What I first noticed about Impression du Matin is that the rhyme scheme was unusual, it was A,B,B,A. When reading the poem, it made the poem sound different than most and the flow seemed off. Wilde might have done this to make his poem and back story pop out and be more noticeable. Also some of the adjectives in the poem are not what one would normally use. For example, "the yellow fog came creeping down." This is different because fog is not yellow, it is grey or white. However, after looking at the footnotes' definition of the title, I realize that maybe the fog is yellow because Wilde was describing the morning and the light was hitting the mist to make it seem yellow. Another thing that is strange about this line is that the fog is creeping down. Things normally creep up on people, but in this case I think that Wilde is trying to convey the image of the fog slowly making its way off the wharf; "Dropt from the wharf: and chill and cold."
Some might wonder if yellow was Wilde's favorite color and if where he lived was constantly surrounded by fog. The rhyme scheme in Symphony in Yellow is the same as in Impression du Matin. I wonder if all of Wilde's poems had the same scheme and about fog or yellowness of nature. I really liked the descriptive line "the yellow leaves begin to fade and flutter from the Temple elms." It is very easy to picture the scene in your mind because everyone has seen a tree with yellow leaves and seen leaves fall from a tree.
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Jennifer,
Good focus and close attention to particular words and images in Wilde's poem. This post exhibits more cohesion than in the previous few, which I think makes it more successful.
Yes! I've been trying to remember that structure for the longest. I even read the poem in a different order to see if it had a different meaning. I liked his use of color too
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