Watching for Dolphins
Shifts
pronoun change
stanza 6
¨the company/dispersed"
there is no more group
stanza 1, 2 and 3
¨they¨
¨we¨
characters
different stereotypes
the children
the ones who take photos
the ones who just get married
metaphorical view
people are not only there to see dolphins
perhaps, they want to disconnect from his busy life
poem division
in 3 parts
literal:arrival
last part
the dreamlike sequence
stanza 4 and 5
the literal moment at the beginning
literary devices
sibilance sound
Stanza 1
perhaps connected to the the movement of the sea
Onomatopoeia
¨gong and drum¨
enjambment
perhaps it represents the movement of the sea.
simile
¨Stared like a saint¨
personification
of the dolphins ¨come smiling¨
repetition
of the word ¨one¨ in stanza 1 and 2
Ttle
dolphins starts with capital letter to make the reader focus on the word.
represnts the conflict of the poem
idea of religion
vocabulary
many references to religious
to divinize dolphins
like Mitological creatures
¨like satyrs¨
quotations
"Eyes cast down"
represents the disappointment of people.
"Praying the sky would clang and the abused Aegean/reverberate with cymbal, gong and drum."
Represents the Aegean see who has been an abused see by human activity such as tourism.
dolphins
contrast
present
they are consider only as an attraction.
past
they have a connection with the divine word.
