Analysis of Beach Chairs
The poem “Beach Chairs”, written by Joyce Ebrecht, is one of many poems that share a meaning of love. The situation of the poem is that of two couples sitting on beach chairs and watching the world pass by while thinking about their love for each other. The overall themes of this poem are that of love and unity. Joyce Ebrecht achieves these overall themes through the structure, diction, figures of speech, pace/rhythm, and sounds of the poem.
Structure is a crucial element in a poem and can serve to enhance the theme. “Beach Chairs” is organized into 6 stanzas, each stanza composed of 4 lines. Starting with the first stanza at setting sun to the last at sunrise, the majority of the poem occurs at night. Night and darkness represents the dangers in life like a disaster or a crisis and during these times people can get separated, hence ships being far out at sea. People move from one area to another and society as a whole could change like the changing tides. The structure of the poem is set in a particular way that a major pattern exists between each stanza. In every alternating stanza starting from the first, the second line bares a verb, which is setting, walking, and changing. This is pattern A. All the other stanzas contain a noun which is ships, waves and sunrise. This is pattern B. In terms of the entire poem on every second line of each stanza the pattern of ABABAB occurs. As the poem progresses these terms become more powerful and they resonate a noticeable meaning of interconnection, just like as two people’s feelings for each other become stronger ultimately leading to marriage.
Throughout the poem the author uses many different words and phrases to represent love and unity. There is no doubt that love is one of the words within the poem but there are also a variety of other such words as smiling, knowing, realize, happiness, and joy. As these terms are introduced into the poem the meaning of the words become deeper showing a more interwoven
Structure is a crucial element in a poem and can serve to enhance the theme. “Beach Chairs” is organized into 6 stanzas, each stanza composed of 4 lines. Starting with the first stanza at setting sun to the last at sunrise, the majority of the poem occurs at night. Night and darkness represents the dangers in life like a disaster or a crisis and during these times people can get separated, hence ships being far out at sea. People move from one area to another and society as a whole could change like the changing tides. The structure of the poem is set in a particular way that a major pattern exists between each stanza. In every alternating stanza starting from the first, the second line bares a verb, which is setting, walking, and changing. This is pattern A. All the other stanzas contain a noun which is ships, waves and sunrise. This is pattern B. In terms of the entire poem on every second line of each stanza the pattern of ABABAB occurs. As the poem progresses these terms become more powerful and they resonate a noticeable meaning of interconnection, just like as two people’s feelings for each other become stronger ultimately leading to marriage.
Throughout the poem the author uses many different words and phrases to represent love and unity. There is no doubt that love is one of the words within the poem but there are also a variety of other such words as smiling, knowing, realize, happiness, and joy. As these terms are introduced into the poem the meaning of the words become deeper showing a more interwoven