Analysis Of Straws Like Tame Lightnings By Maccaaig
In the first stanza MacCaig examines the world around him. While this examination can be viewed as a mere description of a setting for the poem, it also speaks for the thought process of the narrator (MacCaig). He considers the vast scale of the world but also its detail and preciseness.
Poetic Devices/Techniques
• MacCaig uses two similes in the first stanza to create a detailed image in our minds as to what he is seeing. “Straws like tame lightnings” creates the image of the sharp crooked nature of lightning reflected in a less extreme, “tame”, way by the straw. • The second simile, “green as glass”, is a strange one as one would not normally consider glass to be green. However MacCaig’s use of this phrase vivifies the idea
Poetic Devices/Techniques
• MacCaig uses two similes in the first stanza to create a detailed image in our minds as to what he is seeing. “Straws like tame lightnings” creates the image of the sharp crooked nature of lightning reflected in a less extreme, “tame”, way by the straw. • The second simile, “green as glass”, is a strange one as one would not normally consider glass to be green. However MacCaig’s use of this phrase vivifies the idea