which has been elicited by a certain stimulus” (Baker & Kennedy 1994: 169—174). The stimulus seen in this case is the songs of the North.
The last stanza emphasizes the transience of life and the role of the songs in the narrator’s longing. The narrator states that the roots of the trees “hold the secrets, these melodies”, reaffirming the memories connection to the North and to the songs. He continues “Echoes from the past, nothing here will last”, hence highlighting the time passing, nostalgia and mortality. The last lines “But the songs from your journey / You will bury with your heart” mean that when he dies also his longing ends, thus highlighting the key role of the memories in his longing. The songs of the North act as a stimulus in …show more content…
Blue is a typical color to be connected to melancholy, and in …show more content…
The narrator counts to nine as he inhales “the holy air” and observes the changing colors of the trees. He seems to be savoring the last moments of the summer, resonating tranquility in front of change similar as in mono no aware. Mono no aware is an aesthetic pleasure of melancholy evoked by passing of time (Bowring 2008: 128). The following line “we are the crows who fly” shows the narrator observing the people’s reactions to the change of season. The narrator, like everyone else around him, is also affected by it. The chorus connects the lyrics to the North, thus continuing the theme of homeland from the earlier examples. In the last stanza the change of season is at hand as the people turn their “heads towards the setting sun”. The sun is personified as a woman whose beauty and the light will be gone soon. The last lines express the necessity of the changing season and the natural order of things. The narrator accepts that living must die in order to be born again, thus insinuating of promise, positivity, and continuance. The longing is represented in the attitude of the narrator. He is nostalgic of the ending season, however he longs for the winter to
The last stanza emphasizes the transience of life and the role of the songs in the narrator’s longing. The narrator states that the roots of the trees “hold the secrets, these melodies”, reaffirming the memories connection to the North and to the songs. He continues “Echoes from the past, nothing here will last”, hence highlighting the time passing, nostalgia and mortality. The last lines “But the songs from your journey / You will bury with your heart” mean that when he dies also his longing ends, thus highlighting the key role of the memories in his longing. The songs of the North act as a stimulus in …show more content…
Blue is a typical color to be connected to melancholy, and in …show more content…
The narrator counts to nine as he inhales “the holy air” and observes the changing colors of the trees. He seems to be savoring the last moments of the summer, resonating tranquility in front of change similar as in mono no aware. Mono no aware is an aesthetic pleasure of melancholy evoked by passing of time (Bowring 2008: 128). The following line “we are the crows who fly” shows the narrator observing the people’s reactions to the change of season. The narrator, like everyone else around him, is also affected by it. The chorus connects the lyrics to the North, thus continuing the theme of homeland from the earlier examples. In the last stanza the change of season is at hand as the people turn their “heads towards the setting sun”. The sun is personified as a woman whose beauty and the light will be gone soon. The last lines express the necessity of the changing season and the natural order of things. The narrator accepts that living must die in order to be born again, thus insinuating of promise, positivity, and continuance. The longing is represented in the attitude of the narrator. He is nostalgic of the ending season, however he longs for the winter to