Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies, W. Shakespeare

                                        Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies

Summary-

    Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies is a song taken from Act I, scene two of The Tempest by 'William Shakespare'. A spirit, Ariel sings this song to the prince of Naples, Ferdinand, who mistakenly thinks that his father has drowned into the sea.

  Ariel says that the father of  Ferdinand lies 30 feet below the sea. His bones have been turned into coral and eyes into pearls. Not a single part of his body faded away but has been changed radically into something rich and strange. Finally, Ariel tries to assure Ferdinand of his fathers death asking him tot listen to 'ding-dong' sound of the bell.

  The poem is rich in the use of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. These poetic devices add musical and magical effect to the poem.

Questions

   1.     Is death meaningful in this poem?

      The death in the poem "Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies" is meaningful one. Usually, when somebody dies drawning into sea, the dead body is either eaten up by sea creatures, or gets decayed but the dead body of Ferdinands father has neither decayed nor has been eaten up by sea creatures. Instead, it has transformed into something rich and strange . For eg:- his bones have been changed into coral and eyes into pearls. Moreover, the ritual of ringing death bell that is usually absent in unnatural death is present in the death of Ferdinand father. So, the death described in the poem is meaningful one.

   2.     Find the examples of onomatopoeia, alliteration and assonance in the poem. How do they contribute to the meaning of poem?

    Onomatopoeia which sounds like thing it refers to. Example of onomatopoeia used in poem is 'ding-dong'

    Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sound especially in the stressed syllabal of a  word .'Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies' is an example of Assonance is of his bone are coral made. All of these devices add musical and magical effect to the poem.

    3.     Write an essay on Life and Art

                 

                                        Life and Art

           The skill of creation is called Art. People in possession of this creative skill are known as artist . Art may be different by its form, style and time. Although it is different by its form and style, art always influences human beings. Art always remains as an effective and important motivational factor for human beings. In order to live a happy and satisfied life, art is an inevitable aspect of life. An art in its supreme form is able to provide us the deepest inner freshness which in turn inspires us to make ourselves happy and aimable. To get rid of difficulties of life, it is immensely important for us to appreciate. By appreciating art, we can keep ourselves happy by forgetting the problems of life.

              Human life is very transient and when we die our life is finished . But despite this appearance of physical existence, an artist can live an immortal life. Life is sure to come to an end but art remains forever. Laxmi Prasad Devkota is remaining immortal among Nepali people for his fine piece of art in, literature in the form of Muna Madan other great artists of different artistic fields are still immortal because of their great works of art. When we enjoy art we find amiability within ourselves there by inspiring us to appreciate art. It is indeed true that all works of art provide us the deepest experience and higher value of our life.