Although the poem has freely expressed that he is going to praise the Haitian revolutionary, Toussaint Louverture, which is clear from the title of the sonnet, too, he has reserved the last few lines to encourage his readers that the leader has not died uselessly and that the natural elements would work for him to clarify ambiguities about his role in the revolution against the French. Major Themes in “To Toussaint Louverture”: Love for revolution, praise of a revolutionary, and cult worship are major themes of this sonnet.It is because the mind stays “conquerable,” and this shows the love that the people have for their leader. Extolling him, Wordsworth praises his death showing that he has not died but has taken comfort in this sacrifice.įurther expressing his deep emotions for the general, he states that the impacts of the death of the revolutionary have been shown by the natural elements of “air, earth, and skies.” The poet further states that no “common wind” will forget the general as he has great allies like the “exultations” the poet has shown and the love of the common people. Using an apostrophe, the poet calls the chief the most unhappy man and “miserable Chieftain” to inquire how he found this patience. “To Toussaint Louverture” As a Representative of Revolutionary Sacrifice: The sonnet presents the Haitian revolutionary military general, Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, showing him a great figure in history who fought against the French domination of his homeland and showed excessive patience during his imprisonment in the fort, Fort de Joux.The popularity of the sonnet lies in the expression of unexpressed thoughts. The poem extolls the Haitian chieftain and military leader for his patience and sacrifice for his cause. Toussaint, who died two years back, at the Fort de Joux, became the main subject of this poem. Popularity of “To Toussaint Louverture”: Composed by the English romantic icon William Wordsworth, the sonnet “To Toussaint Louverture” first appeared in the newspaper, The Morning Post, in February 1803.I really enjoyed the poem and although it's not a personal connection, I was really shocked and happy with how the poem made me think about how my expectations don't always live up. I thought the gruesome poem was a neat way to show those now, and even back when it was written, that poetry can be a means of story telling and even use plot twists and all. It's pretty refreshing to flip my cynical and jaded expectations. Living in a world where media is completely predictable constantly, and there is no originality to most things. I really enjoyed my expectations being completely destroyed, and I think that's one of the biggest compliments I could give. Calvert's poem is definitely not lovey dovey, it's the exact opposite. I think poetry sometimes is branded as lovey dovey rhyming, and I had initially expected this one to be one of the same. The poem that grabbed my initial attention would have to be "The Ballad of William Bloat – Raymond Calvert" It was extremely shocking and not at all what i was expecting. The way that he spoke and the word's that he used helped me connect this poem to my own life. The author did an amazing job of having something that you could really sit and think about and so many people can connect to it in different ways.
I think that this poem is more then just talking about the road. Wishing I could take both path's and have everyone happy, but just standing there for so long not knowing which one to take, going through the pro's and con's of each just waiting for a clear vision of where i'm meant to go. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, And be one traveler, long I stood." I chose this passage because this is how I connected it to my own life. I relate to this because my family is going through something where we don't really know where we are meant to be right now, so we are trying to decide and listen into what we are meant to be doing. I was drawn to this one because I feel that the poem is saying that in his life he came to two decisions he had to make and he was looking for signs and clues into which path he should take. I chose "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
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