«Стилистический анализ произведения Robert Burns Winter A Dirge»

Robert Burns "Winter: A Dirge"

The wintry west extends his blast, And hail and rain does blaw; Or the stormy north sends driving forth The blinding sleet and snaw: While, tumbling brown, the burn comes down, And roars frae bank to brae; And bird and beast in covert rest, And pass the heartless day.

"The sweeping blast, the sky oercast," The joyless winter day Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May: The tempests howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine!

Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here firm I rest; they must be best, Because they are Thy will! Then all I want-O do Thou grant This one request of mine!- Since to enjoy Thou dost deny, Assist me to resign.

1) What is the general mood of the poem? What helps to create it? 2) What is "a dirge"? Do the rhythmical characteristics of the poem contribute to rendering the idea of a dirge? Analyze metrical pattern and rhymes of the poem, comment on the use of alliteration and assonance. 3) What made the author divide the poem into three parts? What is described in each part? 4) Single out central images of the poem. Comment on the role of personification, metaphor, and epithet in creating them. 5) Speak on the importance of describing nature to render the poet"s feelings. 6) Pick out examples of inversion; dwell on the stylistic effect of the device in each case. 7) Comment on capitalization of the word SUPREME. 8) Find antithesis in the third stanza and comment on its use. 9) Summing up the analysis speak about the message of the poem and the main stylistic devices employed by the poet. Анализ должен состоять из след.частей: краткая биография автора, факты из жизни, повлиявшие на его творчество краткое содержание произведения основная идея произведения функциональный стиль

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