Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Mariana
This is probably one of the most depressing poems I have ever read. The natural setting of the piece is so dreary and bleak. The woman, Mariana, is so forlorn that it was difficult to read all the lines regarding her because who wants to read something that sad? Aside from all of that negative, I was wondering who "He" was in the poem. I was thinking that "He" is the typical poetic representation of the woman's lover, her father, her brother, or Jesus. However, since nature is clearly a focal point of the point, does "He" represent some personified form of nature? Is "He" the beautiful side of nature and of hope that Mariana is waiting for but never seeing?
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I'm pretty sure "he" is her lover. I agree this poem is depressing, but it obviously has its merits. In her sadness, Mariana seems to be in a world of her own where time, night and day and sleeping and waking, seems to run together and the nature around her is seen through a lens of bleakness. There is apparent pathetic fallacy going on: nature around her is mirroring her own sadness and despair. She and nature seem to come together. The repeated refrain that she says over and over again exaggerates this cyclical, unending, dreary life she lives and nature lives alongside her.
ReplyDeleteI agree with "he" being her lover... and it is almost as if "he" represents disappointment in her life... I also agree that she and nature are mirrors, so just as she is let down by "he" so is nature.. with nature's "he" (if that makes sense)
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