Kay Ryan’s “Chemise” and W.B. Yeats “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” demonstrate various technical aspects of poetry of which are fundamental in professing significance of what the poet or speakers subject matter. Diction, is a key component that depicts both the environment and conflicts that are expressed both internally or externally via metaphors and other literary elements. “Chemise” is a poem that utilizes diction in order to convey a conflict, depicted through language via man versus himself to further complicate the answers in which we all answered. “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” uses diction in order to convey serenity of which is found in the warmth and privacy of a lakeside cabin, depicted in the first stanza of the poem.
“What would the self disrobed look like…” in the very opening of the poem demonstrates the poet’s word crafting ability. To say undressed or bare would not have been as elegant, …show more content…
The usage of diction further polishes literary elements, as the poem contains a few metaphors. Disrobed is a metaphor in itself as robes are clothing, but clothing is not what is the poet is writing about. As reading the poem reveals that the robe is a cloak in which society sees. A man even in the most intimate of times is never disrobed, to use the poet’s words, instead there is but a chemise in between our bare selves and what we want the world to see. In “Innisfree”, a metaphor is used in the last line “I hear it in the deep heart’s core”. A feeling of any emotion, especially excitement comes from the “heart.” This is not literal heart, however, it signifies the deepness of one’s passion. For the poet, the escape from the dullness, depicted in the line previous, is longed for so that it speaks to him. In a literal sense this longing for an escape resides deep within himself, and is powerful enough for him to daydream about the lakeside cabin on
“What would the self disrobed look like…” in the very opening of the poem demonstrates the poet’s word crafting ability. To say undressed or bare would not have been as elegant, …show more content…
The usage of diction further polishes literary elements, as the poem contains a few metaphors. Disrobed is a metaphor in itself as robes are clothing, but clothing is not what is the poet is writing about. As reading the poem reveals that the robe is a cloak in which society sees. A man even in the most intimate of times is never disrobed, to use the poet’s words, instead there is but a chemise in between our bare selves and what we want the world to see. In “Innisfree”, a metaphor is used in the last line “I hear it in the deep heart’s core”. A feeling of any emotion, especially excitement comes from the “heart.” This is not literal heart, however, it signifies the deepness of one’s passion. For the poet, the escape from the dullness, depicted in the line previous, is longed for so that it speaks to him. In a literal sense this longing for an escape resides deep within himself, and is powerful enough for him to daydream about the lakeside cabin on