by: ella wheeler wilcox alyssa rivera
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Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler Wilcox After the Disaster By Abigail Deutsch New York City, 2001 One night, not long after the disaster, as our train was passing Astor, the car door opened with a shudder and a girl came flying down the aisle, hair that looked to be all feathers and a half-moon smile making open air of our small car. The crowd ignored her or they muttered “Hey, excuse me” as they passed her when the train had paused at Rector. The specter crowed “Excuse me,” swiftly turned, and ran back up the corridor, then stopped for me. We dove under the river. She took my head between her fingers, squeezing till the birds began to stir. And then from out my eyes and ears a flock came forth — I couldn’t think or hear or breathe or see within that feather-world so silently I thanked her. Such things were common after the disaster. Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler Wilcox After the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires, There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. So after Love has led us, till he tires Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, He beckons us to follow, and across Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? Why are we haunted with a sense of loss? We do not wish the pain back, or the heat; And yet, and yet, these days are incomplete.TRANSCRIPT
Friendship After LoveBy: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Alyssa Rivera
Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler WilcoxAfter the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires, There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. So after Love has led us, till he tires Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, He beckons us to follow, and across Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? Why are we haunted with a sense of loss? We do not wish the pain back, or the heat; And yet, and yet, these days are incomplete.
After the Disaster By Abigail DeutschNew York City, 2001One night, not long after the disaster,as our train was passing Astor,the car door opened with a shudderand a girl came flying down the aisle,hair that looked to be all feathersand a half-moon smilemaking open air of our small car.
The crowd ignored her or they muttered“Hey, excuse me” as they passed herwhen the train had paused at Rector.The specter crowed “Excuse me,” swiftlyturned, and ran back up the corridor,then stopped for me.We dove under the river.
She took my head between her fingers,squeezing till the birds began to stir.And then from out my eyes and earsa flock came forth — I couldn’t think or hearor breathe or see within that feather-worldso silently I thanked her.
Such things were common after the disaster.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Biographical information• She once saw a women crying and it made her so depressed
causing her to write the poem solitude
• Married Robert Wilcox, 1884
• They had one child, a son, who died shortly after birth
• Her husband Robert died in 1916
• They promised that when one of them died they would return and communicate with the other
• After thirty years of marriage. She was overcome with grief when she did not hear anything from Robert
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Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler WilcoxAfter the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires, There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. So after Love has led us, till he tires Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, He beckons us to follow, and across Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? Why are we haunted with a sense of loss? We do not wish the pain back, or the heat; And yet, and yet, these days are incomplete.
Structure of the poem Wilcox uses a single stanza and 14 lines for this poem .
She has a definite rhyme scheme; lines are grouped into 5 rhyming pairs.
This rhyme scheme creates a lyric quality to the poem that moves the reader slower to the end of the poem.
Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler WilcoxAfter the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires, There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. So after Love has led us, till he tires Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, He beckons us to follow, and across Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? Why are we haunted with a sense of loss? We do not wish the pain back, or the heat; And yet, and yet, these days are incomplete.
speaker of the poem
The speaker of the poem seems to be a women going through a heartbreak.
She is heartbroken and filled with grief.
It seems as if the speaker starts to overcome this heart break by the end of the poem.
Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler WilcoxAfter the fierce midsummer all ablaze A Has burned itself to ashes, and expires B In the intensity of its own fires, BThere come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days ACrowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. A So after Love has led us, till he tires B Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, B Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, AHe beckons us to follow, and across C Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. D Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? DWhy are we haunted with a sense of loss? CWe do not wish the pain back, or the heat; EAnd yet, and yet, these days are incomplete. E
Literary elementsEnd Rhyme – end of every line rhymes throughout the entire poem.
This rhyme scheme creates a sonnet and a couplet
she rhymes every 1st and 4th lines and 2nd and 3rd
Friendship After Love By Ella Wheeler WilcoxAfter the fierce midsummer all ablaze A Has burned itself to ashes, and expires B In the intensity of its own fires, BThere come the mellow, mild, St. Martin days ACrowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze. A So after Love has led us, till he tires B Of his own throes, and torments, and desires, B Comes large-eyed friendship: with a restful gaze, BHe beckons us to follow, and across C Cool verdant vales we wander free from care. D Is it a touch of frost lies in the air? DWhy are we haunted with a sense of loss? CWe do not wish the pain back, or the heat; EAnd yet, and yet, these days are incomplete. E
Literary elements
End Rhyme – end of every line rhymes throughout the entire poem.
Personification – Wilcox uses personification to show how she feels about something.
Sensory detail – Wilcox uses sensory detail to interest the reader and to help the reader understand how she is feeling.
Imagery “After the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires”
Connection might be how she feels because of her heart break.
“There come the mellow, mild St. Martian days Crowned with the calm of peace, but sad with haze”
Connection might be when she starts to over come this heart break but she is still sad about the subject.
Literal Meaning & Figurative Meaning
The literal meaning and figurative meaning are about the same it’s a women overcoming a heart break leading to friendship. In the beginning the women explains how her past relationship was burned to ashes as in its no more. She starts to put herself back together but still filled with grief. Then there comes friendship which leaves her asking why she still feels the sense of loss. They both do not want each other back but her days are still incomplete.
Authors Purpose
The authors purpose is to show people that sometimes its hard to become friends after a
relationship.
ThemeEven though she feels
incomplete she doesn’t want the days back.
Websites usedhttp://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/180626
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox