A Farm-Picture
Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away. In the poem, A Farm-Picture, the use of language within the poem is considered precise for the majority of the poem. When the speaker says "through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, a sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding," it is evident that the meanings of the words denote the literal description of a barn sitting on a farm where there are cattles and horses feeding on the grass. The effect of this language is that the reader is able to create a visual image using their imagination, allowing them to see the farm as the speaker perceived it in the poem itself; likewise, the last line's language seems to have more connotations. "The haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away" could be perceived to connotate obstacles that are placed in front of people in life being only mere illusions blocking the real vista or beautiful things in life that are fading away the more a person is blinded; however, it is possible to argue that the language in this specific line literally represents "a haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away" that is being seen on the farm by the speaker. The effect of this use of language in the last line is that the reader possibly understands the theme of life being a beautiful thing that is blocked by the obstacles that are placed in fornt of people, or they are able to see the far horizon fading using their imagination.
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