TWO fairies it was On a still summer day Came forth in the woods With the flowers to play. The flowers they plucked They cast on the ground For others, and those For still others they found. Flower-guided it was That they came as they ran On something that lay In the shape of a man. The snow must have made The feathery bed When this one fell On the sleep of the dead. But the snow was gone A long time ago, And the body he wore Nigh gone with the snow. The fairies drew near And keenly espied A ring on his hand And a chain at his side. They knelt in the leaves And eerily played With the glittering things, And were not afraid. And when they went home To hide in their burrow, They took them along To play with to-morrow. When you came on death, Did you not come flower-guided Like the elves in the wood? I remember that I did. But I recognised death With sorrow and dread, And I hated and hate The spoils of the dead.
Friday, April 6, 2012
The title of this poem caught my attention as I was reading them all. I found this poem interesting, but hard to understand the meaning. Even the title seems a bit confusing! The word dead in the title gave me that sensation that this poem was about a person loosing a loved one over something. This poem has several types of literary devices and techniques such as imagery "The snow must have made the feathery bed when this one fell on the sleep of the dead". Symbol was also used in this peom "A ring on his hand" which the ring can portray marriage. This poem also contained persona "But I recognized death with sorrow and dread, and I hated and hate the spoils of death". Ambiguity was also used in this poem since it it is very confusing. "Two fairies it was on a still summer day came forth in the woods with the flowers to play" the fairies can be to persons, objects, or perhaps insects. Over all this poem is interesting.
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Good work, Gumaro!
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