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Write the appreciation of the poem.
- About the poem/poet/title
- Theme
- Poetic devices, language, style
- Special features/novelties/focusing elements
- Values, message
- Your opinion about the poem
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Solution
Appreciation of the poem ‘Nose versus Eyes’
The poem ‘Nose versus Eyes’ by William Cowper is a satirical take on the judiciary.
The theme dwells on the proceedings of a court where judgment is passed without careful consideration.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘abab’ and provides a song-like flow to the poem. The notable features of the poem are the use of Imagery, Simile, Personification, and Inversion. While inversion has been used to maintain the rhyme scheme and add to poetic effect, imagery helps to paint a vivid picture of the court setting in the minds of the readers. The highlight of the poem is the personification of the eyes, nose, and tongue. The characters assigned to each one of them are perfectly fitting and add to the humorous nature of the poem.
Though the poem is a mockery of the legal system, the message is to highlight the general pitfalls of selective hearing and warn the reader to exercise good judgment. The poem also reveals the failure of the legal system in delivering justice. This is particularly obvious in the lines ‘then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how’ and ‘what were his arguments few people know’. The irony of the poem is that the judgment was made in favour of the one, who had no use of it i.e. the Nose. In a court of justice, injustice was served to the eyes.
Overall the poem is apparently funny but upon a closer look, the depth of the poem is revealed.
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