Notes+ Exercise.
Meaning of each stanza
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Synopsis
The poem is about a persona, a lady who fell for the wrong man. She was fascinated with his 'quiet eyes' and believed that his eyes showed his true emotion and feelings for her. The man's eyes had the power to charm her ad made her believe him and be nice to him.
However, the man was actually a 'pleasure' seeking man', a flirt. As the lady was truly fascinated and charmed by the man, she did not listen or did not want to listen to any advice concerning the man's true behaviour. In the end, she realized her error and was broken hearted.
Setting
Time: Any time of the day or night.
Place: Inside a house
Persona
1. The poem is in the first person point of view using 'she' and 'he'
2. The persona in the poem is most probably a sensible person who is aware of 'pleasure-seeking guys'
3. The persona describes a vulnerable lady who was attracted to a pleasure-seeking man.
Theme
1. Deceit
2. The importance of listening to good advice.
Message
1. We must not be deluded by looks or appearance.
2. We must listen to advice that is good for us.
Tone
1. Serious
2. Friend
Language and Style
1. The language style is conversational.
2. The words used are simple everyday words.
3. The poet use imagery and metaphors to convey her idea.
Poetic Techniques
A) SYMBOLISM
1. Quiet eyes represent deceitful intentions.
2. Paradise represents the state of ecstasy or great happiness.
3. A pleasure- seeking guy represent men who deceive women with their innocent-looking appearances.
B) METAPHOR
1. Quiet eyes- this is compared to someone who looks harmless
2. Two pools of lies- this is compared to deceit.
3. "the hows and whys"- this is compared to a situation where one gets hurt emotionally.
4. Losing at dice- this is compared to putting oneself in a weak and defenseless position.
C) PERSONIFICATION
1. The 'quiet eyes' is an example of personification in the poem.
2. It describes as a person who breathes 'desolate sighs'.
Meanings.
- Long, deep audible breaths- SIGHS
- A pair of organs of sight- EYES
- Guidance- ADVICE
- Unhappy and uninhabited- DESOLATE
- Looking for a feeling of happy satisfaction- PLEASURE-SEEKING
- A small cube with each side having a different number ranging from 1 to 6- DICE
- Arranged in layers- LAYERED
- Intentional false statements- LIES
- Become aware- REALISE
- Agree- COMPROMISE
- Heaven- PARADISE
- No noise- QUIET
- Inhaling and expelling air from the lungs- BREATHING
- Shallow patches of liquid- POOLS
- Provide or give help- RENDER
- Superlative of thin- THINNEST
- Begging desperately- IMPLORING
- Having knowledge and good judgement- WISE
- Muscular body organ that pumps blood- HEART
- Past tense of listen- LISTENED
- realise- know
- layered- covered
- breathing- inhaling
- desolate-unhappy
- imploring- begging
- render- provide help
- wise- sensible
- compromise-conciliate
- pools of ice- expression of deceit
- layered with thinnest ice- thinly covered
- desolate sighs- unhappy and inhabited look in one's eyes
- paradise- state of great pleasure
- free form "the hows and why"- free from question in mind
- losing your heart- fall in love
- once or twice- rarely
Exercise
1. The persona in the poem describes a woman ________.
ans: who is deceived by a man's eyes.
2. She sees sincerity in his eyes instead of _________.
ans: lies.
3. To the woman, the man looks ________.
ans: sad
4. What does the man desire from the women?
ans: pleasure
5. In Stanza2, to be wise is to __________.
listen to good advise
6. The word 'compromise' means _______
ans: conciliate
7. What is the main idea in Stanza 3?
ans: advice to the readers
8. What is the advice in Stanza 3?
ans: not to deceived by the man
9. The phrase 'lose your heart' mean _________.
ans: fall in love
10. Which one is easier to do, giving advice or listening to advice? Give reason for your answer with close reference to the poem.
ans: I think giving advice is easier because I'm a stubborn person who won't listen to advice.
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