The poem I have chosen to explain tone and symbolism is The Fairies by William Allingham. William Allingham was born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland. He was a sub-editor for Fraser's Magazine between 1874 t9 1879. Allingham published a volume of poems in 1850, along with Day and Night Songs, and he also published volume containg lyrics in 1855. Allingham died at Hampstead in 1889. The reason why I chose this poem because, I like mystical creatures and I wanted to read about something that many students would not read a lot about. Tone sets the mood of the poem.
Tone brings the attitude into the words of the poem. The tone of this poem is moody. The first two lines in the first stanza, "Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen," those two lines set the tone to be a ghostly scary whisper. Certain words bring out the tone in this poem like, down, along, up, and by. Basically in the beginning of each stanza the tone is set in a scary ghostly whisper. It’s like someone creeping behind you and saying the in a hot moist whisper, to warn and scare you about the fairies.
Symbolism means expressing your words through symbols. On the fourth stanza, line eight, "But she was dead with sorrow," sorrow symbolizes as sadness. So Bridget died from sadness. Columbkil symbolizes for Saint Columbkill. I found another symbolism in the poem. In lines seven and eight of stanza one, "Green jackets, red cap, And white owl's feather!" These two lines symbolize the fairies themselves. The green jacket is their clothes, while the red caps are their hair and the owl's white feather is their wings. Allingham used symbolism to describe Irish fairies. Also on lines eleven and twelve of stanza three, "To sup with the Queen Of the gay Northern Lights", Allingham uses gay to symbolize happy and he also uses sup to symbolize supper or dinner. So basically the King is having dinner with the Queen of the happy Northern Lights
In conclusion, the lesson in this poem is to never underestimate the fairies. Yes they have a sweet spot for their own people and they will do anything for their people, like protect them. So under that softness is a tough interior.
In conclusion, the lesson in this poem is to never underestimate the fairies. Yes they have a sweet spot for their own people and they will do anything for their people, like protect them. So under that softness is a tough interior.
3 comments:
Good work and I really like your page.
i liked the poem that you choose and also the way you have described tone and symbolism
Hello L.J! I have read through your draft and i received a great deal of information. I also enjoyed your use of description in your writing. It is quite impressive. However, I do suggest that you read over your material two to three times (even if it is read aloud) just to get a feel of what you are trying to say in your essay and be sure to use commas and your periods carefully in order to maintain the flow of our writing. You want to be able to provide information and somehow write in a more formal manner rather than your writing to sound like an oral presentation. Otherwise, keep up the good work!
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