Watching for Dolphins

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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.