What is the Significance of one word choice over another in your poem?
I chose words that specifically pertained to light and dark in order to juxtapose the light of life and hope with the darkness of death and isolation which eventually consumes the light. For example, the poem opens with, "the night falls in a heavy, suffocating cloak" (1), "the light flares once... then dies, smothered by the all-encompassing dark" (2-4) showing darkness gradually overwhelming the feeble light. At the end of the poem, I end with the single word, "sanctuary" (9), ironically showing that our pain brought by the destitution of hope and light is a sanctuary for the shadows and death.
What are some Tone words you would use to describe your intention?
- isolated
- desolate
- depressed
- solitude
- hopeless
What kind of Mood are you trying to evoke?
As evidenced by my less-than-cheerful word choice throughout my poem, I was trying to evoke a mood of desolate isolation devoid of light and hope. I wanted the audience to feel the same burden of the darkness as the speaker does. Although the speaker and the reader are separate entities that feel alone in their pain, their experience of it should be shared.
Identify any Binary Opposites
- light vs. dark
- hell vs. sanctuary
- consummation vs. desolation
- life vs. death
- companionship vs. isolation
- hope vs. hopelessness
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