Wheeler Wilcox
Can someone help me analyze The Depths by Ella Wheeler Wilcox?
I need to know the meaning, theme, the use of devices, and, really, anything else that will get me through a 5-8 min presentation.
THE DEPTHS
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Not only sun-kissed heights are fair. Below
The cold, dark billows of the frowning deep
Do lovely blossoms of the ocean sleep,
Rocked gently by the waters to and fro.
The coral beds with magic colors glow,
And priceless pearl-encrusted mollusks heap
The glittering rocks where shining atoms leap
Like living broken rainbows.
Even so
We find the sea of sorrow. Black as night
The sullen surface meets our frightened gaze.
As down we sink to darkness and despair.
But at the depths! such beauty, such delight!
Such flowers as never grew in pleasure’s ways.
Ah! not alone are sun-kissed summits fair
T his site on how to analyze poetry so you can do your homework!
http://library.thinkquest.org/23846/writing_guide/poetry.html
Winds of Fate – Ella Wheeler-Wilcox (by Maggie Smith)
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