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    Compare How The Authors of Piano and Poem at Thirty-Nine Convey Childhood?

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    The document compares how the authors of the poems "Piano" and "Poem at Thirty-Nine" convey childhood. In "Piano", D.H. Lawrence reminisces nostalgically about his close relationship with his mother, who died when he was young. He uses vivid descriptive language and complex musical terminology to describe clear, distinct memories. In contrast, Alice Walker's "Poem at Thirty-Nine" reflects on her relationship with her father in a more detached, simple style using basic language and a slowed pace, suggesting she is still developing her feelings and memories of him. Both poems explore the authors' grief and nostalgia over the late parent who played a significant role in their childhood.

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    The document compares how the authors of the poems "Piano" and "Poem at Thirty-Nine" convey childhood. In "Piano", D.H. Lawrence reminisces nostalgically about his close relationship with his mother, who died when he was young. He uses vivid descriptive language and complex musical terminology to describe clear, distinct memories. In contrast, Alice Walker's "Poem at Thirty-Nine" reflects on her relationship with her father in a more detached, simple style using basic language and a slowed pace, suggesting she is still developing her feelings and memories of him. Both poems explore the authors' grief and nostalgia over the late parent who played a significant role in their childhood.

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    The document compares how the authors of the poems "Piano" and "Poem at Thirty-Nine" convey childhood. In "Piano", D.H. Lawrence reminisces nostalgically about his close relationship with his mother, who died when he was young. He uses vivid descriptive language and complex musical terminology to describe clear, distinct memories. In contrast, Alice Walker's "Poem at Thirty-Nine" reflects on her relationship with her father in a more detached, simple style using basic language and a slowed pace, suggesting she is still developing her feelings and memories of him. Both poems explore the authors' grief and nostalgia over the late parent who played a significant role in their childhood.

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    The document compares how the authors of the poems "Piano" and "Poem at Thirty-Nine" convey childhood. In "Piano", D.H. Lawrence reminisces nostalgically about his close relationship with his mother, who died when he was young. He uses vivid descriptive language and complex musical terminology to describe clear, distinct memories. In contrast, Alice Walker's "Poem at Thirty-Nine" reflects on her relationship with her father in a more detached, simple style using basic language and a slowed pace, suggesting she is still developing her feelings and memories of him. Both poems explore the authors' grief and nostalgia over the late parent who played a significant role in their childhood.

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    Compare how the authors of Piano and Poem at Thirty-Nine convey childhood?

    Piano is a poem written by D H Lawrence about his nostalgia about his


    childhood. The poem follows the narrative of his grief of his mother whom died
    when he was 21. Poem at Thirty-Nine is a poem by Alice Walker about her
    relationship with her father. This essay will explore the way the authors present
    their nostalgia, their relationship with their parent and the use of lexis
    throughout both poems.

    In both poems the author reminisce about their late parent. In Piano the poet is
    reminded of his mother by a song played on a “piano.” The use of the word
    “piano” references how the mother was a soft figure in the poets life as “piano” is
    a musical term for soft. Furthermore, the poet remembers sitting and “pressing
    the small, poised feet.” The use of descriptive language conveys how the poet has
    very clear and distinct memories of his relationship with his mother, this is
    contextually relevant as babies and toddlers often latch onto the feet of people
    they are close to. The word “poised” conveys how Lawrence’s mother is elegant
    and careful about how she is presented, from this we can infer that Lawrence’s
    mother tried to protect him and presented a strong and ideal view of the world.
    Likewise, Walker starts the poem off by stating, “How I [she] miss [es] my [her]
    father.” The use of a full stop instead of an exclamation mark shows how Walker
    is reflective. Later on the same line is repeated but with an exclamation mark,
    showing the natural progression of grief and nostalgia. The writer conveys how
    her father “taught” her to do basic things showing how he was a big part of her
    life. Walker continues by saying her father “must have said:” the use of the modal
    verb shows the authors lack of certainty of her memories and her ability to
    recall. This contrasts to Poem at Thirty-Nine in which the poet has a clear
    recollection of his memories.

    In contrast, Lawrence conveys how he was very close to his mother; the mock
    sonnet form of the poem conveys this, this conveys how the poem is about
    familial love. The use of the word “appassionato,” means passionately in Italian
    the use of this word to describe the Piano piece conveys how Lawrence was
    passionate about his mother and how he felt she was very important to him.
    Moreover, Lawrence’s use of specific musical language out of context conveys
    how he is very knowledgeable in music and feels very strongly for musical terms
    that remind him of his mother. On the other hand, Walker’s writing style makes
    her seem very detached from her grief. The use of monosyllabic words in the first
    paragraph implies that like a young child whom has to develop the poet has to
    allow her grief to develop. Walker’s use of a truncated verse slows down the
    reader and highlights how she is not sure how she felt about her father as she is
    taking her time to develop her feelings. She writes how her father was “so tired.”
    From this we can infer that he struggled to meet her needs. This contrasts to
    Poem at Thirty-Nine where Lawrence’s grief was all consuming.

    Moreover, Lawrence’s use of complex lexis is evocative.


    Lawrence describes his grief as “insidious.” The use of
    “insidious” to personify his grief shows that his grief crept
    up on him without him noticing. The personification shows
    how his grief acts as a companion for his memories.
    Compare how the authors of Piano and Poem at Thirty-Nine convey childhood?

    However, Walker’s use of basic lexis conveys how her


    relationship with her father was simple. He taught Walker
    about “telling the truth,” the use of alliteration of the letter
    “t” highlights the hard and difficult lessons that she would
    have been taught by her father.

    In conclusion, Walker and Lawrence convey childhood in


    very different ways.

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