In the poem, Out of the Sea, Early by May Swenson, the subject is the love of nature. The speaker tells a story about how beautiful the sun rise is by comparing it to things that have never been imagined before. The speaker however, is a more complex character with different outlooks on the ocean. The way the speaker delivers his tone is through a calm voice, representing the ocean that he or she is conversing about. Based upon the word choice, we can infer that the speaker is a sailor that comes the beach just before sunrise so he or she can experience the beauty every day. The unique thing about this particular poem is that this time, the sailor realizes how much the sun rise means to him. The grace and elegance astonishes him as he
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A example of imagery from the poem that appeals to the reader’s sight would be on lines 11-13. May Swenson depicted the picture in our heads of “The cold blue boiling waves cannot scour out that band, that broadens, sliding toward me up the wet sand slope”. This paints the picture of the waves, slowly coming toward you up the banks of the ocean. Another example of imagery would be when Swenson used our sense of touch. She writes on lines 15-17 “ By six o’clock, diffused to ordinary gold, it exposes each silk thread and rumple in the carpet.” The effect of these lines help the reader fully understand what the speaker is comparing and connecting to our senses. Imagery is used in several different ways, but May Swenson amazes the readers by helping them see, touch, taste, hear and smell what she is truly saying. Figurative language is used throughout the poem along with the whole poem being an idiom. The entire story is comparing these feelings, sights and smells to a sunrise. This is true because she has shaped the poem into a circle coming out of a line. This resembles the sunrise. For example, on line 2-3, Swenson notes “ A burnt hole spreading in a sheet.” This is an idiom because it causes the readers to think about the phase as a whole, not its individual words. In addition, Swenson uses the analogy “By six o’clock, diffused to ordinary gold, it exposes each silk thread and rumple in the carpet” on lines 15-17. This analogy compares things in different ways to create an image mindset on what the speaker is seeing. In conclusion, throughout this poem, May Swenson uses imagery and figurative language to express her feeling and
A example of imagery from the poem that appeals to the reader’s sight would be on lines 11-13. May Swenson depicted the picture in our heads of “The cold blue boiling waves cannot scour out that band, that broadens, sliding toward me up the wet sand slope”. This paints the picture of the waves, slowly coming toward you up the banks of the ocean. Another example of imagery would be when Swenson used our sense of touch. She writes on lines 15-17 “ By six o’clock, diffused to ordinary gold, it exposes each silk thread and rumple in the carpet.” The effect of these lines help the reader fully understand what the speaker is comparing and connecting to our senses. Imagery is used in several different ways, but May Swenson amazes the readers by helping them see, touch, taste, hear and smell what she is truly saying. Figurative language is used throughout the poem along with the whole poem being an idiom. The entire story is comparing these feelings, sights and smells to a sunrise. This is true because she has shaped the poem into a circle coming out of a line. This resembles the sunrise. For example, on line 2-3, Swenson notes “ A burnt hole spreading in a sheet.” This is an idiom because it causes the readers to think about the phase as a whole, not its individual words. In addition, Swenson uses the analogy “By six o’clock, diffused to ordinary gold, it exposes each silk thread and rumple in the carpet” on lines 15-17. This analogy compares things in different ways to create an image mindset on what the speaker is seeing. In conclusion, throughout this poem, May Swenson uses imagery and figurative language to express her feeling and