Insights on Coping with Grief
The poem delves into the complex emotions of grief, portraying it as both demanding and inescapable. It explores how individuals grapple with loss and navigate through the emotional turmoil, ultimately finding solace as time passes. Through vivid imagery and figurative language, the poet conveys the profound impact of grief on the human experience.
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GRIEF BY ELIZABETH BARRE BY: ANEKA TONN
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air Beat upward to God s throne in loud access
OF SHRIEKING AND REPROACH. FULL DESERTNESS, IN SOULS AS COUNTRIES, LIETH SILENT- BARE UNDER THE BLANCHING, VERTICAL EYE- GLARE OF THE ABSOLUTE HEAVENS. DEEP- HEARTED MAN, EXPRESS
GRIEF FOR THY DEAD IN SILENCE LIKE TO DEATH MOST LIKE A MONUMENTAL STATUE SET IN EVERLASTING WATCH AND MOVELESS WOE TILL ITSELF CRUMBLE TO THE DUST BENEATH.
Image result for grief TOUCH IT; THE MARBLE EYELIDS ARE NOT WET: IF IT COULD WEEP, IT COULD ARISE AND GO.
MEANING OF POEM LITERAL: THE POEM TALKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE COPE AND DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF GRIEF. GREIF IS A TERRIBLE AND DEMANDING EMOTION. FIGURATIVE MEANING: GRIEF IS SOMETHING YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE BUT, AS TIME PASSES IT BECOMES EASIER TO CONTINUE ON. THE POEM CONVEYS HER FEELINGS TOWARDS THE DEATH OF HER BOTHER.
IMAGERY- BEAT UPWARD TO GOD S THRONE IN LOUD ACCESS (LINE 4) THISLINESHOWSTHEIDEAOFHEAVENANDDYINGTOGOTHERE. GRIEF FOR THY DEAD IN SILENCE LIKE TO DEATH (LINE 9) SHOWS THAT WHEN GRIEVING WE OFTEN ACT LIKED THE DEAD TILL ITSELF CRUMBLE TO THE DUST BENEATH.(LINE12) WHENGRIEVINGWEBECOMEUSELESSANDTURNINTOTHEDIRTBENEATHUS
LYRIC DEVICE- MOST LIKE A MONUMENTAL STATUE SET (LINE 10) THEALLITERATIONDRAWSINTHEATTENTIONOFTHEREADER. THISLINEISSIGNIFICANTBECAUSEIT SHOWSHOWSOMEONEWHOISGRIEVINGCANNOTFUNCTIONPROPERLY THAT ONLY MEN INCREDULOUS OF DESPAIR, HALF-TAUGHT IN ANGUISH, THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT AIR (LINE 2-3) THERHYMEBRINGSATTENTIONTOTHELINES. THESELINESAREIMPORTANTBECAUSEITSHOWSHOW HOPELESSYOUFEELWHENYOUAREGRIEVING
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - OF THE ABSOLUTE HEAVENS. DEEP-HEARTED MAN, EXPRESS (LINE 8) HEAVENISASYMBOLFORTHEGOODLIFETHATEVERYONEWANTSTOLIVE IN SOULS AS COUNTRIES, LIETH SILENT-BARE (LINE 6) A SIMILETHATCOMPARESTHESOULOFPEOPLETOTHEMASSOFACOUNTRY I TELL YOU, HOPELESS GRIEF IS PASSIONLESS; (LINE 1) THISISPERSONIFICATIONASGRIEFCANNOTBEPASSIONLESS
THEME GRIEFISAHARDANDTERRIBLETHINGTOGOTHROUGH ANDANITCANLEAVEYOUFEELINGDEAD
