Write a critical appreciation of poem,,Ode to evening.
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William Collins’ poem “Ode to Evening” is the poem which is dedicated to the beauty and praise of the evening. In the poem, the evening is regarded as a goddess which is opposite to the bright sun. The poem has been written in three parts. The first part is about the welcoming and greeting of the coming of the evening. In the second part, the poet asks and pleads the evening to guide and showcase him the path where he can receive peace in his life. The last part deals with the personal view of the poet and the ends with a general observation. The poet requests the goddess of the evening to teach him to sing as he wants to please and allure her beauty by singing for her. He adds that she is one of the most beautiful parts of nature. He says that he wants his songs to be like the soothing sounds of the streams. In order to have a glance of the beauty of nature, the poet treads towards the mountainside to have a look on the descending evening. He remarks at the end of the poem that the beauty of the evening should always be there so as to continue the peace and harmony among the people, nature, and society.
Ode to Evening is one of the finest poems of Collins in his collection 'Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects'. It is composed in a single stanza of fifty two lines with unrhyming pattern. This beautiful poem is addressed to the evening who is regarded as the goddess, nymph or maid. The personified evening is chaste, reserved and meek opposite to the characteristics of the bright sun
This poem has mainly three parts; the first one is the opening salutation to the evening, the second one is the center where the poet requests for the guidance in receiving peace, and the last one is his personal point of view to return to the general aspect.