Amy Lowell “St. Louis”
Amy Lowell describes two places that are of significance to her. The poem sets up a contrast between two places: St. Louis (first stanza) and the speaker’s home. The striking difference, our attention turn to, is in the landscape. She sets up the contrast between flat and a hilly terrain. St. Louis is not her home, and she says so in the second stanza, “But it is not mine”. St. Louis is flat. By repeating flat and calling it a long sight we can tell that it was a monotonous sight. She also says it was immense, which contributed to its lack of beauty. A great river flows through it and instead of carrying life with it, it is full of moist and unbearable heat. It is hot and maybe unwelcome to her. She is glad it is not her home. …show more content…
A land of hills and a sight to marvel at. Lowell’s land is majestic, in angles and heraldic beasts and singing elms. It is varied in landscape forming different contours. It is colorful with white villages, cool blue purples, golden weather cocks and sunset sky (Amy, 2007). Her land is full of life and optimism. In the third stanza, she paint a beautiful image and compares it with the unbearable heat mentioned in the first.
All this she talks about in the summer, June, when the weather is fair across all lands. She finds the atmosphere too much to her liking. She reminisces a lot about her home town. Life in St. Louis is stagnant and predictable and uneventful as compared to her home that is ideal and magical. Life in St. Louis is bogged down with the heavy heat and tormenting weather while it is exciting in her
Amy Lowell describes two places that are of significance to her. The poem sets up a contrast between two places: St. Louis (first stanza) and the speaker’s home. The striking difference, our attention turn to, is in the landscape. She sets up the contrast between flat and a hilly terrain. St. Louis is not her home, and she says so in the second stanza, “But it is not mine”. St. Louis is flat. By repeating flat and calling it a long sight we can tell that it was a monotonous sight. She also says it was immense, which contributed to its lack of beauty. A great river flows through it and instead of carrying life with it, it is full of moist and unbearable heat. It is hot and maybe unwelcome to her. She is glad it is not her home. …show more content…
A land of hills and a sight to marvel at. Lowell’s land is majestic, in angles and heraldic beasts and singing elms. It is varied in landscape forming different contours. It is colorful with white villages, cool blue purples, golden weather cocks and sunset sky (Amy, 2007). Her land is full of life and optimism. In the third stanza, she paint a beautiful image and compares it with the unbearable heat mentioned in the first.
All this she talks about in the summer, June, when the weather is fair across all lands. She finds the atmosphere too much to her liking. She reminisces a lot about her home town. Life in St. Louis is stagnant and predictable and uneventful as compared to her home that is ideal and magical. Life in St. Louis is bogged down with the heavy heat and tormenting weather while it is exciting in her