Similar Poems and Their Use of Imagery
...ere he wants. Another example of imagery in this poem is the wind. The wind symbolizes his freeness within himself. He says “Enlarged winds that curl the flood / know such liberty” (23-24). Again, he is comparing the endless amount of wind to the freeness that he feels. The final use of imagery being addressed in this poem is the angels. The speaker says “Angels alone that soar above, / enjoy such liberty” (31-32). The angels are the only ones that knew about freedom and what it was like. They know what his true feelings are and how free he is going to feel no matter what happens later. In the poem “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” one example of the use of imagery would be the speaker’s mistress. The speaker says “True, a new mistress now I chase / the first foe in the field” (5-6). His mistress symbolizes his enemies on the field whom he is to go after. Another use of imagery in the poem is the embrace. He says “And with a stronger force embrace / a sword, a horse, a shield” (7-8). The embrace is something that symbolizes how much passion he has for war. The final example of imagery in the poem is the arms. There are many interpretations of the word arms. The meanings can be so different according to how the speaker feels about war and his actual loved one. The word arms could symbolize him going away to the arms of another woman to be loved better than he was, or the word arms could mean him trying to get away from the weapons of war. Making a comparison between the two poems is like saying that the poems are almost exactly the same. Actually comparing the poems, yes, they are more similar because it is all based on the same themes and they both reveal the same meaning. That is that it is all from the same author’s personal experiences and true feelings. Differentiating between the two poems, the speaker in “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” is more concerned with war and is not hesitating to leave his loved one. The war is something that he has a s...