{"id":35972,"date":"2022-10-22T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays.homeworkacetutors.com\/2022\/10\/analysis-of-marrysong-dennis-scott-essay\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T11:00:44","slug":"analysis-of-marrysong-dennis-scott-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/analysis-of-marrysong-dennis-scott-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of Marrysong Dennis Scott Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Then Scott having to \u2018chart\u2019 \u2013 suggesting the creation of a map in order to discover his wife, this emphasises the exploration of this \u2018new-found-land\u2019. The poem suggests an unsure attitude, as we see in the first line, \u2018year after year\u2019 we don\u2019t know whether this suggest a long, drawn out relationship that could become dull, or whether this means he is happy, and the year after year suggests commitment. Time takes a prominent role in the poem, with what is described as \u2018year after year\u2019 is then shortened to passing \u2018seasons\u2019 then shrunk still to an \u2018hour\u2019 until the shifting of moods becomes sudden, \u2018suddenly she would change\u2019.<\/p>\n

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This suggests confusion within the relationship for Scott, as the changing of her attitudes becomes unexplainable and undetectable. This unpredictability leads us to the point of the heavy use of \u2018enjambment\u2019 in the first five lines, painting a vivid picture of uncertainty for Scott; conversely, as the poem progresses, we see a much more structured approach.<\/p>\n

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On the contrary, the poem as a whole is generally lacking in structure. The constant use of caesurae, which breaks lines using pauses, denoted by commas and full stops.<\/p>\n

Also, the stutter of \u2018[a]ll, all\u2019\u2019 disrupts the flow of the poem much like the punctuation mentioned. This disruptiveness also contributes to the uncertainty of Scott within the marriage. However, as we approach the concluding lines of the poem Scott evokes a discovery of certainty. He says \u2018accepting her geography\u2019 and stating that he \u2018wondered\u2019 which maybe suggests that he has no need to wander anymore. This final couplet also features a rhyming final two lines, which suggests stability and an atmosphere of certainty.<\/p>\n

The oxymoronic use of \u2018jaunty helpless journey\u2019 suggest that Scott is at his lover\u2019s mercy; this is significant, as the whole poem conveys the idea that the woman dominates the relationship, and that Scott is exploring her and trying to figure her out. At the beginning of the poem we see that Scott says that she is under control by saying \u2018under his eye\u2019, this oxymoron features near to the end of the poem and, with numerous time frames being described in the lines between these two phrases, seems to suggest that after all this time he still has not been able to work her out or even gain control of their relationship.<\/p>\n

Conversely, this contrasts with the following two lines in which Scott is stated to have figured her out \u2018find his way among the landscapes of her mind\u2019. The fourth line, \u2018in the walled anger of her quarried hurt\u2019 takes a prominent role within the poem. The use of \u2018walled\u2019 and \u2018quarried\u2019 suggests an inescapable \u2018territory\u2019 into which Scott seems to be stuck. \u2018Quarried\u2019 also suggests that Scott is trying to unearth her personality, with \u2018walled\u2019 being the defensive behavior with which he does this.<\/p>\n

Love is a dangerous unreliable territory seems to be one of the main themes evoked by the poem. We see that Scott is continuously trying to gain power in the relationship. This seems to be unobtainable throughout the poem, however the title in itself reveals a childlike innocence about Scott; \u2018Marrysong\u2019 isn\u2019t really a word, and sounds like a word a child would make up. It also evokes the bewildering nature of love and the complexity of marriage. Ovid: Ars Amatoria 1. 469-78 states that \u2018dura tamen saxa\u2019 (nonetheless, hard rocks) \u2018molii cavantur aqua\u2019 (are hollowed out by soft water).<\/p>\n

At one stage of the poem Scott states that one can see \u2018cool water laughing where the day before there were stones in her voice\u2019 \u2013 Scott maybe saying that the water hollowed out the rocks and overcame the rocks to make way for love. Furthermore, in relation to territory, Ovid states that \u2018capta vides Pergama sero capita tamen\u2019 (You can see that Troy was captured after a long delay, but she was captured in the end) relating to Scott claiming that his lover\u2019s logic is like a territory needing to be explored, and the references of time relate to Ovid stating that Troy was captured \u2018after a while\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Then Scott having to \u2018chart\u2019 \u2013 suggesting the creation of a map in order to discover his wife, this emphasises the exploration of this \u2018new-found-land\u2019. The poem suggests an unsure attitude, as we see in the first line, \u2018year after year\u2019 we don\u2019t know whether this suggest a long, drawn out relationship that could become […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7195,6079,6210],"tags":[7073,6964,7075,7074,6965],"class_list":["post-35972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essay-help-poetry","category-poetry","category-sample-essay","tag-academic-writing-services","tag-affordable-assignment-assistance","tag-essay-and-assignment-help","tag-homework-assistance","tag-professional-homework-tutors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}