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(1-10) Poetry Analysis. Kimberley Harrison. P2TRANSCRIPT
Poetry
Analysis RAINER MARIA
RILKEKimberley Harrison
ENGIV-HON/P2
The sky puts on the darkening blue coatheld for it by a row of ancient trees;you watch: and the lands grow distant in your sight,one journeying to heaven, one that falls;
and leave you, not at home in either one,not quite so still and dark as the darkened houses,not calling to eternity with the passion of what becomes a star each night, and rises;
and leave you (inexpressibly to unravel)your life, with its immensity and fear,so that, now bounded, now immeasurable,it is alternately stone in you and star.
The sky darkens to a blue the ancient trees holding the darkness;you watch: and the scenery gets farther away from you, one to heaven, one to hell;
and I leave you, not at our homes, not empty and alone as the dark houses,not mournfully yelling at the sky asking wherethe stars are made every night, and rises;
I leave you (to open up)your life, with it’s size and fear,so that, now tied up, now immeasurable,it will alternately dim, and shine.
EVENINGOriginal Paraphrased
The speaker’s attitude seems to be quite solemn, he speaks of death and darkness, “The lands grow distant in your sight, one journeying to heaven, one that falls” without being to depressing. He talks about leaving someone and how without him, she’ll be okay, “And leave you (Inexpressibly to unravel).” It’s seems that this poem is to comfort someone who has just experienced a loss.
This poem only has
three shifts, those
being stanza shifts.
The diction and
sound does not
change, nor does it
have key works that
may indicate a
change.
EVENING
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
There are
multiple
sources of
personification
in this poem,
giving the sky
and the earth,
human
characteristics
.
The title expresses the
night -“The sky puts on a
darkening blue coat” -
when the speaker leaves
the earth, and goes to
the heavens, where he is
to become a star.
The theme is letting
go.
EVENING
Title Theme
Center of all centers, core of cores,almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--all this universe, to the furthest starsall beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.
Now you feel how nothing clings to you;your vast shell reaches into endless space,and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.Illuminated in your infinite peace,
a billion stars go spinning through the night,blazing high above your head.But in you is the presence thatwill be, when all the stars are dead.
Middle of everything, heart of it all,closed minded like a nut, and getting sweeter-- All of the Milky Way, to the stars far awayand even beyond them, is your body, your children.
Now you feel alone;your empty body reaches to the ends of the universe,and there the sweet, heavy fluids grow and glide.Lit up in your endless serenity,
The night’s lights spin endlessly,lighting the sky above you.But within you something will be, when the stars die.
BUDDHA IN GLORYOriginal Paraphrase
The attitude seems
like the writer is in
awe. The first line
saying “Center of all
centers, core of
cores,” you feel the
power of the deity
while reading this
poem.
This poem only has
three shifts, those
being stanza shifts.
The diction and
sound does not
change, nor does it
have key works that
may indicate a
change.
BUDDHA IN GLORY
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
There are no
devices in
this poem, it
speaks of
Buddha, a
deity.
The title expresses the
deity, Buddha’s power.
The theme is religion.
BUDDHA IN GLORY
Title Theme
A ghost, though invisible, still is like a placeyour sight can knock on, echoing; but herewithin this thick black pelt, your strongest gazewill be absorbed and utterly disappear:
just as a raving madman, when nothing elsecan ease him, charges into his dark nighthowling, pounds on the padded wall, and feelsthe rage being taken in and pacified.
She seems to hide all looks that have ever falleninto her, so that, like an audience,she can look them over, menacing and sullen,and curl to sleep with them. But all at once
as if awakened, she turns her face to yours;and with a shock, you see yourself, tiny,inside the golden amber of her eyeballssuspended, like a prehistoric fly.
A spirit, even if invisible, is still like a placeyou can see, echoing; but hereinside this heavy black fur, your strongest stare,will be sucked in and cease to exist.
Like a crazy yelling man, when there is nothing;that can soothe him, sprints into the black night,screaming, bashes into the cushioned wall, and feelsthe anger being sucked in and eased.
She appears to hide her looks that godgave to her, so that, like a crowd before her,she can look at all of them, devious and broodingand lay to sleep with them. But all together
as is woken up, she turns to face youand surprisingly, you see yourself, smallinside the her golden amber iriseshanging there, like an ancient insect.
BLACK CATOriginal Paraphrase
The speaker’s
attitude seems to be
quite reminiscent, as
if he’s thinking back
to a past experience,
explaining what had
happened to him, as
if warning another
person.
This poem only has four shifts, those being stanza shifts. The diction and sound does not change, nor does it have key works that may indicate a change. But there are punctuation changes. Such as the period at the end of the first and second stanza.
BLACK CAT
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
In this poem there
is a few similes; “A
ghost, though
invisible, is still like
a place,” “The
golden amber of her
eyeballs suspended,
like a prehistoric
fly.” And that’s
about it.
The title is about a
black cat, but the way
the writers speaks of it,
he treats the cat like a
human.
The theme is animals.
BLACK CAT
Title Theme
Do you remember still the falling starsthat like swift horses through the heavens raced and suddenly leaped across the hurdlesof our wishes--do you recall? And wedid make so many! For there were countless numbers of stars: each time we looked above we were astounded by the swiftness of their daring play, while in our hearts we felt safe and secure watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate, knowing somehow we had survived their fall.
Do you recall the falling stars, that like horses races across the skies and suddenly jumped over the hurdles of our wishes – do you remember? And we made so many! Since there were tons of starts: and every time we looked up we were in awe from the speed of their brave play, and in our hearts we felt warm and safe watching the stars, knowing that while they die, we live.
FALLING STARS
Original Paraphrased
The attitude seems quite happy. It sounds as if the writer is writing to his lover, asking about a past experience they shared.
This poem
has no shifts.
It’s just one
big stanza.
FALLING STARS
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
There is a lot
of
personificatio
n in this
poem. He
talks as if the
stars we
people.
The title expresses the
falling stars the writers
treats like humans as he
asks somebody if they
remember a past time
with the stars.
The theme is
remembering.
FALLING STARS
Title Theme
Perhaps it's no more than the fire's reflectionon some piece of gleaming furniturethat the child remembers so much laterlike a revelation.
And if in his later life, one daywounds him like so many others,it's because he mistook some riskor other for a promise.
Let's not forget the music, either,that soon had hauled him toward absence complicatedby an overflowing heart....
Maybe it’s nothing but the reflection of the fireon some part of the new furniturethat the kid remembers later on in lifelike an epiphany.
And maybe when he’s older, one dayhurts him like a lot of the others,it’s because he thought a riskwas a promise.
Don’t forget about the music, as well,that quickly pulled himinto a complex sense of lossby a too full heart…..
FIRE’S REFLECTION
Original Paraphrase
The attitude
seems
thoughtful, the
speaker is
thinking of
certain
things…trying
to figure
something out.
This poem only has
three shifts, those
being stanza shifts.
The diction and
sound does not
change, nor does it
have key works that
may indicate a
change.
FIRE’S REFLECTION
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
This poem
has
metaphors.
The title expresses the
first sentence in the first
stanza, giving off like a
chain of events.
The theme is thinking.
FIRE’S REFLECTION
Title Theme
Encircled by her arms as by a shell,she hears her being murmur,while forever he enduresthe outrage of his too pure image...
Wistfully following their example,nature re-enters herself;contemplating its own sap, the flowerbecomes too soft, and the boulder hardens...
It's the return of all desire that enterstoward all life embracing itself from afar...Where does it fall? Under the dwindlingsurface, does it hope to renew a center?
Her arms around me were like a shell,she listens to her heart,while he takes all of the anger of his white façade…
Sadly following their standard,the Earth becomes herself again;thinking about it’s own sap, the flowerbegins to wilt, and mountain grows…
Enter the return of the world’s desiresof all life accepting itself from a distance…Where shall it land? Beneath the shrinkingcover, perhaps it will be the new center?
NARCISSUS
Original Paraphrase
The
attitude
seems almost
jealous. Like
the male
wants what
the woman
has.
This poem only has
three shifts, those
being stanza shifts.
The diction and
sound does not
change, nor does it
have key works that
may indicate a
change.
NARCISSUS
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
Metaphors
can be found
in this poem.
The title expresses
how one person is so
glib and in love with
themselves.
The theme is jealousy.
NARCISSUS
Title Theme
How my body blooms from every veinmore fragrantly, since you appeared to me;look, I walk slimmer now and straighter,and all you do is wait-:who are you then?
Look: I feel how I'm moving away,how I'm shedding my old life, leaf by leaf.Only your smile spreads like sheer starsover you and, soon now, over me.
Whatever shines through my childhood yearsstill nameless and gleaming like water,I will name after you at the altar,which is blazing brightly from your hairand braided gently with your breasts.
My blood spills from my veinsalong with the scent, you come to me;see, my posture is better,and you sit there-: why are you here?
See: I feel our distance growing,my past life sheds itself, bit by bit.Only your smile spreads like the stars in the skyover you, and then over me.
I remember some things from my childhoodshining like water, with no name,You will be named at the baptism,which glows from your hairAnd flows in braids down your chest
SACRIFICE
Original Paraphrase
The
attitude
seems
wondrous,
why are you
coming to me
after you kill
me?
This poem only has
three shifts, those
being stanza shifts.
The diction and
sound does not
change, nor does it
have key works that
may indicate a
change.
SACRIFICE
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
There are a
couple
sources of
personificatio
n in this
poem.
The title expresses
how in this poem the
speaker tells of herself
being sacrificed.
The theme is death.
SACRIFICE
Title Theme
She who did not come, wasn't she determinednonetheless to organize and decorate my heart?If we had to exist to become the one we love,what would the heart have to create?
Lovely joy left blank, perhaps you arethe center of all my labors and my loves.If I've wept for you so much, it's becauseI preferred you among so many outlined joys.
She never showed up, didn’t she want tocome and better my heart?If we only exist to become our beloveds, could our heart make anything?
This blank canvas of joy, maybe you could bethe core of all my loving and efforts.If I’ve cried over you, it’s becauseI want you more than common joy.
BLANK JOY
Original Paraphrase
The attitude
seems
depressed. The
speaker wants
someone to bring
them a new
unknown joy, but
she won’t come.
This poem only
has two shifts,
those being a
stanza shifts. The
diction and sound
does not change,
nor does it have
key works that may
indicate a change.
BLANK JOY
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
Personificatio
n can be
found in this
poem.
The title expresses a
new type of joy that he’s
never felt before. And he
wants it.
The theme is wanting
something new,
something you’ve never
had, and have always
wanted.
BLANK JOY
Title Theme
My whole life is mine, but whoever says sowill deprive me, for it is infinite.The ripple of water, the shade of the skyare mine; it is still the same, my life.
No desire opens me: I am full,I never close myself with refusal-in the rythm of my daily soulI do not desire-I am moved;
by being moved I exert my empire,making the dreams of night real:into my body at the bottom of the waterI attract the beyonds of mirrors...
My life belongs to me, but if someone agreeswill take it away from me, because it is everlasting.The movement in the water, the cover of the cloudsbelong to me; it is one, with my life.
I keep myself closed, full to the brim,But not shut because of defiance-in the beating of my heartI do not want- displace me;
have being displaces I make my kingdom,
creating my nightly visions a reality;from the floor of the lake my bodyattracts others worlds…
WATER LILY
Original Paraphrase
The attitude
seems sad, like
the speaker is
worried about
it’s identity
being stolen,
it’s being as a
whole.
This poem only
has three shifts,
those being stanza
shifts. There is a
semi-colon though,
which shows that
the sentence does
not end at the
second stanza.
WATER LILY
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
This whole
poem is
personificatio
n, the water
lily speaking
of it’s life.
The title is the speaker,
the water lily tells it’s
story.
The theme is
protecting your life.
WATER LILY
Title Theme
What I have already learned as a lover,I see you, beloved, learning angrily;then for you it distantly departed,now your destiny stands in all the stars.
Over your breasts we will together contend:since as glowingly shining they've ripened,so also your hands desire to touch themand their own pleasure superintend.
This is what I’ve learned as a lover,I see you, my love, angrily learning;then it departs for the distance,and your fate is left with the stars.
Above your bosom we will spend time:becoming radiant as they’ve grown,your hands curious to touch themas you bring yourself pleasure.
GREEK LOVE-TALK
Original Paraphrase
The
attitude is
very sensual,
speaking of
lovers.
This poem only
has two shifts,
those being stanza
shifts. The diction
and sound does
not change, nor
does it have key
works that may
indicate a change.
GREEK LOVE-TALK
Attitude ShiftsConnotation
There’s a few
bits of
personificatio
n in this
poem.
The title expresses the
greek who speaks of his
lover.
The theme is
sensuality.
GREEK LOVE-TALK
Title Theme