Commentary on poem After The Flood :: English Literature

Commentary on poem subsequently The natural springThe poem After The Flood has a slow and steady pacing. The poetcreated it by not mentioning too many events at once, but slowly, andgives time for the beholder to recall I remembered... and giveshis own opinion on the events It had not been a lousy rise Thesegive the readers a better understanding and a clearer picture on whatis happening. As we read through the poem, we have an soma of the beholder, standing at the ruins of the park, observing carefully whatis going on nigh and describing them in words what he sees andcomparability them with the past condition which was in the first place the flood.The pace of the reviewer in observing is somewhat unified with thetempo of the poem, so the reader is like following the observer andlistening to him.After reading the poem, a cool and tense less image of the observer iscreated in our mind. Phrases like The morning it was over, showsthat the observer is feeling calm and believ es that everything is overand there is nothing more to worry about. I walked shows theobserver is worried of nothing and walked calmly to the Jersey side.It had not been a bad rise also shows that the observer doesntexaggerate on what he sees, but judges it fairly according to his ownthoughts. I felt up I must surely so familiar, this sort of place usthat the poet is so unworried and have time to recall the past andbeing a little nostalgic. phone line 17-24 shows us the observer comparingthe condition of the river presently and during the flood, he is calmand carefully observing the item and even the sounds around him.The river in this poem is expound through comparisons or figures ofspeech. The observer thinks the river is amazing as its intensity hasdecreased considerably. The water is described as swollen thisgives us the image of the water flowing on the river in a roughmotion and is forming little waves. It is disordered and dirty. Line19-20 is a simile where the flowing river is compared to a beast thatis sneaking around. It is referred as beast as it had created amassive destruction to the place and has finished everybodys mood. Now,it is as if the beast is tired and retreats slowly, so it is said tobe sneaking around. Another role of the river in this poem is to show perseverance of life. Though the place had been devastated and the