But the speakers grief and hopelessness is so intense that he wishes he could. The speaker says “Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun.” Obviously the speaker could never dismantle the sun or pack up the moon. Auden uses hyperboles as a way of telling the reader that the speaker feels hopeless. Auden hyperboles as other ways to portray the speaker’s feelings. Symbolism was a great add by the author, because it showed the speaker as in despair and hopelessness.Īdditionally, W.H. In the two examples above the author uses great symbolism to describe the speaker. He gave him wisdom and guidance and that he could not have asked for anything more from a friend. The true meaning of this is that the speaker’s friend gave him everything. In the time of despair in the funereal, the speaker says “He was my North, my South, my Eastand West.” This quote should not be taken literally. But the author used this quote as a symbol, that the communication between the speaker and his friend had been severed.Įven though the speaker feels as if he lost ties with his best friend now, he still remembers how helpful he was. During the first stanza of the poem, the speaker says “cut off the telephone.” What the speaker is saying is literally to cut off the telephone. From the start of the poem to the end, the speaker was very mad and sad that his friend was dead.
Auden just didn’t use imagery to show the narrator’s true feelings. As well as letting the readers know that the speaker is in a state of sorrow. These images have led to recognize that the speaker has lost a very dear friend. These two examples of imagery the author has used has set the start of the poem perfectly. The speaker is trying to show his love for his friend by asking very unreasonable things. Similarly as above, another very unrealistic demand the speaker is asking for. Not only that, but also it shows confirmation of his friends death.Ĭorrespondingly the speaker also says “Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves” (7). It shows that the speaker is in a phase of acceptance of his friends death. This quote really shows how the speaker feels. The speaker is at the funeral and says, “Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead scribbling on the sky the message ‘He is Dead”’ (Auden 5-6). The first part of the poem starts off with the author showing the speakers sorrow at his/her friends funeral. Poets use imagery in their poems to convey their messages, just like how W.H. The author really brings out the speaker’s feelings throughout this poem, which makes the readers get pulled into this beautiful poem. During the second part of the poem, it shows the speakers personal view. The first part of the poem really brings out the speaker’s feelings about his friends death. The poem is set with the speaker at his friend’s funeral. This poem is about an unknown speaker and his suffering of a friend’s death. “Funeral Blues” is a poem written by W.H. Auden established the speaker’s feelings of sorrow and hopelessness using imagery, hyperboles, and symbolism. Auden, the true feelings of the speaker are shown in a magnificent way by figurative language. A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, while symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas. But how do poets express these feelings onto paper? Imagery is a literary term that is used for description and language that appeals to our five senses.
We all express those feelings emotionally or physically. Whether it be sad feelings or happy feelings.
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