Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Question 1

about

Answer 1

• speaker reminisces about a formative experience from his childhood, which becomes a catalyst for his artistic awakening and deeper understanding of life and death

Question 2

summary

Answer 2

• begins, witness two birds nesting near the sea.
• she bird dissapears, he bird mourns
• event turning point, spekaers grapples harsh realist
• he bird cries, speaker feels his own loss
• throughout, natural world as a backdrop for the unfolding drama
• moon, starts, silent .
• speaker recognises role of the he bird, in awakeingig his own creative spirit
• through poetic expression, speaker finds solace and redemption transcending his personal grief to embrace more understand of humans
• speaker reflects transformative power of art, acknowledges influnce
• end sense of acceptance

Question 3

sea

Answer 3

• symbol of eternity
• cyclical nature of death

Question 4

form

Answer 4

• spirit of an elergy
• elegiac tone

Question 5

motif

Answer 5

• an action, image, idea that repears in work of lit
• has to be symbollic

Question 6

vignette

Answer 6

• short scene within a larger narrative
• poem - each capturing moment of heightend emotion or revelation.
• episodic fragments

Question 7

themes

Answer 7

• transforamtive power or art and nature
• human emotions
• cycle of life
• memory - childgood shaped his identity

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

• birds song to musical perfomance