Essay Day 2

Pre-write cannot be posted due to lack of a scanner at my house.. I have a hard copy if needed.

Desire. Its impossible to get away from. There is always something that one wants. Whether is be food, clothes, toys , or the company of another. In the poem The Blind Man's Mark by Sir Philip Sydney, the speaker has a negative attitude about desire. "Band of all evils."
The author uses elements like personification, rhyme scheme, and rhythm to get his main point across. Rhyme scheme an rhythm catch the readers attention and makes them become instantly interested. this helps the speaker to fully get his message out there because he has the full attention of his audience.
Personification is a strong element in this poem. Desire is being described as one would describe a person. This allows the speaker to reach out to the audience and get them to really fell the way that he does. People always feel more emotional and sympathetic towards other people. The author wants to use that to his advantage and extract as much feeling and understanding from his audience as he can.
The speaker has a negative view on desire. "Desiring naught but how to kill desire." He is saying that he doesn't want anything else, only to kill his desires and desire itself. In the poem the speaker discusses all the ways in which desire can ruin someone or himself.
Rhythm, rhyme scheme, and personification help to accentuate this attitude about desire by drawing the reader in so that the speaker can be more direct and will ensure that he audience's emotions are tapped with his words.