how did they poet express the theme of love and irreversible time in waterfall by lauris edmond
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Immediately, Lauris starts by talking about ‘time’s irreversible river’. It is clear already that this poem is going to have a lot in common with time as a theme.
The ‘irreversible river’ is personifying time as a river, that you can only go in one direction and not turn around – much like a waterfall. It is also clear Lauris does not want to go back in time from the first line ‘I do not ask for youth, nor for delay’.
By describing the waterfall as ‘jewelled’ makes it seem picturesque, that it is of something beautiful. Since a waterfall is part of nature, Lauris creates a link between nature and beauty.
Juxtaposition is created on the third line, ‘I glimpse, minute by glinting minute’. A glimpse is a partial view of something contrasting against the fact she is looking for minutes. There is also alliteration created from ‘glimpse’ and ‘glinting’.
The last line of the first stanza uses a very interesting technique of repeating words for extra emphasis one after the other, ‘sunlight lights‘ and ‘fast, fast falling’. She is making clear how the sun crystallizes the water falling. The sunlight could be regarded as happiness as both are associated with being bright and positive. So, it is happiness and the joy moments in life that make clear how ‘fast’ the water is falling from the waterfall – time flies by when you are having fun. Alliteration is created from repeating words and also continues the theme of time. By repeating the word continues the flow of the poem.
The poem does not rhyme at all which creates a flowing sensation (possibly representing time flowing by). This is supported by the fact only the first character of each stanza is capitalized, so it seems each stanza is one long line to read.
It is important to note that full stops are used throughout the whole poem at the end of each stanza. This creates some structure for the poem, especially with the fact each stanza has six lines