PIANO

D.H.Lawrence
  Name: David Herbert Lawrence,
 Born: September 11, 1885, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire,
England.
 Nationality: British

D.H.  Education: received a teaching certificate from University

College, Nottingham
LAWRENCE  Famous Works: best known for his infamous Lady Chatterley's
Lover.
 Literary Movement: Modernism
 Death: March 2, 1930, Vence, France,
  When D.H. Lawrence was not writing about industrialization in
The Poet and his books or poems, then he was mostly exploring the aspects
of childhood memories.
the Poem  Given his background of experiencing a troubled childhood.
  The poem, Piano was published in Lawrence's 1913 collection
‘Love Poems and Others’.
 Piano is a lyrical poem which explores how the speaker's
childhood memories rush back, ignited by the music of a
Piano: woman singing.

Background  The speaker initially seems intent on resisting these charged

memories, but "in spite of" himself the music "betrays" him
back until he is overcome.
  STRUCTURE
 WORD CHOICE

Analysis  IMAGERY
 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
 THEME & TONE
  ‘Piano’ is a lyric poem.
 It is written in three quatrains, and it has an
STRUCTURE AABBCCDDEEFF rhyme scheme.

  Vista of years
WORD  Weeps to belong
CHOICE  Betrays me back
  Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things
involving their five senses. Such as, “A child sitting under the
IMAGERY piano, in the boom of the tingling strings”, “I weep like a child
for the past” and “Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me
  Extended Metaphor: The poet has used singing as an extended
metaphor to show how past memories keep on haunting people
in life.
FIGURATIVE  Symbolism: The singing of the child symbolizes the memories
LANGUAGE he desires to relive.
 Simile: The poet has used this device at the end of the poem
such as “ I weep like a child for the past.”
TONE  The tone of the lyrical voice is melancholic( feeling of sadness)
  Memories

THEME  Nostalgia
 Sadness