Structure

• What literary device reinforces an overwhelming quality in poetry?

  Enjambment
• How does enjambment affect the flow of words in a poem?

  It creates a cascading, relentless manner
• What is the purpose of parallelism in the poem?

  To contrast the speaker's spiritual change
• What imagery is used to describe the speaker's movement through water?

  Flowing line
• What does the phrase "molted all into one black" suggest about the speaker's experience?

  It indicates control over nature and environment
• How does the speaker's sense of ease change while rowing?

  It dissipates upon realizing nature's greatness
• What is the effect of realizing the greatness of nature on the speaker?

  It becomes strenuous and exhausting
• What is hypotaxis in literature?

  Use of long subordinate clauses in sentences
• What impression does hypotaxis aim to capture in poetry?

  Mightiness and smallness simultaneously
• What is the temperature and weather condition mentioned?

  1°C Cloudy
• What are the key literary devices discussed in the lesson?

  • Enjambment: Reinforces overwhelming quality
  • Parallelism: Contrasts speaker's spiritual change
  • Hypotaxis: Long subordinate clauses for complexity
• How does the speaker's experience change throughout the poem?

  • Begins with ease while rowing
  • Realizes nature's greatness
  • Experience becomes strenuous and exhausting