Poetry prompt

The poem Here by Philip Larkin uses many literary devices to compare the busy city life to the calm country estate. Larkin uses these literary devices to convey his attitude toward the places he describes.

Many of the literary devices Larkin uses to covey the tone of the novel are common things that we read and use everyday. He uses imagery in the first few lines of the novel to help the reader understand the setting of the poem. He also uses imagery to describe the things like the "Rich industrial shadows." Larkin also uses many pastoral references to compare the busy and industrial ways of the city to the calm natural ways at the country. He uses simple metaphores such as "gold clouds" and "gran-scattered streets" to describe the time of day, dawn in which the sun is rising, and how the sun is effecting the city's features. Larkin also uses hyperbolas to exaggerate ideas to help the reader understand the perspective of the things being described. After all of these literary devices are used, they are somehow weaved together to amplify the hopeful tone of the poem.

The literary devices that reader uses to describe the tone, hopefulness, of the poem, are simple elements that we either read or use on our own, unintentionally, on a daily basis. They effects the way the reader views, figuratively and literally, the ideas behind the poem and how they interpret the overall tone of the poem.