Comparison of Two Poems

In two of D. H Lawrences work Bat and valet de chambre and Bat, both poems gift the causations encounters with loony and his liveliness of rebuff towards them. In this essay I will compare the two poems in terms of tone, rung, verbiage and style. Both Bat and humanity and cricket bat started with a peaceful tone the causation pick ups the setting in Florence, Italy and gives a calming tone to the readers. However, as the author proceeds with the poem, and starts to introduce a bat, the tone starts to change.In bat, the tone changes gradually, the author wonders why a swallow would fly so late- at this point he describes the swallows movement and the tone changes the readers sense a mysterious tactile property. When the author does confirm that the madam is in fact a bat, the tone of the poem changes, we sense the disgust the author looking ats towards the bats, using haggling such as old rag, giving uneasy creeping in ones scalp (341-342). This particular tone set by the author coarsely defines the hate he has for bats and as well as due to change in rhythm and diction, helps the readers experience the events within the poem.However, the tone in gentlemans gentleman and Bat did not change as gradually, in fact it changes drastically. Soon after the start of the poem, the author introduces the bat and almost immediately words such as disgusting and off Go Out (342) sets the tone of disgust. Throughout the rant the tone remains the same, hardly the author did change the tone twice when the main typesetters case in the poem (supposedly the author) realizes that the bat cannot leave his room because he cannot face the light, a sense of pity clouds the readers, the author feels pit for the bat and changes the mood slightly for a while.The tone of disgust returns though soon after yet it changes again whilst the author wants to execute the bat and throw it away, he said that he didnt create the bat therefore he cannot kill it, the tone shi fts choke off to pity for the second time, giving the readers more hints that the author does pity the bat and does not wish to kill it. Man and Bat ends quite gracefully, the last few sentences had a peaceful tone, the author was quite keen that the bat had left and now enjoys the evening leaving the readers at ease.However, in Bat the ending soundless had the tone of disgust, ending the poem with an exclamation mark authentically emphasizes on the disgust. Both Bat and Man and Bat also start with similar rhythm the pace was quite behind with the help of ellipses which helped lengthened the sentences. These prolonged sentences tend to calm the readers, so they could feel how lazy the author feels through the poem. In Bat, the author changes the rhythm gradually too after noticing the birds, the author still narrates with a lazy rhythm but also attentive, and that is how the readers start to feel suspicious of these swallows.As soon as the bats are introduced, exclamation mark s are also introduced to readers these exclamation marks give a heightened sensation to the readers and make them feel rushed (finding themselves reading through the poem with greater speed). This fast rhythm also gives more tautness to the readers, giving a thriller feel and gives more entertainment value to the poem, as the author describes in great detail the bats flights. However, the author still uses ellipses as he describes the bats, but these ellipses have a different effect instead of prolonging the sentence it adds more mystery and a hint of uncertainty.In Man and Bat, the rhythm doesnt change as gradually and the rhythm is even faster than that of Bat as soon as the bat is introduced, the author changes the rhythm immediately, using repetition of the words pear-shaped and round and round (342) to rush and tense the readers more into reading the poem faster. The scene where the author tries to escape the bat is a typical action scene, happening very quickly. The author uses more exclamation marks to tense and fasten the rhythm more and this fast rhythm really helps the readers to understand the situation of the poem and also enhances the tone of disgust the author uses in the poem.Nevertheless, Man and Bat ended in a calming pace, the author reflects on the bat and threw away his grudges towards it- it leaves the readers content with the happy ending. However, Bat did not end as peaceful the ending came abruptly, the author still hints a disgusted tone and the rhythm did not slow down- it even ended with an exclamation mark. This kind of ending leaves the readers hanging unlike Man and Bat. There were two main dictions in Bat and Man and Bat diction for movement and diction for disgust.Both poems describe the bats movements in the air, going round and round and round and in both works the author emphasizes on his revolt towards the disgusting old rags. In Bat, the author chose words such as swallows with spools of dark thread sewing the shadows to gether when describing the birds movement the readers feel the mystery of these swallows- yet not disgusted- and in some way the swallows flight seemed elegant. However, when realizing that these swallows were in fact bats, the author uses words such as wildly vindictive and hanging disgustingly upside down (341) even though these are the same birds he saw.The authors change of words help adding depth towards the tone of disgust he hints, and his excerpt of words impact how the readers feel towards the bat, mainly revolt. The authors choice of words also affects the rhythm the readers think that the bats movements are wild, uneasy and frightening instead of the elegance of the swallows. Nevertheless, the authors choice of words in Man and Bat even emphasizes more on the bats crazy movements and his dislike towards them. Within the first page the author already plunges into words such as a twitchy, nervous, intolerable flight, a neurasthenic lunge and impure frenzy (342).These word s really affect the poems pace and adding more depth towards the already obvious hatred readers feel overwhelmed whilst reading Man and Bat because it contains carefully chosen words which gives great impact. Another obvious technique the author uses is repetition of the word round which is used to describe the movement of the bat within the characters room. In fact, the author uses that word 22 times in Man and Bat. In conclusion, D. H Lawrence used tone, rhythm and diction to his full advantage when writing Bat and Man and Bat to portray his repulse towards bat and its wild and frightening movements.