Leah Noble Assignment 3

In "Piano", by D.H. Lawrence, a nostalgic tone is created through Lawrence's diction choices which also combine to create imagery that supports the tone. His use of words like "cosy", "remembrance", and "old" suggest that the author is looking back on the past with a positive connotation; it is a time he longs to relive. This tone is also supported by the combination of nostalgic diction choices that form images that also create such a tone. For example, the image "I weep like a child / for the past" uses words like "weep", "child", and "past" that show the narrator's longing for old times. A second example of this is the image Lawrence creates when he says "the heart of me weeps to belong / to the old Sunday evenings at home." "Heart", "belong", "old", "evenings", and "home" create a nostalgic attitude towards the past and the memories the piano brings about.


I agree most with Jackson Pollock's idea that "It doesn't make much difference how the pain is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement." I think that art is any way someone expresses their feelings, even if it may not be appealing to all or in a traditional form of "art." I believe that it doesn't matter how one goes about making art as long as there is meaning to it.