How 'MarrySong' by Dennis Scott powerfully conveys feelings about relationships Ayaleem Tuken Tegi 11th Grade

‘Marrysong’, written by Dennis Scott, focuses on the trials, tribulations and complexities of romantic human relationships when they metamorphose into marriage. Dennis Scott’s pictorial thoughts and feelings are expressed through the depictions of landscapes, imagination and metaphoric recollections within the given extract. Dennis Scott allows for the scenic conveyance of the terrains and panoramas—-incorporating techniques such as but not limited to: imagery, symbolism and extended metaphors, in order to put across his perplexion of his wife’s complexities. Due to his befuddlement, Scott illusifies the ideology of his wife’s ambiguous demeanour in relation to how nature itself comes to symbolize his wife's emotional volatility as well as the idea that she will always be changing—just like the earth itself. The poet learns to appreciate the dynamic that this creates, committing himself to their relationship not in spite of its unpredictability, but because of it. ‘MarrySong’, effectively portrays the development of human relationships as the poet uses the previously mentioned techniques and metaphors in order to discuss how the best thing lovers can do is accept the surprises and fluctuations that are inherently part of being...