Stone Girl at Sanchi by Gary Snyder Analysis (power word)

Power words, flow, context, tone/mood, imagery.

The poem For a Stone Girl at Sanchi by Gary Snyder is a great poem. This is due to the brilliant combination of power words, flow, context, tone/mood and imagery.

Power words:

This poem is full of power words such as space, hollow, flesh, clung, dream, and forever. The context of the word "space" is used in a metaphoric way, along with the word "hollow". They are both being used as describing words for the reader to get a deeper meaning from the context (an empty feeling).

"Flesh" is a very powerful word because by using this word you can get a better sense that the writter was trying to be more eerie, and give a darker and scarier feeling to the poem.

The word "clung" is also powerful because when you read the poem it's a word that stands out being as the annunciation is very sharp and noticeable.

The words "dream" and "forever" are power words because the poem is all about a dream that the writter must have had and so to understand the poem more, you must be aware of the fact that it was all just a dream. "Forever" is used as a power world because forever is ongoing and it never ends, which is an important roll in the poem.

Flow:

The poem has amazing flow because the words sound good together and it has perfect examples of alliteration "on a wobbling speck, smaller than stars, space, the size of a seed, hollow as bird skulls." By reading this poem aloud we can clearly hear that some of the words flow together perfectly which makes the poem easier to enjoy.

Context:

The contet in this poem could be the environment or situation which would be the dream that the writer has had. It talks about the time of day, "night rain flicking the maples". It talks about where he is and how he's feeling, "half asleep on the cold grass". The time and place can be very important details to the poem in order to understand what is happening in this dream. Since this poem is about a dream, there are no limitations on what could happen. Due to the fact that they are talking about unrealistic happenings the reader might assume that it's about a dream or just a non-fiction fantasy.

Tone/Mood:

I think that the writers attitude (tone) towards the reader would be a serious attitude because the writer is gong into quite a bit of detail about his dream. Dreams can be personal sometimes so I think that also makes the poem seem like it was written in a serious manner. And the feeling (mood) of the poem would be peaceful because the way he describes everything is in a calm and peaceful way. He uses words such as "loving" and "touching".

Imagery:

The imagery in this poem is very strong because as you read, you can imagine what everything looks like, "a big rock weatherd funny, old tree trunks turnd stone,
split rocks and find clams".