A November Landscape E.J. Pratt November came today and seized the whole Of the autumnal store of reds, and left But drabs and yellows on a land bereft Of bird and leaf, of body and of soul. Outside my window now rain-winds patrol The earth; last August elms and birches seem Like half-remembered legends in a Melodious myths the Thrush and Oriole – Such strange delusions when November weaves The sense of desolation and regret Through clay and stubble, through dead ferns and leaves As here lie sodden on the ground; and yet This was the story told six months ago, When April lured the crocus through the snow. Questions: Find an example of a metaphor and one simile. How well do you think Pratt uses the sonnet form in this poem? What are his thought divisions? What is the function (purpose) of his couplet? Where is personification used in the poem? What do you think is the effect of it? What is the overall mood of November Landscape”? What does it make you feel? “A
A November Landscape E.J. Pratt November came today and seized the whole Of the autumnal store of reds, and left But drabs and yellows on a land bereft Of bird and leaf, of body and of soul. Outside my window now rain-winds patrol The earth; last August elms and birches seem Like half-remembered legends in a Melodious myths – the Thrush and Oriole Such strange delusions when November weaves The sense of desolation and regret Through clay and stubble, through dead ferns and leaves As here lie sodden on the ground; and yet This was the story told six months ago, When April lured the crocus through the snow. Questions: Find an example of a metaphor and one simile. How well do you think Pratt uses the sonnet form in this poem? What are his thought divisions? What is the function (purpose) of his couplet? Where is personification used in the poem? What do you think is the effect of it? What is the overall mood of “A November Landscape”? What does it make you feel?
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