Appreciation of poem

The Inchcape Rock

Ans: 3B

• About the poet and the title

The name of the poem is ,’The Inchcape Rock’it is written by Robert Southey.

• The theme

It is the poem about for struggle between good and evil forces. Abbot of Aberbrothok placed a bell on the Inchcape Rock as a buoy to save the mariners from the shipwrecks. People blessed him , Ralph the Rover Ship-pirate could not bear it and he cut the bell. One day his own ship caught in the storm, lost the direction and crashed against the Inchcape Rock.

• Language/ poetic devices used in the

The poem is written in ballad form Language is simple but impressive It is written in dramatic form

• Special features

It is a dramatic poem, the poet depicted every minute detail of atmosphere and evevents.

• Your opinion about

The poem shows victory of good over evil. It gives lesson, ‘As you sow ,so shall you reap’.