![]() The first relationship that each poet creates is between the characters in the poem and the reader. What relationships the poets have created. To see how each poet treats the relationships between men and women in each poem I will have to identify We get closure at the end of the extract, and a literal ending for Don Jose who dies, freeing his wife from an unhappy marriage and leaving her 'to her own aversion'10. There is no repetition of words but there is the repetition of the idea of intelligence in women (which is not always seen to be such a good thing) and the idea of adultery - a theme that continues throughout the whole of Don Juan. The tone of the poem is lighthearted, the author's attitude toward his subject was that he did not mean Don Juan to be taken seriously he said that the poem was built as a 'satire on abuses of the present state of society.īyron does not use figurative language in this extract, but he is very descriptive so the reader can form a mental image of characters such as Donna Inez. It is written mainly in iambic pentameter in octava rima a six-verse stanza with a heroic rhyming couplet ending.īyron uses the couplet ending often as a pun for humorous effect, 'But - Oh! Ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all? '8 He also employs the use of words with more than a two-syllable rhyme to add to the comedic effect of the stanza and the wit of the poem as a whole. The rhyme scheme is ABABABCC this form has been used to resemble colloquial speech, and allows the narrator to describe Don Jose and Donna Inez in a light, conversational and flippant manner.īyron also uses the verse-breaks and stanza-breaks in the poem to support the appearance of an orally told story, the verse-breaks and stanza-breaks also enhance the clarity of his writing. The poem is told in third person by a narrator, who has his own personality (as a gossip and a cynic) and who is very descriptive about Don Juan's life. Don Jose, Don Juan's father is an 'honourable man'7 but has been having affairs and has at least two mistresses. ![]() She is a new woman and an intellectual, but is hypocritically maintaining a show of her marriage to Don Jose. Donna Innez, Don Juan's mother, is the principal female figure in the first canto. ![]() This particular extract from Don Juan continues Byron's narrative epic with the background story of Don Juan's parents. The title of our second poem again gives us the information about the contents the poem is predominately about Don Juan, his life and escapades. 'frail bark'4 and 'leaf-like'5 and uses other supporting images such as the 'weary bird'6 and the wounded deer. Hemans also uses repetitive images of fragility as metaphors for the weakness and vulnerablity of women she depicts the canoe as fragile e. Stanza seven, the most poignant stanza, has the Indian woman address her child 'And thou, my babe! '2 and tell her how she wishes to save her from a 'woman's weary lot'3. The narrator tells the story in stanzas one to six and then finishes the tale in stanza eight. The poem evokes the imagery of movement and adds to the whole meaning of the poem by the continuous advancement towards the inevitable death of the title.
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