Analysis Of The Poem Black Crows Gorge On Bright Oranges

The opening is so cogent and picturesque that it can be read on several levels. Firstly, in a Wordsworthian style, she portrays a vivid picture of natural scenes and sights at Ayemenom. Secondly, blending emotions with catharsis, love with pathos, and the author conveys the underlying meaning. Thirdly, Roy’s symbolic and suggestive diction reminds us of Eliot’s emotional equivalent’ The sentence ‘black crows gorge on bright mangoes ‘is highly symbolic. Just possible, ‘black crow, ‘symbolizes Velutha a black untouchable man and an innocent victim of the callous society. The trees are green, no doubt, but they are dusty as Well. It arouses pity and pathos in the minds of the readers. The passage is full of colours-red, blue, black, bright†¦show more content†¦The rich and resourceful unconventional verbal tapestry, very innovative in nature, captivates the ebb and flow of emotions. The commanding poetic mode finds full rhythm throug h the resonance of words. Her poetic passages are powerfully packed with present participle words emphasizing the contour of consistency and are elegantly juxtaposed with words that stand in binary opposition in content. Projecting the psychology of children but also constructing arbitrary signifies that present situational meanings for Estha and Rahel. Beh Yalp considers it as â€Å"Verbal wizardry ,’ for its non- conventional and unacceptable grammatical; expressions of poetry as rhyme , rhyme alliteration onomatopoeia , to name a few To take a random example, the early part of the first paragraph on P163 can be re – written as a fine piece of free verse: The steel door of the incinerator went Up and the muted hum of the eternal Fire became a red roaring. The heat lunged out at them line a Finished beast. Then Rahel’s Ammu was fed to it Her hair Her skin Her smile Her voice Her epigrammatic, rhythmical and highly emotive style of writing amuses the readers: The sea was black, the spume vomit green Fish fed on shattered glass. Nights elbows rested on the water and FallingShow MoreRelatedConfucianism in Journey to the West31834 Words   |  128 PagesUniversity of Leiden 14 June 2012 Department: Language and Culture of China Course: Visual Political Communication (BA3) Semester: Summer Semester 2011/2012 Lecturer: Florian Schneider Journey to the West A Textual-Visual Discourse Analysis Name: Stefan Ruijsch (Student No. 0620203) Major: Chinese Studies, BA 3 E-mail: s.ruijsch@umail.leidenuniv.nl Phone: 06-48369645 Address: Vrijheidslaan 256, 2321 DP Leiden Word Count: 9,387 Table of Contents page