Assignment on “The Apparitions” by William Butler Yeats

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a) Discuss the themes of loneliness and disillusionment in the poem.

b) How do these devices contribute to the overall mood and message of the poem?

[Aramide]

Answer to (a)

 

In the second stanza , the poetic persona embarks on a self introspective journey where he expresses how he finds comfort in loneliness ” I have found nothing half so good as my long – planned half solitude” this portrays That nothing as ever made the poetic persona feel half as good as his long planned solitude, the “long planned half solitude” means in as much as the poetic persona loves to be alone ,he also enjoys the company of friends who won’t judge him when his words don’t sound so intelligent to them .

 

 

 

Answer to (b)

 

The speaker expresses that old age comes with several attributes one of which includes loneliness and disillusionment. As old people move closer to death they usually want to be alone so as to not be judged .

     Then the poetic persona went further to say that old people tend to have sleepless nights ” his empty heart is full ” which results in them hallucinating and seeing dead people.      Severally,the poem emphasis on how life is vanity through ” a coat upon a coat – hanger ” and that death is inevitable for all humans .

[Aramide]

AKANDE TIMILEYIN

[justseyi]

Your answer to number one is very impressive and correct. your number 2 on the other hand, wasn’t quite as impressive but good still.

• This reply was modified 4 weeks ago by justseyi.

[Olasupo Mashood]

Olasupo mashood

Answer to a

The poetic persona go on in the final stanza and say when a man grows old his joy grows more deep day after day , this shows how lonely he feels at his old age,the more he has longer night with his eyes unclose the more his full of fright, and how he spend the days soliloquizing because he has no one to talk with this was another stanza which says I have found nothing half so good As my long-planned half solitude, Where I can sit up half the night,this means he always enjoy staying late and the value of enjoying time alone and the importance of the quiet contemplation and self reflection

[justseyi]

You mixed up so many answers into one Mr Mashood, First tackle loneliness, which you did very well; I just couldn’t grasp the aspect of disillusionment as included in your response

[Olasupo Mashood]

Olasupo mashood

answer to b

The poetic persona hint at inevitability of death,the increasing night represent the approach of death,despite his solitude,the speaker recognized that death remains an unavoidable truth he also explore how aging alters perception,The coat on a coat-hanger, mistaken for an apparition, symbolizes how the old often perceive the mundane as mystical or frightening the speaker also find joy in solitude but he also want companionship who will accept everything he does and won’t make any complaints

[justseyi]

This is pretty accurate, good Job

• This reply was modified 4 weeks ago by justseyi.

[Alice]

 

question 1: discuss the themes of loneliness and dissillusionment in the poem. Answers:The poem apparitions explored the theme of loneliness which is the man focus of the poem and also reflects on aging and the transformation of perception.yeats expresses a preference for solitude and company of a friend who does not judge his incoherence.he also lay emphasis on the paragraph two describing how lonely he was.he says(I have found nothing half so good,as my long planned half solitude where I can’t sit up).he also explained how old age change ones perspective and made him to realized that he is closer to death,yeats also further in his explanations that he experienced apparitions severally, which he sees that too much of isolation also cause it.

 

 

Questions 2:how does these devices contribute to the overall mood and message of the poem. Answers: The two devices mentioned is the theme of loneliness and dissillusionment, they are centre idea and main theme of the poem,the poet explained how emotions of being isolated he was, which made him underscores by the apparitions.the poet also explained how reality and illusion represent his imaginative thought,suggesting that as one grow older,reality become increasingly blurred.so,this device trigger his mood to explain how the journey of being solitude and isolated he was.

[justseyi]

Both were answered well, but I do have a general objection for you and your colleagues: so many big words with little to no break down or explanation to boost understanding.

[Alice]

[3/21, 7:11 AM] ADE-RONKE : Assignment 1:The apparations. Question 1: discuss the themes of loneliness and dissillusionment in the poem. Answers:The poem apparitions explored the theme of loneliness which is the man focus of the poem and also reflects on aging and the transformation of perception.yeats expresses a preference for solitude and company of a friend who does not judge his incoherence.he also lay emphasis on the paragraph two describing how lonely he was.he says(I have found nothing half so good,as my long planned half solitude where I can’t sit up).he also explained how old age change ones perspective and made him to realized that he is closer to death,yeats also further in his explanations that he experienced apparitions severally, which he sees that too much of isolation also cause it.

 

Questions 2:how does these devices contribute to the overall mood and message of the poem. Answers: The two devices mentioned is the theme of loneliness and dissillusionment, they are centre idea and main theme of the poem,the poet explained how emotions of being isolated he was, which made him underscores by the apparitions.the poet also explained how reality and illusion represent his imaginative thought,suggesting that as one grow older,reality become increasingly blurred.so,this device trigger his mood to explain how the journey of being solitude and isolated he was.

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