The analysis of the relationship between man and nature stems across all generations of humankind as philosophers and commoners, alike, beg the question of how humans should aspire to deal with their environment. In the poem, "Crossing the Swamp', this kind of vague and complex relationship is put under scrutiny as the speaker experiences "the swamp". In order to develop a proper relationship between the speaker and the swamp, the author uses stark hyperbole, specific figurative language, and consistent tone.
In the very beginning of the poem, the author establishes the speaker's perception of the Swamp through the use of hyperbole. Over-exaggeration lends deep insight into the ideas of a piece. The extremity of a hyperbole makes clear to …show more content…
Throughout the poem, the author uses specific figurative language that describes how the speaker views and feels about the swamp. Figurative language exists as a common tool throughout all literary work. Rightly so, for it adds flavor and crystalization to any piece. Human beings have complex minds. Understanding a subject by its reality serves little purpose, however, analyzing an ordeal through descriptive and infatuated language provides insight into what our original perceptions fail to understand. Figurative language sends a reader's sense into overdrive and provide acute specifications of what the author intends top convey. The figurative language in this poem develops the relationship between the speaker and the swamp by describing more in-depth the fear and respect that the character has for this environment. Rather than simple fear and respect, the reader begins to understand the appreciation along with the calamity that the speaker holds for the swamp and the swamp brings to the speaker. This figurative language feeds off of the established hyperbolic analysis and clarifies in stark detail how the speaker and the swamp affect each other. These specific words further develop this complex relationship by providing specific insight into the grand "tango" that the speaker and the swamp undergo
In the very beginning of the poem, the author establishes the speaker's perception of the Swamp through the use of hyperbole. Over-exaggeration lends deep insight into the ideas of a piece. The extremity of a hyperbole makes clear to …show more content…
Throughout the poem, the author uses specific figurative language that describes how the speaker views and feels about the swamp. Figurative language exists as a common tool throughout all literary work. Rightly so, for it adds flavor and crystalization to any piece. Human beings have complex minds. Understanding a subject by its reality serves little purpose, however, analyzing an ordeal through descriptive and infatuated language provides insight into what our original perceptions fail to understand. Figurative language sends a reader's sense into overdrive and provide acute specifications of what the author intends top convey. The figurative language in this poem develops the relationship between the speaker and the swamp by describing more in-depth the fear and respect that the character has for this environment. Rather than simple fear and respect, the reader begins to understand the appreciation along with the calamity that the speaker holds for the swamp and the swamp brings to the speaker. This figurative language feeds off of the established hyperbolic analysis and clarifies in stark detail how the speaker and the swamp affect each other. These specific words further develop this complex relationship by providing specific insight into the grand "tango" that the speaker and the swamp undergo