Poem Analysis: Sweethearts By Allen Branden
Jamie Noack
Professor Topping
Eng 102 T-R 2:30-3:45
Essay # 2
04/22/2013
In the poem “Sweethearts,” by Allen Branden he describes the feelings of a young couple who have to sneak out to find time to spend with each other. The line, “Through the pale statuary and falling leaves” (2) gives the poem a setting of being in a cemetery in the autumn. Their love is so strong that they never want to be apart. The speaker is a man who is telling a story about a relationship that he was in as a teenager; he is not speaking to anyone unparticular. Through diction, symbols and tone the author explains how young love can be confusing, misunderstood, and full of emotion.
The diction in the first two lines introduces a young couple, but the speaker does not come out and say the word couple he uses the word “they” in the first line. “One late Friday night they grope their way through the pale statuary and fallen leaves”(1-2) The significance of using the word “they” is to go back to the theme of the poem and to keep them secrate and hidden like their relationship. In these lines are a few words that can explain the theme of the poem. The denotation of the word grope is to search about, search blindly, or even to touch in a sexual manner(Marrian-Webster). Using the word grope lets the reader know that the couple is in lust as well as love, because …show more content…
The denotation of the word “planed” is to be grinded down which means that his dreams will be grinded down and not become a reality that he wants. As well as the girls dreams of serving coffee and breakfast. To have dreams of going to college and having a good, successful life is a normal thing for any kid in high school. For the speaker to say these things makes the reader think that this couple wants more out of life seeking out, to the cemetery to have time with each
Professor Topping
Eng 102 T-R 2:30-3:45
Essay # 2
04/22/2013
In the poem “Sweethearts,” by Allen Branden he describes the feelings of a young couple who have to sneak out to find time to spend with each other. The line, “Through the pale statuary and falling leaves” (2) gives the poem a setting of being in a cemetery in the autumn. Their love is so strong that they never want to be apart. The speaker is a man who is telling a story about a relationship that he was in as a teenager; he is not speaking to anyone unparticular. Through diction, symbols and tone the author explains how young love can be confusing, misunderstood, and full of emotion.
The diction in the first two lines introduces a young couple, but the speaker does not come out and say the word couple he uses the word “they” in the first line. “One late Friday night they grope their way through the pale statuary and fallen leaves”(1-2) The significance of using the word “they” is to go back to the theme of the poem and to keep them secrate and hidden like their relationship. In these lines are a few words that can explain the theme of the poem. The denotation of the word grope is to search about, search blindly, or even to touch in a sexual manner(Marrian-Webster). Using the word grope lets the reader know that the couple is in lust as well as love, because …show more content…
The denotation of the word “planed” is to be grinded down which means that his dreams will be grinded down and not become a reality that he wants. As well as the girls dreams of serving coffee and breakfast. To have dreams of going to college and having a good, successful life is a normal thing for any kid in high school. For the speaker to say these things makes the reader think that this couple wants more out of life seeking out, to the cemetery to have time with each