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Description
Mind Map by Elizabeth W, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth W
over 10 years ago
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The River God
- Subject matter
- The river is personified in the poem
- Is called "river GOD"
- Says how he can bless
the swimming of the fish
- Can also kill people
as he chooses
- Is called "river GOD"
- The river is personified in the poem
- Form
- Is a Dramatic Monologue
- River is personified
- Is given to voice by
which it speaks to us
- Is given to voice by
which it speaks to us
- Is a Dramatic Monologue
- Structure
- Continuous dramatic monologue
- There is a a-a-b-b rhyme scheme
- Changes at the end of the poem
- Changes at the end of the poem
- Lines are at an irregular length
- If you turn the poem on its side,
it looks like a bed of reeds
- Continuous dramatic monologue
- Sound
- Sounds childlike at times
- Due to simple rhymes
- Due to simple rhymes
- Amount of beats in each
line is inconsistent
- Makes it sound clumsy
- Makes it sound clumsy
- "Hi yih" is repeated
- Gives the poem a sing-song lilt.
- Gives the poem a sing-song lilt.
- Sounds childlike at times
- Imagery
- The language
is like a river
- language is simple
yet powerful
- "beautiful" is repeated
for emphasis
- Contrasts between the River Gods description
of its self and the beautiful woman
- Contrasts between the River Gods description
of its self and the beautiful woman
- The language
is like a river
- Attitudes
- The River God is powerful
yet insecure and lonely
- Isn't respected by the
people around him
- He punishes them as a result
- He punishes them as a result
- He is immortal
- Can talk about human life in
a way that reveals its brevity
- Can talk about human life in
a way that reveals its brevity
- The River God is powerful
yet insecure and lonely
- Themes
- Power of Nature
- Humans don't have any
power over nature
- Humans don't have any
power over nature
- Not taking things for granted
- Don't forget about the
good things in life
- Don't forget about the
good things in life
- Power of love
- The river god falls in
love with the woman
- Is prepared to drown her to get her
- Is prepared to drown her to get her
- The river god falls in
love with the woman
- Power of Nature
- Ideas
- We should take note of the
things around us and not
take anything for granted
- We should take note of the
things around us and not
take anything for granted
- Comparisons
- Ozymandias
- The ruined maid
- My last duchess
- Ozymandias
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