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"A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" by Lewis Carroll

Shift

Bibliography

There are 3 main shifts in this poem, first shift is from then second to third stanza, then from the fourth to fifth stanza, then from the sixth to seventh stanza. Yet, the poem does go back and fourth from one tone to another.

Imagery

  • Carroll, Lewis. "Poetry Out Loud : A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky." Poetry Out Loud : A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2014.

The poem goes back into a light tone after the fourth stanza.

Finally, after the sixth stanza the poem has a controversial tone. Leaving the reader thinking.

Examples of imagery are scattered throughout the poem. One example of imagery found in the poem was, “sunny sky”. This example set a light and easy going tone to the poem, which was later shifted into a dark and sad tone, “haunts me, phantom wise”. Lewis Carroll uses imagery to show how something that was once a important and valuable thing in your life is now, haunting you and destroying your life.

The first shift (highlighted in blue) is expressing a light and easy going tone, which is giving the reader the assumption of a happy setting.

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,

Lingering onward dreamily

In an evening of July —

Children three that nestle near,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Pleased a simple tale to hear —

Long has paled that sunny sky:

Echoes fade and memories die:

Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantom wise,

Alice moving under skies

Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream —

Lingering in the golden gleam —

Life, what is it but a dream?

"A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky"

After the fifth stanza the poem returns to a sorrowful tone.

Then, the poem shifts into a more dark and depressed kind of tone, giving the reader a bitter tone.

Alliteration

Theme: The theme of this poem is even if something brought you joy in your past, it can always come back to haunt you.

Carroll uses alliteration when he writes, “ sunny sky, eager eye, golden gleam”. These phrase in the poem give a description of the scene Carroll is trying to depict. When he writes, “Sunny sky” he is illustrating a nice and peaceful setting.

Rhyme Scheme

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,

Lingering onward dreamily

In an evening of July —

Children three that nestle near,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Pleased a simple tale to hear —

Long has paled that sunny sky:

Echoes fade and memories die:

Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantom wise,

Alice moving under skies

Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream —

Lingering in the golden gleam —

Life, what is it but a dream?

Yet, when he writes, “haunts me, phantom wise” he is most likely saying how he is being harassed but old dreadful memories. This device effects the poem because it gives the read a mental visual of what is occurring.

In the poem, Carroll uses a rhyme scheme in each stanza. At the end of each line, in each stanza the word rhymes, “near, ...ear, ...hear”. The rhyme scheme for this poem was AAA, BBB, CCC, etc.

Format: The format of this poem is a extended metaphor, because throughout the poem, it reveals a deeper meaning to it. Lewis Carroll writes 3 lines a stanza, with 7 stanzas.

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky, A

Lingering onward dreamily A

In an evening of July — A

Children three that nestle near, B

Eager eye and willing ear, B

Pleased a simple tale to hear — B

Long has paled that sunny sky: C

Echoes fade and memories die: C

Autumn frosts have slain July. C

Still she haunts me, phantom wise, D

Alice moving under skies D

Never seen by waking eyes. D

Children yet, the tale to hear, E

Eager eye and willing ear, E

Lovingly shall nestle near. E

In a Wonderland they lie, F

Dreaming as the days go by, F

Dreaming as the summers die: F

Ever drifting down the stream — G

Lingering in the golden gleam — G

Life, what is it but a dream? G

This element effected the poem by giving it a beat or 7 to 8 counts per line. Let alone, the poems rhyme scheme, rhymed at the end of each stanza, the poem also had a easy flowing rhythm.

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