Stop All The Clocks Poem Analysis

When selecting a poem I was initially drawn to Auden’s “Stop all the Clocks.” “Stop all the Clocks” deals with loss in an unusual way, and although dissimilar from my grief it still reminded me of a recent personal loss. When I was originally deciding how to present the poem to the class I was going back and forth between dramatic and lyrical modalities. I couldn’t see how a dramatic interpretation could be done without loosing the affect of the text itself, so I decided to do what I thought was a lyrical interpretation. I included some influence from my recent loss, making it slightly more personal. From the comments made by my classmates I believe that my point of view came across in my performance.
I decided to perform “Stop all the Clocks” it in the lyric mode because it contained such beautiful language, and I could use my personal loss, therefore matching the poem. The use of heightened language, such a hyperbole, and an unusual rhyme scheme, makes “Stop all the Clocks” intriguing to just listen to. Within the first stanza alone there several meters, lines one and four are iambic pentameter, line two is iambic hexameter, and line three is a mix of trochee, anapest, and iamb. …show more content…
Hazel’s performance, however, showed me that it could be done. Hazel’s did a dramatic interpretation with sound effects, lights, and choreography, basically the opposite of my performance. Hazel’s performances emphasized and highlighted different aspects of the poem. Her interpretation grieve of the impression of a psychotic person grieving, I though it was for a loved on, others in the class thought it might be for a child. It appeared as if the grief was driving her insane.
Hers was a person going psychotic with grief and she used other effects such as sound, lights and choreography. In mine I highlighted different words to portray different