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"As I Walked Out One Evening"

Part two:

Time becomes the powerful controling force and it takes over the remainder of the the poem - thus silencing the lover's voice

Lines (21, 22)

And just as the lover’s song reaches the peak of its impossible claims"all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime:"

Lines (27, 28)

"Time watches from the shadow and cough when you would kiss." Times threatens the very existence of love.

“As I Walked Out One Evening” by W. H.Auden is a poem about the ultimate paradox of time and the constant battle of love to conquer it.

-Personification of time.

Essence of the poem.

Lines (51, 60)

"Life remains a blessing" (51). "And the deep river ran on" (60).

These two lines are a clear indication that despite the poem's ending, time will continue to pass. We have no control over the passage of time and our eventual death. But life is a blessing and as such we should embrace and appreciate it. As I always say,

"Time does not exist, we do."

First half of the poem.

PART ONE:

Lines (19, 20)

First 5 quatrains are the optimistic proclamation of this love-this usage of figurative language (metaphors, personification, smile & hyperbole) all gives a sense of security to the lovers.

The Flower of the Ages/ And the first love of the world". The lover goes on to imply that this love is a special love, more pure and significant than everyone has ever experienced before and no one can ever emulate.

First stanza (3,4)

First metaphor; The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat." A mere contradiction use of rural imagery in an urban setting. the fact that wheat about to be harvested is at the end of its life cycle, the comparison is really quite nunique.

(5,6)

Talks about time frame stating that is likely

Spring or Summer time because "river is brimming."

Third stanza 9, 10:

-The poem is divided into two parts.

The first part talks about how

powerful love is and how it cannot be

fathom by normal human norms such

as time and the laws of physics.

Here we have the first hyperbole. "I love you, dear, I'll love you Till china and Africa meet." An obvious yet intentional exaggeration.

Lines (13,14)

Hyperbole: "I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hang up to dry."

Lines (11, 12)

Details the personification of this love.

-The second part times takes lead.

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