Analysis of Abbey Tomb, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and To Aut

Analysis of Abbey Tomb, The get it on Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and To Autumn By using the first or second person a poet creates a sense ofdirect dialogue with the reader. What is your response to this view?By the use of the first or second person a poet can establish aconnection between the character and the reader because the poet canaddress the reader directly. The poems I have chosen to study areAbbey Tomb by Patricia Beer, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockby T.S. Elliot and To Autumn by John Keats.Beers use of the first person in Abbey Tomb creates the sense thatthe monastic is confiding in the reader. In addition the link betweenreader and the Beers character is enhanced because the monk istalking through time, which makes the reader feel involved because themonk is intrusting the reader with his grievance that has lastedbeyond the grave.I told them not to ring the bellstheir tombs look just as right asmine, it could be seen here that the monk is arduous to get the fina lword to the reader as time has worn away the truth and there is no onealive who knows he was right. This overly implies his frustration thatthe other monks did not listen to him because his complain is madedirectly to the reader.With the use of the first person Beer is able to create what resemblesa first overtake account of the incident, which is being retold to thereader. We stood stillstaring at the door, the monks were waitingfor the Vikings. We heard them passing byonly I could catch thesound of prowling meneverybody else agree to ring the bells, themonks then think the Vikings had left and decided to ring the bellsagain we see that the monk is trying to prove he was right byem... ...logue with thereader, regular(a) though the poem is written in the second person becauseis addressed to Autumn, as proclaimed in the title of the poem. Keatsmakes no reference to the audience throughout the poem, butpersonifies Autumn sitting careless, thy hair soft-lifted and bya cider-press, with patient look, thou watchest. Therefore thisdemonstrates that a poem can be written in the second person andcontain no sense of a direct dialogue with the reader. I believe that the statement is too specific some poems in the firstor second person, like Abbey Tomb, are purely expressed to thereader because the use of I can create the sense of a conversation.On the other hand, in the love song of J.Alfred Prufrock and moredirectly in To Autumn, another character is addressed beside thereader which weakens the sense of a direct dialogue.