The Bells by Anne Saxton.. Help
I REALLY NEED help on the analysis of this poem.
These are some of the questions.. it would be really great if you could help me through them:
1. What emotions did you feel as you read “The Bells”?
2. What prompts the speaker to remember the scene from her past? (How do her memories compare with your own, as recorded in your Quickwrite notes?)
3. According to line 6, what “remains”? Where does it remain, and why do you think it does so?
4. What feelings does the poem’s speaker remember? How would you describe the poem’s tone ?
5. “Rings” are mentioned twice in the poem. At first they are “rings of danger.” What do they become, and what is it that transforms them?
6. Describing a perception of one sense in terms of another sense is called synesthesia. What senses does Sexton mix in line 27?
7. One theme of the poem is conveyed with childlike simplicity in the last two lines. How would you paraphrase this message?
I have to give a presentation on this poem, so all the help would be really appreciated..
Please guide me through the purpose, theme of the poem and the literary technique Saxton uses.
PLEASE... and THANK YOU
I REALLY NEED help on the analysis of this poem.
These are some of the questions.. it would be really great if you could help me through them:
1. What emotions did you feel as you read “The Bells”?
2. What prompts the speaker to remember the scene from her past? (How do her memories compare with your own, as recorded in your Quickwrite notes?)
3. According to line 6, what “remains”? Where does it remain, and why do you think it does so?
4. What feelings does the poem’s speaker remember? How would you describe the poem’s tone ?
5. “Rings” are mentioned twice in the poem. At first they are “rings of danger.” What do they become, and what is it that transforms them?
6. Describing a perception of one sense in terms of another sense is called synesthesia. What senses does Sexton mix in line 27?
7. One theme of the poem is conveyed with childlike simplicity in the last two lines. How would you paraphrase this message?
I have to give a presentation on this poem, so all the help would be really appreciated..
Please guide me through the purpose, theme of the poem and the literary technique Saxton uses.
PLEASE... and THANK YOU