winter. Shakespeare's word choice is very important in "Winter." He makes the reader be absorbed in his poem by incorporating all of the readers senses, including; sight, sound, feeling, and even taste.
Shakespeare helps the reader imagine a harsh landscape, in an even harsher enviroment. Shakespeare wants the reader to not like the scenery he is protraying in "Winter." He incorporates the readers sight by using sentences the reader can imagine easily, for example, Shakespeare's opening line, "When the icicles hang by the wall." The reader can imagine the icicles and the harsh landscape around them. Shakespeare incorporates sound by repeating the sound of the nightly owl, "Tu-whit, tu-who!" It is a lonely sound and is shown its importance in "Winter" by Shakespeare repeating the line. When Shakespeare decribes the blowing wind and "Marian's nose looking red and raw," by incorporating the readers sense of feeling, he wants them to feel the harshness of the winter season. Shakespeare even uses the readers taste by describing, "roasted crabs."
Shakespeare invites the reader to participate in the poem, "Winter" by incorporating the reader by making them use their senses in the poem to help them imagine the scene Shakespeare is setting.
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Why, if Shakespeare wants us to think of the owl's call as lonely, does he call it a "merry note?"
ReplyDeletePlease be aware of the following problems, and try to fix them in your next post: word and phrase redundancy, apostrophe usage, accuracy of quotations, and spelling.
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