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| Cylinder Man Unfogging the Unknown
In "EightCylinder Man," Mastin uses tone, imagery, and descriptive language to convey a disapproving opinion about how technology is resulting in humans ignoring the true beauty of nature that surrounds them. Three concrete images are formed in this poem, all of which contribute to supporting the theme. Words such as "grinds," "creaking and "enormous" show the destructive nature of the man,[url=http://www.sport.fr/smartphones/moncler.asp]femmes moncler[/url], and helps to create the image of man destroying plants He is so destructive, in fact, that no life "has a place for him." An image of the beauty of nature is created when Mastin describes the "delicate" and "curious" qualities of plants. This creates a tone of innocence, which contrasts sharply to the destructive tone formed in the first half of the stanza. Contrasting tones are used to accentuate the extreme destructiveness and disinterest of man towards nature, and the true beauty of nature. The last part of the poem creates the image of a car, as the man is interested only in "speed" and is in a "blur of gas and gleaming chromium." Mastin ends both stanzas with the same idea, which helps bring the reader face to face with the theme of the poem and repeats the most important idea twice. The first stanza ends with how the man "has never seen at all" the "brook," "yews," or "columbines." In the second stanza, Mastin ends with how the man "passes summer face to face." Both lines mean essentially the same thing humans are ignoring nature even though it is right in front of them. Despite being surrounded by beauty and nature, technology is overcoming man's interest. Humans are not interested in the delicacy and beauty of nature, but rather are being consumed by technology which in fact is helping to destroy nature. |
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