Analysis Of Requiescat By Oscar Wilde

REQUIESCAT
by: Oscar enragede
Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
 
all told her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
 
Lily-like, white as snow,
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.
 
Coffin-board, heavy stone,
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone,
She is at relaxation method.
 
Peace, peace, she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
whole my lifes buried here,
Heap earth upon it.
|Requiescat is reprinted from An Anthology of Modern Verse. Ed. A. Methuen. London: Methuen & Co., 1921. |

Oscar Wildes poem Requiescat is an elegy, written about the death of his young sister.



It is a simple but beautiful poem in which Wilds solution of death and sadness is conveyed to the reader by dint of a number of effective techniques- tone, rhythm, imagery and rhyme.

To fully examine the poem it is useful to know something of its background. When Oscar Wilde was 12, and his younger sister Isola was virtually 10, she suddenly became ill with a fever and died. Wilde was affected genuinely badly by her death and became very lonely and sad, and would transcend a lot of time visiting his sisters grave. When he was 19 he wrote this poem, and called it Requiescat, which is latin for May she rest. The background helps us understand why the poet would have such(prenominal) strong feelings and such a deep sense of loss.

The theme of the poem is universal and everyone can relate to it. Wilde is writing about losing his sister at a young age- but approximately people have had those same sad feelings when someone they retire has died. Wilde describes his sisters youthful beauty, and it is often the beautiful things that we regain when someone...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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