Marianne Moores 'The minds an enchanting thing' Flashcards
what is Moores ‘the mind is an enchanting thing’ entered around?
Moore tapes into themes of human existence, reality, memory, and experience. These universal themes are applicable to all readers from a variety of backgrounds. But, the content is obscured due to Moore’s heavy use of allusion.
Its a very complicated and image-rich poem that describes the nature of the human mind.
State the key poetic devices Moore utilises in ‘the mind is an enchanting thing’
It’s a six stanza poem, each stanza of which is made up of six lines. These lines follow a very specific rhyme scheme of ABACCD. Rather than use a metrical pattern to structure the lines, Moore chose to organise them by syllable number. This pattern, in addition to the consistent rhyme scheme, are a good balance to the strange images that make uptake the bulk of this poem.
- Imagery
- Alliteration
- Enjambment
- Simile.
- Metaphor
- Complex use of Personification
Context of Marianne Moore
Marianne moore was form america and came form a deeply religious family + upbringing. Like her mother and her elder brother, Moore remained a devoted Presbyterian, strongly influenced by her grandfather, approaching her Christian faith as a lesson in strength vindicated through trials and temptations.
consequently her poems often deal with the themes of strength and adversity. She believed “it was not possible to live without religious faith” so + her poems often embody her virtues.
