POETIC APPRECIATION 2.3 THE INCHCAPE ROCK

POETIC APPRECIATION OF THE POEM

   THE INCHCAPE ROCK

1)About the poem/poet/title	The  poem ,’ The inchcape rock is a ballad. It is about a dangerous rock near the scotish coast. Robert southey was inspired by the story of a pirate who cut the bell on the Inchcape Rock placed by the Abbot of Aberbrothok .The title gives the hint that the rock is an important element of the poem.
2)The  theme	The theme is about an Abbot and a pirate . The Abbot is concerned about human beings and help to save the sailors. He put the Inchcape Bell on a buoy to warn ships day and night of the terrible Inchcape Rock , during storms. The rock was very perilous.     But the Rover, in a fit of jealousy and anger, on a spring day, cut the bell just to trouble the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
3)Poetic style	The poem is a ballad, a story told in stanzas of four lines, with aabb rhyme. The story is narrated in a beautiful way and easy language. The poet has used many old English words(archaic words) like “ blest’”quoth” ‘canst’ “ methink” etc.
4)Language/ poetic devices used in the poem	The language is very easy since it is a story. The use of metaphor, Repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, Exclamation add colours in the poem.
5)Special features	The poem clearly depict the personality traits, Nature, human behaviours of characters as the story move ahead. It brought a tragic end, ruin to the  pirate and sailors.
6)Message, values, morals in the poem	The poem gives us a message that those who do wrong things will meet with due punishment. The values will remain forever. The story has a moral and useful in modern times.
7)Your opinion about the poem.	I like the poem because it is a like a moral story. It is applicable and has current relevance too.