Critically analyse the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'????
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The poem is not separated into stanzas. It is separated into an octave and a sestet.
The first part of the poem, the octave, celebrates the earth in all its forms. It says that the poetry of earth is never dead. The earth provided poetry in the form of the songs of the birds or the calls of the beasts. However, when the summer sun is too hot and strong, the birds find it difficult to keep up their routine. They find shelter from the scorching heat in trees that provide ample shade and hence, are ‘cooling’. But the grasshopper does not cease its song. Its voice runs throughout the freshly mown meadows untiringly. Even in the sultry summer days, he never stops his chants. The grasshopper does not feel ‘faint’ under the sun. For him, even the summer is a time for joy. Hence, when he has had his fill of fun, he finds comfort under some weeds or long grass stalks.
The sestet begins with the earlier declaration that the poetry of earth is forever, it is never ending. During the cold, harsh winters, when one is numbed by the cold, only one voice is heard that calls out to one in drowsy evenings by the fire (stove) and that is of the cricket. The poet tells us that during the winters, instead of growing quiet of the cold, the cricket finds a corner in some kitchen near a stove and belts out its song. The warmth coming from the stove mingles with the warm tones of the cricket who tries to keep one entertained. This song perhaps reminds one who’s half asleep that the grasshopper is probably out on some grassy hill, singing its heart out.
The octave:
‘the poetry of earth is never dead’- the beauty of the earth, even during extreme temperatures, is not lost. The poetry of earth here can be equated to the songs of nature and her creatures. The grasshopper and the cricket remind us that even when birds and animals succumb to the harsh climates, the grasshopper and the cricket do not. They are the only creatures that keep the poetry of earth alive.
‘he has…delights’- he’s never tired of his merrymaking. The grasshopper provides incessant joy to all the inhabitants on the earth through his song. This is the source of his energy, thus, he’s never tired of spreading his joy.
The sestet:
‘the frost has wrought a silence’- the winter brings with itself frost and snow. The snow muffles all sounds and the frost makes all creatures retire to their homes for shelter, hence, all sounds are suspended and only silence remains.‘in drowsiness half lost’- what the poet means is that during winters, a warm, cozy room induces a sleep like state. This is the state between being completely asleep and being awake.
The first part of the poem, the octave, celebrates the earth in all its forms. It says that the poetry of earth is never dead. The earth provided poetry in the form of the songs of the birds or the calls of the beasts. However, when the summer sun is too hot and strong, the birds find it difficult to keep up their routine. They find shelter from the scorching heat in trees that provide ample shade and hence, are ‘cooling’. But the grasshopper does not cease its song. Its voice runs throughout the freshly mown meadows untiringly. Even in the sultry summer days, he never stops his chants. The grasshopper does not feel ‘faint’ under the sun. For him, even the summer is a time for joy. Hence, when he has had his fill of fun, he finds comfort under some weeds or long grass stalks.
The sestet begins with the earlier declaration that the poetry of earth is forever, it is never ending. During the cold, harsh winters, when one is numbed by the cold, only one voice is heard that calls out to one in drowsy evenings by the fire (stove) and that is of the cricket. The poet tells us that during the winters, instead of growing quiet of the cold, the cricket finds a corner in some kitchen near a stove and belts out its song. The warmth coming from the stove mingles with the warm tones of the cricket who tries to keep one entertained. This song perhaps reminds one who’s half asleep that the grasshopper is probably out on some grassy hill, singing its heart out.
The octave:
‘the poetry of earth is never dead’- the beauty of the earth, even during extreme temperatures, is not lost. The poetry of earth here can be equated to the songs of nature and her creatures. The grasshopper and the cricket remind us that even when birds and animals succumb to the harsh climates, the grasshopper and the cricket do not. They are the only creatures that keep the poetry of earth alive.
‘he has…delights’- he’s never tired of his merrymaking. The grasshopper provides incessant joy to all the inhabitants on the earth through his song. This is the source of his energy, thus, he’s never tired of spreading his joy.
The sestet:
‘the frost has wrought a silence’- the winter brings with itself frost and snow. The snow muffles all sounds and the frost makes all creatures retire to their homes for shelter, hence, all sounds are suspended and only silence remains.‘in drowsiness half lost’- what the poet means is that during winters, a warm, cozy room induces a sleep like state. This is the state between being completely asleep and being awake.
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