Purpose, Audience and Tone

This essay offers explanation to Mahmoud Darwishs, A Gentle Rain in a Distant Autumn. We will go through abstract on what hes trying to tell us, who he is trying to talk to and how hes delivering this message. A Gentle Rain in a Distant Autumn is in the main about three matters. The Poets feelings and emotions towards the situation in Palestine and how he relates to it, the authentic situation in Palestine and his one and scarce desire. The poets purpose is to puzzle us on an emotional Journey of his melancholy using unanalyz competent terms intertwined together to form metaphors and imagery hat outperform portraying the morbid and sad image of Palestine.He is addressing anyone who has affinity towards the subject of Palestine or otherwise. First, he talks about a major sadness in his poem A gentle Rain in a strange autumn (01 which symbolizes the death of nature, the death of his own country. A thoughtful sadness, lamentation and sorrow through the loss of Palestine dominat e. Palestine remains a memory for the author, a deep memory, a cause that is losing, because of the address he uses running away (14), the birds have flown to lime which will non return (35),A kiss sent in the post (40).He even goes further to prove the beauty of his hometown birds are blue, blue (2), windows are white, are white (11) quiet in a sad manner followed by how demolished it is instantaneously my country is the Joy of being in chains (39). There is a sense of imprisonment and lost lives in the poem that describes Palestine right away as a country in chains(39), seller of aspirin and death(24YSlaughtered (42). He mentioned his dead a fetus (26) which means he is dead before having the chance to live because of his sadness to his ountry.Throughout his poem the poets repeating of metaphors is not for poetrys sake only. It is for us to understand how persistent he is, and what he really wants. He mentions his only desire or all that he wants now is his mothers handker chief. A mother could never imply anything that is not positive. A mother is another symbol of home and security. He only wants to live through this. He doesnt want anything else. He realizes that his country is in chains and he might not be able to alleviate given that is country doesnt listen to him from the country thats forgotten the speech of the distant ones (28).Darwishs imagery and tone are so powerful he was able to make the reader see eye-to-eye what he wants us to live. Once you go through the poem, you are already in a state of free and silence. You appreciate the severity of the situation and his emotional set back towards it. Its not one that is calling for all people to stand up and fght. It is kind of the acceptance of what is with a great deal of nostalgia to the past. It is also powerful because I was able to live his experience y Just reading his words.His words were simple but they went beyond its evident simplicity to serve the poet a favor to deliver his mes sage easily but with a heap of power because his images resonate. In conclusion, the poet took us on a Journey of emotions. We matte the highs and lows. We were able to see through his commitment to be true to form, to part with us his own perception of reality with a dominant mint of sad imagery. His world will always be his words tn best describe his images and the Palestine ne will always love. at