Essay On The Splendor Falls

In both poems, The Splendor Falls, written by Lord Tennyson, and Echo, written by Christina Rossetti, the authors develop their plot by using similar literary devices. Both Tennyson and Rossetti lived during the Victorian era in the 1800’s. They follow the conventional writing style which is strongly influenced by rhyme and romantic imagery. Both authors set different tones to influence the way the reader conveys the poem. In The Splendor Falls, the tone is more hopeful and in Echo, the tone is dreary and bittersweet. In the two poems different literary elements such as; rhyme, repetition, imagery, allusion and personification are used. The authors echo each other in multiple ways such as; their style of writing, usage of literary devices, …show more content…
Rhyme, personification, and imagery are all used to show the author 's thoughts with regard to the relationship between life and death. The author uses rhyme to create a mood of awe and to develop the poem and its main message. The author uses personification to give human like qualities to things like; light, and echoes. The author says that, “light shakes”(3), and “glens replying”(11), to give the poem life and to connect with the reader. Personification helps relate ideas and objects to people, and this helps the author to convey his theme and ideas in the poem. He uses it to try to convey and give examples to the reader about natures beauty. Lastly the author uses imagery to transmit his main idea. The author uses the imagery of nature, and light reflecting across a lake. The author uses all of these images to show that eventually life will come to an end and to fully live your life, you have to enrich yourself in the beauty of nature. The author does this by painting a beautiful scene with, “snowy summits”(2), “long light shakes across the lake”(3), and “on hill or field or river”(14). These different pictures put a image in the reader 's head and help the author convey her meaning about life and