Lucasta:
Someone is leaving their lover for war and possibly trying to explain themselves.
Dulce Et Decorum Est:
Sounds like the civil war. I think it is a soldier saying that war is terrible.
Cinderella:
I have read this before! I could actually decipher this one. I find the ending curious however, for it sounds almost like a loveless marriage to me in the end.
London:
Well it was depressing. I think it was about sadness, and how there were no women in it except the lat stanza where they were harlots.
The Chimney Sweeper:
Wow, I liked this. It was very easy to read, and it spoke of dreams, and aspirations, and good things all the while having a sad and dark undertone.
Ozymandius:
Time has no care for those that it pasts by, the ancient remains only a memory, and power, sweet power, destroys like the pomegranates of Hades. There, that's exactly what it means.
I think the only one I had problems with was most likely London. It didn't feel it it had a real..background story to it other than history itself, which is hard to summarize, for though there is indeed sadness and misery, there is also love and joy. Babies are supposed to be happy things, so I was rather saddened by this poem.
I agree that London seemed to lack a certain appeal. However, I think the authors intent was to make the reader drowsy and maybe apathetic, because in the end, London itself was portrayed as a vile town filled with apathy. Thats just my take on it though.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, because originally I had thought I had a good take on London and what it meant, until we went to class. I had thought it was about war and taking away lives, but I guess my interpretation was well off.
ReplyDeleteWill: Yeah I guess, but apathy can be described in better ways than London.
ReplyDeleteCrazy(mind if I call you that?): Agreed, except I thought London was just awful and turns out I was still right. Silly Londoners.