Analyzing Grenville Kleiser's The Most Vital Thing In Life
“The Most Vital Thing in Life” Poem Analysis
There are many obvious reasons for the enchanting tone of most children’s poems, songs, and stories such as their superfluous imagery, weightless plot, and infallible characters; however, a more undetected explanation for the happiness exuding from these pieces of literature is the regular, relaxing rhythm effortlessly moving throughout the piece. Rhythm is the heavy bass that drives the literature, creating a mood that intertwines with the plot, tone, and message of the text.
Although not creating fictional elements or uncommon scenarios evident in a children’s poem,
“The Most Vital Thing in Life” by Grenville Kleiser contains a similarly regular rhythm, denoted by meter and rhyme, which elevates the poem’s …show more content…
It really gets the reader to buy into Kleiser’s words and compels them to stay positive because there really is no immediate hostile environment worthy enough to subjugate inner peace. The meter magnifies the poem’s diction and overall message with its controlled and precise emphasis, demonstrating pure peace can and should be found at all times.
By illustrating the even rhythm through end rhymes, Kleiser further constructs a resemblance between regular rhythm and the tranquility of his moral message. The poem uses a simple, yet effective rhyme scheme: ABCBDEFE for each of the three stanzas, which correlates directly with the simplicity of the moral value to stay calm during an outlying emotional torrent.
The rhyme pattern not only enhances the equable, smooth rhythm, but the value of the poem as a whole. End rhymes such as “regret”, “forget” (2 and 4) and “defied”, “denied” (10 and 12) contain a unity in the meaning of the words that reflect on their respective stanzas. Even though the negative connotation that comes with all of the four words seems counterintuitive to the positive flow that falls just short of enjambment, in context, they express the awful situation
There are many obvious reasons for the enchanting tone of most children’s poems, songs, and stories such as their superfluous imagery, weightless plot, and infallible characters; however, a more undetected explanation for the happiness exuding from these pieces of literature is the regular, relaxing rhythm effortlessly moving throughout the piece. Rhythm is the heavy bass that drives the literature, creating a mood that intertwines with the plot, tone, and message of the text.
Although not creating fictional elements or uncommon scenarios evident in a children’s poem,
“The Most Vital Thing in Life” by Grenville Kleiser contains a similarly regular rhythm, denoted by meter and rhyme, which elevates the poem’s …show more content…
It really gets the reader to buy into Kleiser’s words and compels them to stay positive because there really is no immediate hostile environment worthy enough to subjugate inner peace. The meter magnifies the poem’s diction and overall message with its controlled and precise emphasis, demonstrating pure peace can and should be found at all times.
By illustrating the even rhythm through end rhymes, Kleiser further constructs a resemblance between regular rhythm and the tranquility of his moral message. The poem uses a simple, yet effective rhyme scheme: ABCBDEFE for each of the three stanzas, which correlates directly with the simplicity of the moral value to stay calm during an outlying emotional torrent.
The rhyme pattern not only enhances the equable, smooth rhythm, but the value of the poem as a whole. End rhymes such as “regret”, “forget” (2 and 4) and “defied”, “denied” (10 and 12) contain a unity in the meaning of the words that reflect on their respective stanzas. Even though the negative connotation that comes with all of the four words seems counterintuitive to the positive flow that falls just short of enjambment, in context, they express the awful situation