The poem I have chosen to analyise is “Déjà la nuit en son parc ammassait...” by du Bellay. The reason I chose this poem is because after analyising it, I was fascinated by the themes and what appears to me as, du Bellay's view of life. In my opinion, the poet explores not only the basic themes of love and nature but also the link between nature and human beings.
In the first stanza, the poet personifies the night saying that it is the night that gathers the wondering stars “un grand tropeau d'étoiles” It seems that the stars are a representation of Du Bellay's love, her beauty is like the beauty of the night sky, that is, fascinating and bright. The mention of the dark horses brings an image to mind: that is beautiful and strong. To me, the …show more content…
It, too, is in the form ABBA. It also has that melodic tone to it. Even from just looking at the page, one can already see that the first two stanzas are alike as they both begin with “Déjà”. This word, although small,is very powerful. It makes us think that whatever is going on with the poet in his love affair, it is taking over him quite quickly. It can help us understand the poet's emotions better, I happen to think that it make sthepoet sound more hopeless. Once again, the sky is personified but this time the poet portrays a different image than previously. We are presented with an image of the Indian sky, which is a rather warm image that has the ability to comfort us, unlike the first stanza where the reader may have felt quite cold inside. Once again, du Bellay makes the use of colour in this stanza. The colour red is used which is of course the colour of love. It is also the colour of blood, which as haunting as it may be, is associated with pain. This may suggest that the entire relationship and du Bellay's feelings ae an entire contradiction to itself. As I have said earlier, chances are that although he may have loved her dearly, this woman may also be the cause of his unhappiness. If there was any doubt that du Bellay was reffering to a woman in his life, the mention of the colour blonde would suggest a feminine …show more content…
“Je vis sortis”. The form also changes from ABBA to CCD, the three lines change the flow of the poem completley as well as the tone. After reading this stanza, I sympathized with the poet. It seems that the “Nymph” is a symbol for the woman. We are told that the nymph is laughing. But why does it laugh? Perhaps, this woman has no fear or no conscience. She laughs because she knows what power she has over him. This leads us to one question: “what are her actual feelings towards the poet?” Does she have any or is she just playing with his emotions. If this is the case, perhaps this is how she is sucking up all of his inner happiness. We can also see the theme of nature in this stanza, in the “verte rive”. This here, again, brings up du Bellays use of colourful imagery. What a better colour to use for the elements of nature than the colour green? There are also other themes of nature in the stanza but not of the outdoors but instead the nature of human beings. The woman seems to have a cruel character and therefore this behaviour is just in her nature, it is what is normal to her. Where as, the poet must deal with the nature of everyday life. He must deal with this sense of rejection and
In the first stanza, the poet personifies the night saying that it is the night that gathers the wondering stars “un grand tropeau d'étoiles” It seems that the stars are a representation of Du Bellay's love, her beauty is like the beauty of the night sky, that is, fascinating and bright. The mention of the dark horses brings an image to mind: that is beautiful and strong. To me, the …show more content…
It, too, is in the form ABBA. It also has that melodic tone to it. Even from just looking at the page, one can already see that the first two stanzas are alike as they both begin with “Déjà”. This word, although small,is very powerful. It makes us think that whatever is going on with the poet in his love affair, it is taking over him quite quickly. It can help us understand the poet's emotions better, I happen to think that it make sthepoet sound more hopeless. Once again, the sky is personified but this time the poet portrays a different image than previously. We are presented with an image of the Indian sky, which is a rather warm image that has the ability to comfort us, unlike the first stanza where the reader may have felt quite cold inside. Once again, du Bellay makes the use of colour in this stanza. The colour red is used which is of course the colour of love. It is also the colour of blood, which as haunting as it may be, is associated with pain. This may suggest that the entire relationship and du Bellay's feelings ae an entire contradiction to itself. As I have said earlier, chances are that although he may have loved her dearly, this woman may also be the cause of his unhappiness. If there was any doubt that du Bellay was reffering to a woman in his life, the mention of the colour blonde would suggest a feminine …show more content…
“Je vis sortis”. The form also changes from ABBA to CCD, the three lines change the flow of the poem completley as well as the tone. After reading this stanza, I sympathized with the poet. It seems that the “Nymph” is a symbol for the woman. We are told that the nymph is laughing. But why does it laugh? Perhaps, this woman has no fear or no conscience. She laughs because she knows what power she has over him. This leads us to one question: “what are her actual feelings towards the poet?” Does she have any or is she just playing with his emotions. If this is the case, perhaps this is how she is sucking up all of his inner happiness. We can also see the theme of nature in this stanza, in the “verte rive”. This here, again, brings up du Bellays use of colourful imagery. What a better colour to use for the elements of nature than the colour green? There are also other themes of nature in the stanza but not of the outdoors but instead the nature of human beings. The woman seems to have a cruel character and therefore this behaviour is just in her nature, it is what is normal to her. Where as, the poet must deal with the nature of everyday life. He must deal with this sense of rejection and