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Poems: Meeting at Night (Analysis (quench its speed in the slushy sand…

- - - - being slowed by the distance he must cover, the sudden stopping of the boat as it hits the shore etc
  - - - e.g. iambic meter in line 3 and 4, to show the speed of his journey.
    - - perhaps reflects the speaker’s annoyance at not being able to make progress quickly enough.
- - - - The landscape is ‘long’ –
        
        he has a long distance to go.
        
        This shows his impatience.
      - The whole line uses monosyllables – the landscape is boring and plain!
  - - - a symbol for romantic love often used by poets,
      - foreshadows the meeting to come. .
    - - slows down the line,
      - delaying the excitement to come
  - - - the pace seems to quickens
      - as the waves are personified as startled and waking up in fiery ringlets from their sleep.
      - The word fiery reflect’s the poet’s feelings –
        
        he is full of fiery passion.
  - - - seems to increase the sense of urgency.
  - - - seems to reflect the speaker’s own feelings as he nears the house of his beloved
    - - shows his intense/ heightened awareness of the landscape where he will meet his lover.
  - - - shows their excitement, which has raised their heart rate.
  - - - at the very end when the lovers are finally reunited
      - emphasizes their passionate joy.
    - - echoes the beating rhythm of their hearts.