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“Oh could I raise the darken’d veil”

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Oh could I raise the darken’d veil,

Which hides my future life from me,

Could unborn ages slowly sail,

Before my view—and could I see

My every action painted there,

To cast one look I would not dare.

There poverty and grief might stand,

And dark Despair’s corroding hand,

Would make me seek the lonely tomb

To slumber in its endless gloom.

Then let me never cast a look,

Within Fate’s fix’d mysterious book.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne! (aka legend)
July 4th 1804- May 19th 1864
he lived in Salem Massachusetts for most of his young life and later moved to Lenox Massachusetts.  Nathaniel Hawthorne tended to write his stories and poems based on his travels and the culture surrounding the place he was visiting.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Nathaniel Hawthorne.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 30 June 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Nathaniel-Hawthorne.

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pt 1: Definitions, refrences, allusions! oh my!

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pt 1: Definitions, refrences, allusions! oh my!

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corroding: to destroy or weaken something gradually
gloom: partial or total darkness/ to have a depressing appearance

lonely tomb: song by hank williams "Lonely tombs"

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stanza 1: Author wishes to see the future, specifically his own future.

stanza 2: Author is curious and asks what possibilities and decisions are shown in the future.

stanza 3: Author shuts down curiosity about the future due to fear of what he might see.

stanza 4: Author is scared of future death and aging.

stanza 5: The author has decided that he wont even dare to think about what future life he may see, if he were to look into the future.

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this poem is written in first person because the author is conveying his personal feelings towards the future. He also uses many references like I, my and me in his writing. There is no doubt that this author possess a large amount of fear for his future and will even go as far as to pushing away the thought of his future to avoid this fear.
This is obvious when the authors tone is initially based around curiosity, whereas later on in the poem he feels a large amount of fear and depression.

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Stanza 1: The author uses a wistful tone to describe if he were to raise the darken'd veil. This darken'd veil is assumed to be time in which the author would remove the limitations of time to look into his future life.

Stanza 2: The author asks about his future and the possibilities of his future. The future cant be viewed as something so straightforward as what the author is asking which is why this is a rhetorical question.

Stanza 3: The author is fearful of what bad things he might see in his future like "poverty and grief". Rather than being hopeful and confident about his future the author is feeling a sense of resentment, which he feels looking into the future will discourage him even more.

Stanza 4:The author is fearful most of all of death, and the "slumber in its endless gloom". The author doesn't portray death to be peaceful but rather dark and a deteriorating process.

Stanza 5: Author reassures himself and readers that he will "never cast a look" to the future. As well as continues the sense of mystery found in the future.

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Rhetorical Question: When the author asks is unborn ages slowly sail and would his every action be painted there, he is showing his curiosity for the future rather than actually asking the reader. This gives the reader a bit of curiosity themselves, since no one actually knows what would happen if they looked into the future. Having a sense of curiosity in the reader allows for the author to play on that curiosity and shut it down in a new stanza.

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Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action of the other.
This poetic device is found in stanza 2 where the poet describes ages to slowly sail and actions to be painted in front of a view point. By using metaphors like these the author is taking something rather innocent like sailing and painting to set a softer tone of the poem before moving into a more somber tone. By doing this, the author is creating more of an impact for the reader when later stating his fears of the future.

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Consonance: Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel

This poetic device is used in stanza 5, with the two words look and book. The connotation in this stanza allows readers to compare looking at a book, with the author describing how he could potentially view his entire future. By using the word choice look and book, it gives a sense of urgency in that the book may not be his to see in the first place. By using connotation, the readers will be able to link together those select words that show urgency.