Rising Five written by Norman Nicholson are both about young boys growing up and describing their world to us. They both do this through the use of metaphors, similes, repetition and allusion. They both portray the idea differently but the meanings are the same, the fact that we must learn life lessons. The theme of growing up is also portrayed throughout the poems.
In the poem “Rising Five” written by Norman Nicholson, Nicholson portrays the idea of growing up through verbal language features such as repetition and simile’s. An example of this would be the repetition of the words “not” and “rising”. This gives us the impression that the young boy is looking at the present negatively and looking towards the future too much. Another example of this would be the quote “we drop our youth behind us like a boy throwing away his toffee wrappers”.
This gives us the impression of how carelessly the boy is throwing away his youth and so are we. Nicholson teaches us here that we should live life to the fullest as you never know when your life could end. In the poem “Little Boy Crying” written by Mervyn Morris, Morris portrays the theme of growing up and learning life lessons. Melvyn Morris does this throughout the poem using verbal language features such as allusion “the ogre towers above you, that grim giant” this gives us the impression of how the boy feels about his father.
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The little boy describes his father in the only way he can, through fairytales. It also shows the harshness of the boy’s feelings for his father. Another example would be “you must not make a plaything of the rain” this example means that the little boy must learn his life lessons and not make use of his tears to get what he desires and to get out of situations. Morris teaches us in the poem that we can’t always get what we want through tears and we must learn life lessons if we want to succeed in the future as we learn from our mistakes.
Both poems “Little Boy Crying” and “Rising Five” are about growing up and learning life lessons. Both Nicholson and Morris explore the ideas in different ways. An example of this would be “we look for the marriage bed in the baby’s cradle, we look for the grave in the bed, not living but rising dead” by Norman Nicholson in Rising Five. This gives us the impression that we should live life to the fullest and live life in the present rather than think more about the future.
It also shows that we should learn to appreciate the present as we don’t know when our life could come to an end. Morris also explores the idea of learning life lessons. An example of this would be ” this man longs to lift you, curb your sadness with piggy-backs or bullfights, anything, but dare not ruin the life lesson you should learn” this means that the father wants to comfort his boy but can’t as he doesn’t want to ruin the lesson he should learn.
Both poems are very similar and have apparent links between them. They both express the idea of growing up and learning life lessons. In conclusion, both poems have used language techniques to portray the link between them. Morris has used allusion and simile’s to show how the boys express his feelings. Nicholson on the other had has used repetition and simile’s to portray his ideas. Time will be forever moving forward and if we do not take this fact in our hands, we will be left behind.
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To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel of many lessons, by Harper Lee. Scout and Jem are the main characters about six and ten at the beginning. One of the lessons they learned was about judging people before you really know them. 42 A lesson Scout learned from Boo was about judging people. All the kids in the area thought Boo was very mean and hurt people. Boo was a really nice person but Scout didnt ...
