Alliteration In The Panther By Rilke

The Panther
In this poem the theme is that we are trapped by society. Rilke wrote the poem after he went to the zoo and observed the animals there. The panther reminded him of a prisoner, in the sense that they both have lost all their freedom and are waiting for an escape. The poem is about a panther that is trapped in a cage and is also is tired and weak. He tries desperately to escape, so he paces back and forth as a way of saying he won’t be tamed. Rilke uses symbolism and alliteration to get this theme across. When he is talking about the iron bars, it symbolizes the lack of freedom. He shows how small and contained he is through alliteration. When he says “cramped circles” and “powerful soft strides”. We see it as shift in the panther when it decides to open his eyes in the third stanza, feeling a strong sense of something (hope possibly), then the feeling vanishes quickly. The author's tone shows desperation. The Panthers wanting to break through the bars and returned to its natural environment.

A Walk
“Going far ahead on the road” could be symbolism for following the path that we take in order to achieve what we really want. When we latch onto this dream, this want, this desire, we are energized to get up and walk towards. “Grasped by what we cannot grasp” is the drive that is making us head in this direction. In the second stanza is kind of seems as though he is saying that your main goal is unachievable, but on the way to the goal you thought you wanted you end up being exactly where you should and want to be. Although that dream wasn't accomplished, the journey of trying wasn’t