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In the poem “Silver” Walter de la Mare uses many common literary devices to stimulate the reader's imagination and create imagery making this poem an enjoyable reading. “Silver” is a poem that demonstrates the coming of night time, and what everything becomes when the moon goes up. These affects are shown through imagery. Throughout the poem Walter de la Mare uses many sound devices such as the assonance of the "s" to exemplify the mood and give it a mysterious and deep feeling. He also uses things such as allusion of the moon which is very similar the story about King Midas who turned everything into gold, in this poem the moon represents King Midas turning everything into silver. Such devices and techniques that the author uses give the poem its life and initial impact on the reader making it a classic literary poem. In the "Silver" the speaker is talking in first person. The speaker is bewildered as they witness the personified moon changing everything into silver. The speaker watches as not only does the moon shine its light on everything in the night, but also evolves the essence of nature and shrouds it in a blanket of gleaming silver changing its appearance. The line “silver reeds in a sliver stream” shows this silver effect of the moon. This particular line is also an example of the assonance of the "s" sound the author uses to create a mystical and lonely mood for the reader that captivates their imagination.
The poem's rhyme scheme is AABB CCDD EEFFGG, this poem is also very similar to a haiku because it is like an extended haiku talking about nature, and also uses a pattern of syllables. Stanza one’s syllable count is eight, eight, eight, eight, seven, nine, eight, eight, ten. Stanza two’s syllable count is nine, nine, nine, nine, nine. The syllable pattern contributes to the rhyme and rhythm of the Silver. When reading the poem it is an unstressed, stressed manner, and every sentence in the first stanza ends stressed. Every line in stanza two ends unstressed.
There is s one simile present in the poem. That simile is “couched in his kennel, like a log.” he author here is comparing the dog to a log and in this case and in this case, the word couched means lying in a place of rest. Assonance is shown in the line “one by one, the casements catch.” The repetition of vowels “a,” and “o” are found at the beginning of words.“a” is found in “casements catch.” and “O” is found in “one by one”.
Examples of sensory language are "a harvest mouse goes scampering by" this creates a vivid image in the readers mind of a small mouse moving along, making a little noise each time it moves. Another example is “silver fruit upon silver trees.” when reading this line you immediately imagine a gleaming fruit hanging above you while you are dumbfounding like a small child because of its shine. Another is with paws of silver sleeps the dog” and “moveless fish in the water gleam” are creating imagery. All of these lines are showing the majestic effects of the moonlight.
“Her beams beneath the silver thatch” is an example of another element the author adds to the poem he refers to the moon with words such “her” and “she” in the poem symbolizes the moon's gender. This personifies the moon by giving it a gender and personality of a woman. By making the moon a women the moon acts of a motherly figure throughout the poem. It is shown in the lines “walks the night in her silver shoon,” this way, and that, she peers, and sees” and “her beams beneath the silver thatch.” The word “him” symbolizes the dog. It is shown in the line, “couched in his kennel, like a log.”. “Slowly, silently, now the moon walks the night,” “the casements catch,” and “her silver shoon.” The moon is walking, the casements are catching, and the moon has silver shoon. In this case, shoon means shoes. All of these examples are showing something inanimate showing human qualities.
In the first couplet Walter de la Mare sets the scene up by having the speaker watch as the moon walks in her silver slippers. She walks "slowly" and "silently" creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere for the reader because you imagine a beautiful moonlit sky on a cloudless night. The second couplet finds the moon looking intently at silver fruit on a silver tree. The glow of her silver makes adds rich silver to everything she touches. Just like in the story of King Midas, everything he touched turned to silver as the moon walks around with her silver shoons she turns all of nature silver. Then as the poem continues the speaker observes everything they know turn into silver. In Stanza two shows how the moon has changed the environment. “A harvest mouse goes scampering by, With silver claws and a silver eye” is one of the changes shown. The poem stops progressing as a story. It describes only what’s happening to everything. The theme of this peom is the appreciation of nature. How the most unlikely thing such as the calm night can actually be serene and beautiful bringing to life more than just the stars, but a whole new world that many can gaze and be in awe of this poem shows the beautiful side of the night. Its theme reveals the mysterious, fantastic world that appears on a silent night with the moon shining brightly upon the landscape.