Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
The Deserted Village Oliver Goldsmith wrote the pastoral poem, ‘The Deserted Village’ which came out in the year 1770 was dedicated to a well-known and respected artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds (Dedication). The poem’s deserted village referred to Athlone, Ireland, Goldsmith’s childhood home. ... There were five revolutionary innovations that spurred industrialization of which mass production through the division of laber, the great increase in the supply of iron and the steam engine and the changes it made possible in industry and transportation, were directly related to goldsmith’s poem (bulliet et al, 466). ... I consider Goldsmith’s ‘The Deserted Village’ truly a great work of art, but it ahd two different appeals to me. ... ” (Goldsmith, line 5). In this quote at the beginning of the poem, Goldsmith took me back into the past where I used to spend my summers with my grandparents in a far away village. And I experienced a lot of the happiness and innocance as did Goldsmith. ... While I was reading it I remembered the smell of the fresh green grass of the village, saw its beauty and modest surroundings, heard the voices and laughter of my friends, felt the humble dress of my grandmother and tasted her sweet unforgettable cookies. ... While I was reading it I could feel myself getting excited to see what Goldsmith was going to say next about this lovely village and what happened to it but my excitement didn’t last for long and after reading 6 pages I lost concentration and my excitement kind of died with the long length of the poem. ... Yet some other criticism were positive, for instance “The sweet and tender seriousness of The Deserted Village is relieved by touches of humor, as well as heightened by touches of pathos; if sorrow disturb the heart, it is more than half consoled by the thought, that gentle or happy natures will find or make for themselves such simple and unexacting pleasures, wherever their lot may cast (Moulton 681)” (Critical Opinion). Goldsmith is relaying a message through the poem.