Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet? Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet. 3) What do you mean by steer? Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement. 4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face? Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey. 5) What thing did not the poet deny? Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide. 6) Write the name of Sea-bird? Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird. 7) Who wants to live a gypsy life? Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life. 8) Write the name of the sea-animal? Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal. 9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife. 10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling? Ans:- The poet prefers va...
Introduction:
Victorian Poet Alfred Tennyson came back into the Romantic Age in his Poem, The Lady of Shalott like William Wordsworth, S.T.Coleridge, John Keats, Shelley and more through Romantic Elements. Romantic Poem based on: Imagination, Nature, Supernaturalism, symbol, Love, Pastoral Life and Individuality. Most Romantic Elements are available in the Poem of The Lady of Shalott. The poem appeared in 1833 and was based on Malory's " Morte D' Arthur".
Natural Beauty:
It is one of the most Romantic Elements of all Romantic Poems. In The Lady of Shalott, the natural panorama is a phenomenon. The poem begins with a description of the landscape:
1) "On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and or rye,"(1-2)
2) After a short break of natural things:
"Willow whiten aspens quiver,
Little breeze dusk and Shiver"(10-11).
The house of Shallot also taken place into the heart of nature called " Water House", covering by trees, river, greenery place:
" She saw the water-Lily bloom"(111)
The lady saw the natural things for the first time without looking at the reflection of the Mirror, to an unknown sweet tune, for this, The Lady of Shallot forward her life to death.
Supernatural:
" Listening, whispers 'Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott"(35-36).
This is the first time the poem mentions anything magical and supernatural. A beautiful damsel who lived in the Island of Shalott. The country people believed that she was a fairy, a kind of Goddess whose supernatural power helped flowers to crop. The Lady is enchanted by a spell which banned her from looking through the window. Another supernatural quote:
"A megic web with colours gay"(38)
And most striking supernatural element was :
"The mirror crack'd from side to side;
The curse is upon me".(115-116)
She looks out of the window and the whole thing falls apart, she is cursed and doomed to die.
Symbol and Image:
The poet had spread Symbols and Images here and there in the entire poem of The Lady of Shalott. "River" is the first big image, it comes to us first and is related at the last moment in the poem. "Camelot" is the image of the fantasy world where the Beautiful Damsel lived. The major symbol is "Island". The Island in the river, cut off from the land and the outside world. One of the most memorable and fascinating images in the poem is " The Magic Web" related to the Lady. " The Mirror" was the most striking image, that is the eye of the Lady and "Sir Lancelot" was an Arthurian Legend image in Mediaeval times.
Love:
Love is related in the poem very well by the touch of heart. The Lady now looks outside of the window in curses for her through open eyes. Life is trivial when loves comes and forget all the boundary of curse:
"She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her is she stay"(39-49)
The Spinster break the boundary of curse and first time looks outside of the window without the reflection of Mirror, if she was in fear so long time but the the question of love, she does not wait any moment to lost it and her lover taken a permanent seat in to the heart of readers and her hero.
Imagination:
The poet makes outstanding the poem by colourful imagination in the pastoral life where the Reapers spend their time very happily and the Lady of Shalott's individuality connected into those men are related with nature, and all things are veryly complete by the poet's witty ideals and Romantic Technique.
Conclusion:
We therefore draw the conclusion, if the poet was the poet of the Victorian Age but making own journey with Romantic ideas, undoubtedly, we want to say this poem is really a sea of Romantic Elements which is bottomless.
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