Oscar Wilde by Angel A. Keller

What type of poem is it? Why

angkeller24 — 2024-04-15 16:55:02 UTC

the harlots house is a Theatre-poem and the overall sense of the artifice and its emphases on the performance of the characters.

Who is the speaker of the poem provide evidence from the poem

angkeller24 — 2024-04-17 17:02:39 UTC

The speaker is not identified as the poem is written in a first person perspective the poem states.

"Then turning to my love I said"

What is the tone of the poem? List Specific words or ideas

angkeller24 — 2024-04-17 17:57:36 UTC

The tone of the poem is Aestheticized and indeed sensual but at the same time macabre and unsettling.

"Sometimes a clockwork puppet pressed A phantom lover to her breast Sometimes they seemed to try to sing" - The harlots house

What is the theme of the poem? provide evidence from the poem.

angkeller24 — 2024-04-17 18:10:38 UTC

The poem presents contrasting images of the nature of love and lust. Oscar seems disgusted yet fascinated at what he sees.

"Then turning to my love I say The dead are dancing with the dead the dust is whirling with dust."

"But she--she heard the violin and left my side, and entered in: love passed into the house of lust"

What's the mood of the poem? Provide evidence From the poem

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 16:57:27 UTC

appalled and fascinated, disgusted and enticed by the inmates of the harlot's house.

"Inside, above the din and fray,
We heard the loud musicians play
The "Treues Liebes Herz" of Strauss.

Like strange mechanical grotesques,
Making fantastic arabesques,
The shadows raced across the blind."

Identify similes and metaphors

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 17:02:26 UTC

Slim silhouetted skeletons are usually unpleasent to hear.

identify symbols in the poem and discuss there significance

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 17:54:02 UTC

A song representing true love plays in the harlot's house while skeleton-like creatures of lust dance with "the dead." This tune eventually "turns false." The women, described as ghostly and slim, wire-pulled and lifeless, serve as the physical manifestation of the decay of true love and the focus on lust.

Identify personification in the poem

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 18:03:13 UTC

"The dead are dancing with the dead" - what is dead is inanimate and cannot 'dance'. Symbolism : The dead represent the harlots (prostitutes) and how their lives are full of lust - and one who does not have love is known to be dead in this poem.

Identify images in the poem. What do the images add to the poem?

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 18:06:46 UTC

The images the author portrays to the reader mainly focus on two subjects: Love and Lust. It is shown through the comparison of acts between the couple and the promiscuous house of harlots.

Identify the allusions and discuss the significance.

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 18:09:53 UTC

It shows the line between love and lust its Illusional mechanical and death like

Identify alliteration, assonance, and consonance. What do these sound effects do for the poem

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 18:11:43 UTC

Alliteration: Slim silhouetted skeletons

Assonance-the repeatation of the syllables

Discuss any of the other poetry terms from the poetry terms list that are included in the poem

angkeller24 — 2024-04-22 18:12:31 UTC

there nothing else worth noting