Symbolism+In+Poetry

Symbolism In Poetry


 * Directions:** You will use the link below to access a website that gives examples of symbolism in poetry. You will select a poem, think about how the poem uses symbolism, and respond in the discussion portion of this page your thoughts about the poem.

//Step 1: Please click on the following// **[|//Student Symbolism Poems//]
 * Process:

//Step 2: Read through several poems,and select one that you find interesting.

Step 3: In the discussion portion of this page, discuss the symbolism used in the poem. Be sure to include in your response what the symbolism represents, how the poet used the symbolism, and the effects the symbolism had on the poem.

__Look at the example below:__ //



DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT by Dylan Thomas


Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. **  Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. **
 * Do not go gentle into that good night,
 * And you, my father, there on the sad height,

**Rage, rage against the dying of the light. **