These poems explore encounters between the speaker or a character and a force that is greater than he is – How do the poets develop and contemplate this experience? Refer to the details of language and effect as you compare these poems.

« There is a certain fluidity to the poem, as if it was a story-telling.

While enjambments such as “how bright / their frail deeds” creates a sense of smooth motion to the poem, sporadic rhymes break the rhythm of the poem yet emphasize the feeling of rage.

The poem is completed by a rhyming couplet, which is also the refrain.

A sense of harmony is created as the most important message of the poem concludes it. Piano by D.H Lawrence however, concentrates on a happy past as the melancholic and nostalgic author thinks about his blissful infancy.

This is very different from the preceding poem which concentrates on achieving greater things in the future. Some similarities can be seen between Piano and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

For example, the lexical field of regret is common.

Words such as “weeps” and “cast” from Piano makes a direct connection with the words “crying” and “burn” from Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

Both poems discuss the differences between past and present. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night gives a hint of the future whereas Piano remains in the past. Imagery and sounds are very important to Piano, a poem that is a flashback whose subject is music.

The diversity of the techniques used is skillful.

Monosyllabic words suggest a childish point of view: “the small, poised feet” as well as the simplistic rhymes and rhyming scheme that evoke the simplicity of childhood and the perspective of a child.

On the other hand, D.H Lawrence proves himself capable of employing sibilances and assonances to interpret his wistful and nostalgic ideas: “mother who smiles as she sings”, “betrays me back” and “tingling strings”.

Beautiful imagery such as “flood of remembrance” illustrates the flow and continuity of the piano piece.

Additionally, the assonance “piano appassionato” hides an internal rhyme, which produces a sudden change of rhythm, like syncopation in music. Apostrophes such as “softly, in the dark,” implies that, like a song, the author breaths whilst singing.

On the other hand, enjambments such as “till I see / a child” contributes to the flow of the poem. In the same way as “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, the ending of Piano suggests resignation; there is no turning back.

“My manhood is cast” hints at a loss of innocence and “I weep like a child for the past” reveals D.H Lawrence’s suffering. Half-past Two by U.A Fanthrope is a very unique poem using invented language in order to give it a child-like simplicity.

This poem contrasts time, as an abstract quality defined by clocks, and time as a sequence of moments composing one day as a child sees it.

Just as in the two preceding poems, the poet, U.A Fanthrope explores the subject of life, in particular how time affects life or how moments make up life, for the child. In the first five stanzas, the poet establishes the background in which time becomes important.

The second half of the poem explains and demonstrates that abstract time must seem confusing for a child whose day is arranged around events and not according to what the clock says.

To the child, the clock is a mere physical object that he personifies as having “little eyes / and two long legs for walking” but that does not have the capacity to “click its language”.. »