The Colored Sky
The poem contains several literary devices; each one plays an important role in describing the nature. William uses them in a different and special style. First, the poet personifies his heart as a man who leaps to transfer his happiness to the readers. Then he repeats, using anaphora, the word "so" three times to illustrate how he feels the first time when he sees the rainbow. Also, how he wants this feeling to last until he's dead. In the sixth line, there is a hyperbole and rhetorical question to reveal that the emotions are so significant in his life. The poet compares, using metaphors, the child with the man who will be a father as we all were children once; so, according to this a child, we can be a role models. He utilizes all the literary devices to create a vivid image of the rainbow.
Wordsworth discusses through "My Heart Leaps Up" many themes. Those themes were the nature, childhood, beauty and aging, but the most prominent themes is the theme of nature and beauty. Each literary element in the poem exists to serve the demonstration of the importance of the relation between the beauty of nature and human. The rainbow symbolizes fundamental ideas, and one of them is hope. Moreover, it signifies the passage of a storm of turmoil and suffering and that what will come is better. It is reassuring that what gave him happiness, satisfaction and being comfortable as a child will still give him the same feeling. The poet in the poem demonstrates by that the beauty of nature, and that it is an essential thing in his life. Through that he wishes the death, disappearance of the rainbow.
In conclusion, in Wordsworth's "My Heart Leaps Up", there is a great example for Ecocriticism. All the literary devices in the poem refer to the relation between the beauty of nature and the individual. The nature has its own magic in the poet's life. It reminds him with childhood pureness and joy.
It's beautiful how authors tend to use nature to appeal to the emotions of us humans. No matter how rigid, a person softens ones they are met with the beauty of earth. Therefore, connecting feelings and emotions to the environment is a great method used by Wordsworth to engage the reader in this literary work of his.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you sometimes human emotions are complicated, and they are hard to express them. So the poet is smart to appear them through the nature.
DeleteWordsworth’s My Heart Leaps Up is an extremely inspirational poem which portrays the beauty of the nature and its connection to humans. Moreover, it further has an effect on human’s feelings and emotions and involves the use of the five gestures which emphasizes the strong bond and attachment.
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt that My Heart Leaps up is an inspirational poem. It contains a lot of different images that awaken the readers' senses.
DeleteI enjoyed reading this poem because I felt like I can relate to it, and your interpretation is awesome. I think that Wordsworth involves many natural elements in all his poems. Maybe he believes that a man should enjoy it deeply, and I believe so too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I also agree with you that Wordsworth is in love with nature. It is a part of his style as a romantic writer. Thus, he depicts his emotions and feelings in a diction linked to natural elements.
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