This poem, "Calypso", by Suzanne Vega, is a poem about the Nymph, Calypso, setting Odysseus free. I think the tone of the poem is lonely, but proud: I feel a sense of yearning, but she is still standing strong and letting Odysseus go. There are many metaphors and similes in this poem. One example of a metaphor in this poem is, "My garden overflows, thick and wild and hidden." By using this metaphor, I get a lot of images flowing through my mind. I picture a cave, filled with green vines and bright wild flowers, and that line really sets that image for me. Another 'metaphor in the poem is, "with a clean heart." I like this metaphor, because Calypso's heart isn't really being washed or anything. It's just stating the fact that she will be more
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She was lonely, and she just wanted someone to love. "It's a lonely time ahead, I do not ask him to return." This contributes a lot to the poem's tone also, because she is now letting Odysseus go. She is going to be sad, lonely, and yearning for him to come back, but she lets him leave.- Now she will stand strong, and feel that she is doing the right thing. I can see by her words, that she is holding on proud, to do what is right, Diction in the poem really helps too. In the end of each stanza, she says, "I let him go," At the end of the whole poem, she says it twice. The line, "I let him go"; is a very important sentence in this poem, and the author restates it several times, so you can tell it means a lot. Hike how the author repeated it Nice at the end. That tells me that Calypso really doesn't want to let him go, but she does anyways because of the gods. Calypso in this poem really wants Odysseus, but she lets him go. I can tell that she is going to feel despair, and she is going to be lonely in times ahead. All she wanted was a man to love, but now he is leaving. I think the tone in this piece is lonely, but proud. She has a sense of longing and wanting, but she holds on to her courage, and knows that she is doing
She was lonely, and she just wanted someone to love. "It's a lonely time ahead, I do not ask him to return." This contributes a lot to the poem's tone also, because she is now letting Odysseus go. She is going to be sad, lonely, and yearning for him to come back, but she lets him leave.- Now she will stand strong, and feel that she is doing the right thing. I can see by her words, that she is holding on proud, to do what is right, Diction in the poem really helps too. In the end of each stanza, she says, "I let him go," At the end of the whole poem, she says it twice. The line, "I let him go"; is a very important sentence in this poem, and the author restates it several times, so you can tell it means a lot. Hike how the author repeated it Nice at the end. That tells me that Calypso really doesn't want to let him go, but she does anyways because of the gods. Calypso in this poem really wants Odysseus, but she lets him go. I can tell that she is going to feel despair, and she is going to be lonely in times ahead. All she wanted was a man to love, but now he is leaving. I think the tone in this piece is lonely, but proud. She has a sense of longing and wanting, but she holds on to her courage, and knows that she is doing