Boy at the Window

male chela at the window Response Charlotte Schroeder Ashford University 03/18/2013 ENG cxxv Instructor Abby Forster Poetry is very emotional and speaks or so real life story experiences verses open rhythm and feelings, delight and surprise. There argon three things, aft(prenominal) all, a poem must reach the eye, the ear, and what we may call the watch or the mind. It is most important of all reach the softheartedness of the ref. (cited in Clugston, 2010, Frost) In reading Boy at the Window, by Richard Wilbur, it creates a unequaled look and feeling in response to a child and a snowman.The agent explains in our textbook that it was written, After seeing how distressed his five-year gray-headed son was ab extinct a snowman they had built. (cited in Clugston, 2010) The message and theme is about how a little male child becomes sad after building a snowman and seeing him outside all alone and sad. Wilbur uses different literary elements to reap punishing emotions an d posit fear of losing a friend/loved one. The author shows us two different points of cipher in this poem, first with the childly boy and then with the cold snowman. In the first few lines the proofreader thinks that the young boy is crying about the snowman and how petrified he may be.The boy sees the snowman, while sounding out his window he is all alone and by himself. Then the wind is heard from the boy electioning up and starts feeling what the snowman might be feeling. There is so much forbearance and heartbreak that the boy feels for the snowman at this time. The use of personification is shown while Wilbur states, the fed up(p) take cared figure with bituemen eyes return him a God-forsaken stare. (cited in Clugston, 2010, Boy at the Window, 6) I believe the author Wilbur was creating a unparalleled situation he uses great personifications for the snowman. Personification is a figure of words formed when qualities normally associated with a person are attributed to abstract things or inanimate objects. (cited in Clugston, 2010) The snowman is the conent, he did not want to go within the house yet as he looked at the young boys cry. Since the snowman would bunk if he went into the heated room, he decides to stay outside even though the boy was crying. However, the snowmans heart is moved from the boys cry, but whoremongernot live in his world. The man of snow is, nonetheless, content, having no wish to go inside and die.Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry. (cited in Clugston, 2010, Boy at the Window 9) The poem creates a feeling of fear and the unknown of what will turn over in the afterlife. It is very sad to see a young child cry since they do not understand yet and will have to go through these hard life situations to really understand it. In the poem Wilbur make the character of the snowman human which created human characteristics to allow the reader get involved. Human nature pull ins out so many emotions with us and mak es us feel compassion for others. An allusion is a reference a source makes to a recognized literary work, a person, a historic event, or an artistic achievement to clarify the meaning of an action or a detail in a story, poem, or drama. (cited in Clugston, 2010) The allusion is shown in Wilburs poem, Return to him such a God-forsaken stare. As outcast Adam gave to paradise. (cited in Clugston, 2010, Boy at the Window, 7&8) This is a religious and scriptural reference referring to Adam and Eve. Adams expulsion from the Garden of enlightenment represents believers of the scripture.I believe that he was making a statement of fear of not able to help the boy from fear and evil. The language is very strong in its meanings in this poem and makes you feel it with word choices. The temptations of entering their worlds would bring great harm and on that point was nothing they could do or aver to be with each other. There is also a simile utilise in the line of Adam and the Garden of E den allusion, the snowman is starring at the poor boy and cannot grasp him, just like Adam was looking at the paradise that was no longer his but just move away.Irony is also characterized in this poem, the boy expects that the snowman will always be there as a friend. However, that was not the case, the snowman melted and died in the boys mind. The imagination language was very interesting and was full of surprise. The form of this poem was free verse, This shown by its irregular rhythm and the lines vary in length and lack in rhyme, it really made the reader follow the poem easily and made you stay interested in it. cited in Clugston, 2010) However, the author makes you feel that he is loved by the family by warmth inside, For the child at the glazed pane surrounded by such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear. (cited in Clugston, 2010, Boy at the Window 15) This makes you feel that the boy has so much fear of death, but still has loved ones to pick him back up. I fe el that I could relate to this feeling since I have made so many snowmen in my childhood and confused them all. I can think back and reminisce on how gravely I felt when I saw my new friend disappear.Losing a loved one can be hard I can relate this also to a child losing a pet, there are no words to even describe how painful it is. I incapacitated a pet as a child and it tour my heart out since my pet would do anything just to stay with me, even if it meant twinge to no end. In life you have to experience hardship and poisonous situations, it is a learning curve and teaches you about life and death. Poems are so important in our society they help to get feelings out and express real life situations in a poetic rhythm way.We face so many hard choices and have to let them be interpreted, From an sparing and cultural sphere increasingly dominated by finance capitol and advertising-gives it a chance to play a vital cultural role in an era of pressing ecological and ecological and economic crisis. (Roberts, 2010) The use of the literary elements in Wilburs poem affects my response since he uses point of view from both the characters. He used his real life experiences to let the readers draw with his own feeling and this makes it more real. By using literary elements, it pulls out what message he is trying to get across in his poem.This poem used personification, language, free verse, and allusions to get the readers feelings in touch with the message. References Clugston, R. W. (2010). Journey into literature. Retrieved from https//content. ashford. edu/books DiYanni, R. (2007) belles-lettres Reading fiction, poetry, and Drama. Boston McGraw Hill Retrieved from//www. ashford. edu/ebooks/host Roberts, A. October 20 (2010). The Righteous sceptics Guide to Reading Poetry. The Alantic Monthly Group. Retrieved from https//www. thealantic. com