Analysis Of The Poem Nocturne - 1141 Words

In Eavan Boland’s poem â€Å"Nocturne†, the speaker, assumed to be Eavan herself, secures her home before going to bed. Through imagery, metaphors, and onomatopoeic language, she describes every little detail of what she encounters and the observations she makes throughout that period of time. To the reader, â€Å"Nocturne† may seem like a simple poem, with no underlying symbolism or questionable meaning. Yet, through the last stanza, there seems to be a surprisingly somber omen over the poem, which puts to question whether or not Boland intended to write a poem with an underlying symbolic meaning, or if the readers are over interpreting the simple meaning of â€Å"Nocturne†. Boland’s title for the poem describes the tone she intended to have throughout the poem. â€Å"Nocturne† is a musical and artistic term, that means â€Å"of the night† (oxford dictionary). In this case, Boland seemingly named the poem â€Å"Nocturne† to giv e it a night-like scenery, which is very fitting for the poem since the plot of the poem takes place right before bedtime. Nocturnal music is known for their calm beginnings, exciting and dramatic middle sections and climaxes, and surprising endings, either a resolution or open-ended ending, which are all elements in the poem. She integrated the meaning of the word â€Å"Nocturne† into the poem and made an artistic, literary piece that was representative of the title and the elements of the word. In the first stanza of â€Å"Nocturne†, the speaker sees off a friend and becomes aware ofShow MoreRelatedThe Aesthetic Qualities Of A Musical Selection From Space Odyssey1568 Words   |  7 PagesSchumann – Romance in E Minor for Piano, Op.11, No. 1 (1839), Franz Liszt – Transcendental Étude in F Minor (1851), Johannes Brahms – German Requiem (1868), Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto (1851), Giacomo Puccini – La Bohà ¨me (1896), Frà ©dà ©ri c Chopin – Nocturne in E Major, Op. 9, No. 2, Ètude in C Minor, Op.10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) (1831), Polonaise in A Major, Op. 53 and many more. There were many different characteristics from the romantic era. Their work had a greater range of tone color, dynamics