Appreciation of the Poem
Money
1. About the
Poem, Poet and Title: ‘Money’ is a
poem written by William.H Davies, a Welsh poet and writer. He has spent a significant part of his life
as a tramp. He was a peddler and street singer in England. ‘The Soul’s
Destroyer and Other Poems’ is the first volume of his work.
The poem tells us about the rich man who wants to be
a poor man to find out real happiness in life. The poet tries to highlight the
real nature of human being. It brings out the real and fake faces of human
being.
2. Theme:
The poem tells us about the rich
man who wants to be a poor man to find the real happiness in his life, it is
when we do not have money or have lost our money. We realize how important the
money is; he has true friends though they may be few but helps each other.
3. Poetic
style/Language / Poetic devices used in the poem: "Money is a poem of five stanza of having four
lines in each stanza. The rhyme scheme of the poem is abcb. It is the same for
each stanza, The poetic devices used in the poem are inversion, Simile, Repetition,
Onomatopoeia and Antithesis.
4. Special
features / Novelties / Focusing elements:
The poem has five stanzas of expressing experience of the poet and anyone at
the time when he does not have money. It is very suggestive He comes to know
that they are very few people to be honest to the friendship.
5. Message /
Morals in the poem: It is a
message of the poem that the rich people must know the poor life. When they
lost their prosperity, it would be fine and can deal with condition. My many
friends proved untrue. It means that his all friends are never sincere with
him. They are not friends in all condition
