pattern of the poem does not change with each stanza.? ????????? In ?An
Advancement of Learning?, there is also alliteration used to give emphasis to
the negative description of nature, such as ?Something slobbered curtly, close,
smudging the silence??. In every stanza, the endings of two of the lines would
rhyme, ?when his grey brother scraped and fed, ?.on ceiling boards above my
bed?. This would be to make the poem reminiscent of a rhyming poem, but not too
much to turn this poem into one. This is because he has used alliteration at
different points in the poem, which makes the rhythmic pattern of each stanza
different to one another. ????????? In
?Roe-deer? however there is no attempt at any rhythm, and therefore the
technical side to the poem has nothing in common with any other of the other
two poems. There is however two lines to each verse to give some structure to
the poem, apart from the hard-hitting verse of ?The deer had come for me?. This
verse is probably the most powerful one from the poem, as it shows nature
coming to retrieve man, and therefore has been separated from the other
stanzas. In this poem, there are also, like in ?An Advancement of Learning?, a set
number of syllables to each line, which makes ?La Belle Dame Sans Merci? unique
from the other two in that this poem has a definite and solid structure to it. In conclusion to this essay,
I do find Sir Paul Harvey?s comment on the fascination with spiritual
correspondence, reminiscent of not only Keats? era, but also of Hughes and
Heaney, as these three poems show an on-going spiritual and physical encounter
between man and nature, which all adds to the depth of the spiritual
correspondence between man and nature. However, the point that Sir Paul Harvey
has made about poets of Keats? era being fascinated by spiritual
correspondence, is true on the basis of ?La Belle Dame Sans Merci?, as this
poem is a fantasy style poem that has been carefully conjured up to show a deep
spiritual correspondence between man and nature. ?Keats has set the conflict of his time, as having nature as the
victor, but Heaney has shown man as the victor after a hundred and fifty years.
Therefore, these two poems show the spiritual correspondence between man and
nature as being poor, as man and nature are both trying to win over one
another. But Hughes has shown that more recently, nature is trying to get back
to man, and man to nature, as in this day and age we are more conscientious of
our actions and their effects on nature, and are tying to once again live in
harmony to nature, and therefore have a good spiritual correspondence.