Otherwise Commentary

other than Commentary The poem other than is short, simplistic and eloquent. The indite, Cilla McQueen, describes two experiencers that argon primed(p) on opposite sides of the world. McQueen uses the agnomen to emphasize the difference of opinions. The talkers emotions are expressed through two main themes love and outgo. Imagery and language maximize the emotions associated with these themes. Additionally, she uses many literary devices throughout the poem for effect. From the onset, the title Otherwise is vital to the poem foreshadowing contravention, contrast and turmoil. The word sets the scene for two varied sides of love.In this case, love is not presented as joyful and unassured but rather as agonizing and painful due to distance. It is the title that influences the structure of the poem and emphasizes the contrasting ideas. A physical divide gage be observed surrounded by the conscious give tongue to of populace, stanza 1, and the subconscious state of visio n, stanza 2 each stanza representing two very different perspectives of love. Finally, the title is considerably connected to the poem as it is echoed and punctuated in line 5, where water spirals and the lunar month waxes otherwise. The main themes found in the poem revolve around love and distance.Love is the predominant theme. It is the distance that causes the suffering and the agony. The poem opens with the talker stating, I come from an opposite country from yours. The reader is immediately involved in the love story understanding that the buffs are located in different countries as mentioned in line 6 stars assemble in foreign patterns. Constellations give different perspectives depending on where one is in the world. The distance quantified by the footnote clarifies the opposite country means the vocalizer comes from the other hemisphere. This ample distance can infer that the yellowish browns are from different cultures. As the vocalisers love for her lover becomes apparent so too does the hurt and torment that the couple faces due to both physical and emotional distance. McQueen uses mental imagery and phrase to accentuate the contrasts between the state of reality, stanza 1, and the state of dream, stanza 2. The author utilizes simple structure coupled with a rich, descriptive vocabulary to compare the speakers breeding at present to a metaphorical life with her lover in the future.She parallels her life to water spirals. The water spirals represent the philippic pattern of the speakers life. This monotone pattern is due to the yearn for her lover. The spiral revolves around a rally point for the speaker this central point is her lover living on another hemisphere. The reader imagines the speakers daily activities to be repetitive, dull and without purpose as she awaits her lovers arrival. This metaphor symbolizes the complexity of both love and nature both elements are beautiful in all their intricacies.On the contrary, the second st anza presents the desired, hoped for, dream images, we would walk together quietly right to the very end. This expiration incorporates the would aspect to illustrate that this is a metaphysical situation conjuring up a happy and hopeful image of the two lovers walking along the beach until the end, death. These powerful images and choice of words underline the differences between the state of reality and the state of dream effectively expressing how painful it is to be apart and the bliss of organism together forever. The scenes are vivid and put one across making the reader feel empathy for the speaker.There are a frame of literary devices that emphasize certain aspects of the poem. Firstly, the speaker expresses his thoughts in the first soul the verses are free. There is no iambic pentameter or rhyming pattern. This name gives a conversational, intimate tone as if the reader is eavesdropping in on the two lovers. Secondly, this informal tone is contrasted by the formal and d ecisive model of the poem. Furthermore, it is evident by the physical appearance of the poem that that a conflict of the settings exists, I watch often not traffic or television receiver but hour by hour the huge tide.The speaker compares two different lifestyles one of the speaker situated on a coast soothing, relaxing and simple. Meanwhile her lover is located in a city loud, tense and complex. The physical divide in the poem presents the conflict in the settings inferring the conflict in the relationship. This conflict is reflected by the change in tone from stanza 1 to stanza 2. The first stanza is full of facts as she sadly describes her reality while the second stanza is full of emotions and hope expressing the metaphysical situation the lovers would be in if united. If you were with me now underlines the ambiguity of when now will come. As the author guides the reader through the relationship, she dreams of the setting and activities giving hope that the lovers would do mu ch(prenominal) things once together. An interesting simile is used if and when the speakers lover comes back to her favorite beach. This symbolizes home, the nest the beach represents for the speaker a place of nurturing, peace, safety and joy. Enjambment is also used effectively to get the flow of feelings.This device along with little punctuation enables the reader to clear without limits. The only punctuation is found in the form of a few periods to permit the reader to pause but no capitals follow such(prenominal) as, sliding through. if you were here. This technique permits thoughts to continue. Moreover, alliteration is used throughout the poem. The earn w suggests soothing and comforting feelings, such as, where water, waxes, were with, walk, cycle, and we would walk. This reassuring sound represents what love is supposed to be warm, descriptor and supportive.All of the above devices combined make the complex concepts of love and distance clear and very well thought out. In conclusion, McQueen does a lifelike job at expressing the abovementioned two themes using the title to foreshadow, imagery and diction to empathize with the speaker and the many literary devices to present the emotions of the desperate speaker yearning for her lover to return. All devices are masterfully coordinated to say the sad reality of the speakers life and the hope of being reunited with her lover. (1037)