The planet Earth is the home to many living beings and ecosystems. The Earth provides many of the required elements for most living beings to grow and develop by providing shelter and natural resources. However, throughout the years, human beings desiring to grow economies and better develop their lives are one of the main reasons why the Earth’s natural resources and vegetation are being destroyed. The poem “Prosperity”, written by Michael Dransfield, develops the idea of how the careless activities of human beings mistreats the Earth’s natural resources and how the Earth still supports everything, regardless on how it is being treated. The poem “Prosperity” focuses on many different literary devices to enhance the reader’s understanding of
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The setting strongly helps engage the reader's visualization and emotions. With this in mind, the author strongly uses verbs and adjectives to help the reader comprehend the atmosphere. “behind the buildings in a grey channel something oozes past seeming to have been a river” (Dransfield, lines 8-9). The quote basically explains the river is no longer identifiable because of how dirty it had gotten over time. The phrase “something oozes” gives the reader the impression of some unknown substance that has a thick and viscous consistency. This creates a feeling of disgust and discomfort for the reader. Moreover, the phrase “seeming to have been a river” presents the idea that the river is no longer recognizable and the narrator is guessing what the grey ooze might be. This means the river is so over polluted that no one knows what it might be anymore. This quote presents a clear image on what the setting would look like because of the good use of adjectives. As a result, the quote represents how the actions of the human race harms the Earth's natural resources so much that it is no longer recognizable. Furthermore, another quote that enhances the setting's atmosphere is line seven: “ in the sky above the plant not much is blue ” (Dransfield, line 7). The quote shows that the sky is slowly losing its natural vibrance due to the smog created by the plant. The “blue” represents the life of the Earth …show more content…
Similes strongly engage on the readers understanding on how the author wants to compare and contrast between two objects. For example, “ rain might start falling inadvertently as if still thinking of a plant as some kind of flower” (Dransfield, lines 18-20). The simile compares the plant which is a factory to a real naturally grown plant. The meaning behind it is that the Earth still has hope and wants to nourish the plant with opportunity. Likewise, the Earth sees the plant just like how an adult sees their own child, they want to see them grow and develop in a positive manner. On the other hand, “inadvertently” may define along the lines of doing something without an intention. This leads to the idea that the Earth wants to support and help the plant because the plant is basically the Earth's pride. Regardless on how poorly the Earth is being treated, it still cares for society. In addition, the author compares a beautiful flower with a dull factory because it emphasizes on how much the Earth cherishes the population's presence and how much it wants the plant to succeed. In this case, the simile refers to how people can be reckless with their surroundings and can be oblivious when harming the planet. As a final point, the last simile compares a worker to a supplicant. “ the watchman finishes his rounds walking away with gun and torch like some mistaken supplicant” (Dransfield, lines 11-13).
The setting strongly helps engage the reader's visualization and emotions. With this in mind, the author strongly uses verbs and adjectives to help the reader comprehend the atmosphere. “behind the buildings in a grey channel something oozes past seeming to have been a river” (Dransfield, lines 8-9). The quote basically explains the river is no longer identifiable because of how dirty it had gotten over time. The phrase “something oozes” gives the reader the impression of some unknown substance that has a thick and viscous consistency. This creates a feeling of disgust and discomfort for the reader. Moreover, the phrase “seeming to have been a river” presents the idea that the river is no longer recognizable and the narrator is guessing what the grey ooze might be. This means the river is so over polluted that no one knows what it might be anymore. This quote presents a clear image on what the setting would look like because of the good use of adjectives. As a result, the quote represents how the actions of the human race harms the Earth's natural resources so much that it is no longer recognizable. Furthermore, another quote that enhances the setting's atmosphere is line seven: “ in the sky above the plant not much is blue ” (Dransfield, line 7). The quote shows that the sky is slowly losing its natural vibrance due to the smog created by the plant. The “blue” represents the life of the Earth …show more content…
Similes strongly engage on the readers understanding on how the author wants to compare and contrast between two objects. For example, “ rain might start falling inadvertently as if still thinking of a plant as some kind of flower” (Dransfield, lines 18-20). The simile compares the plant which is a factory to a real naturally grown plant. The meaning behind it is that the Earth still has hope and wants to nourish the plant with opportunity. Likewise, the Earth sees the plant just like how an adult sees their own child, they want to see them grow and develop in a positive manner. On the other hand, “inadvertently” may define along the lines of doing something without an intention. This leads to the idea that the Earth wants to support and help the plant because the plant is basically the Earth's pride. Regardless on how poorly the Earth is being treated, it still cares for society. In addition, the author compares a beautiful flower with a dull factory because it emphasizes on how much the Earth cherishes the population's presence and how much it wants the plant to succeed. In this case, the simile refers to how people can be reckless with their surroundings and can be oblivious when harming the planet. As a final point, the last simile compares a worker to a supplicant. “ the watchman finishes his rounds walking away with gun and torch like some mistaken supplicant” (Dransfield, lines 11-13).