... thoughts. The lines "I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning"apply to the actual location of the drowning man, far out in the water and out of his depth, and the distance felt from other people mentally that they did not notice. The fact that they can misinterpret a cry for help as ... heartedness and yet it is clear to the reader that the man didn't feel that way and was crying for help, for someone to notice what was happening beneath the surface. The cold factual tone of "And now he's dead" shows that the people felt little real remorse over his death and s...

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... between the lifeless "prison" in which the persona is trapped, and the life in the dell, represented by the moisture of the "springy heath", sound of a "roaring stream", fanning of a "water-fall." The mentioning of the "mid-day sun" introduces light into the image, a contrast to the dark lime-tree bower prison. A fine focus is placed on a file of "long lank ... , revealing his enjoyment of this scenery and conveying the delighting effects of his imaginative journey. Upon returning to reality, the persona views the lime-tree bower in a new light, "pale beneath the blaze hung the transpare...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate