Analysis TPCASTT of Immortality by Clare Harner

Arya Pratama Rezanova

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Poetry Analysis-TPCASTT

“Immortality” by Clare Harner

T	TITLE	The title of the poem is “Immortality” which made me get the impression that the author will talk about a life that will go on for eternity.
P	PARAPHRASE	Do not stand By my grave, and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with morning’s hush, I am the swift, up-flinging rush Of quiet birds in circling flight, I am the day transcending night. Do not stand By my grave, and cry— I am not there, I did not die. Paraphrased: Don’t stand still Beside my grave and cry I am not there I am not asleep I am in the wind that blows I am the sparkles in the snow I am in the sunlight that reflects off the grain I am the gentle rains in autumn When you get awoken from the morning hush I am the fast and the rush Of the birds in a circling flight I am the day transcending the night Don’t stand still Beside my grave and cry I am not there I didn’t die
C	CONNOTATION	Poetic Devices used in this poem: Metaphor: “I am the” is used to signify that a person when they die does not in fact die but gets immortalized into other things. Like the birds, the wind, the rain, and the sunlight. Symbolism: “I am the” is used multiple times to remind the reader of the state of grief. Rather than remembering the person who died as them disappearing forever, they get immortalized instead in every day’s occurrences like the snow, the wind, the birds, and many more. Anaphora: In this poem, it can clearly be seen that anaphora is used from top to bottom. The words “I am” and “I am the” emphasize that when they’ve passed away, they haven’t gone away forever. Paradox: In this poem, we can see the author use contradiction here: “By my grave, and cry— I am not there, I did not die.” The contradiction here is that the author said “by my grave”. You’d usually think that if someone is in a grave they’re dead, but the author said they didn’t.  The paradox we can understand if you read the entire poem. As you can see from the poem title what the author truly means is that; even if they did die they will always exist in one way or another, as well in the lines:  “I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with morning’s hush, I am the swift, up-flinging rush Of quiet birds in circling flight, I am the day transcending night.” They say that they exist in the world around them even after they died. Meaning that in some way, they didn't completely die.
A	ATTITUDE	The attitude the author used in “Immortality” can be seen as comforting and motherly. It’s as if the author is saying that even though they’re gone life will go on and it will all be okay.
S	SHIFTS	The tone that the author used does not change throughout the poem, it can be seen that it is still comforting until the very end of the poem
T	TITLE	My first prediction was half-correct as although the person passed away, their life took on another form and is immortalized in one way or another, figuratively.
T	THEME	The theme of this poem is grief and how we should view the death of a loved one. How to cope with the sudden disappearance of someone once important in our lives.