Holden feels sorry for himself he if depressed majority of the book he feels alone in life. ... Holden is angry, he's ashamed, he's lonely, and he's very depressed. ... The song "The boxer" relates to Holden in many ways. The song was not written about him or the novel. It is ironic though how the song could be the theme song for The Catcher in the Rye. ...
Another literary device that I found was metaphor which is expressed in lines five, six and seven, I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return'd, Yet out of that I have written these songs. These lines compare love and songs, which both have in common in some ways and also have their differences. 1Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I 2effuse unreturn'd love, 3But now I think there is no unreturn'd love, the pay is 4certain one way or another, 5(I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not 6return'd, 7Yet out of ...
However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." ... The second poem I shall explore is called "Song". ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". She lists all the traditional acts executed after a death: " sad songs roses cypress- and then goes on to implore her lover to refute them all. ...
The poem creates a very striking image of a woman who takes no pride in her appearance, who is depressed and totally unhappy with her life. ... While I try whistling a trill, close by his nest our blackbird frets and strops his beak indifferent to Scarlatti's song. ...
