in the park
...ing she has control over. The departing smile of the man implies that although he loved her once, he does not want to be involved in any way now. The choice of the word ‘departing’ emphasizes just how quickly he wants to get away. This emphasizes how much her responsibilities have changed her physically as he is no longer attracted to her. One significant feature of the poem is the way the poet has used the sonnet form in this poem to reinforce the irony of 'time and circumstance'. In the first half of the 'octet' the situation is mapped out and due to the arrival of her ex-lover she realized the extent of her change. Within the sestet, she realizes it is 'too late' to turn back the clock, and to do things differently Prize Giving discusses a turning point in the life of a middle aged man through the shattering of his arrogance and complacency due to the realization that others can have magnificent talents as well. In Prize Giving, Eisenbart is portrayed as a vain, pompous man. This is shown through the way he ‘rudely declined’ the invitation to the speech night. This choice of diction in conjunction with him agreeing to ‘grace their humble platform,’ suggests to the reader that he sees himself to be a much higher being to everyone else. The strong imagery within ‘a mosaic of heads’ in conjunction with the listing the ‘blonde, black, brown’ hair colour of the girls stresses the lack of individuality within the girls and that they are just part of a wave of colour. In doing this it makes the ‘titian’ haired girl seem even more spectacular. It also shows that Eisenbart is beginning to take an interest in someone besides himself. Prior to this he was concentrating so much on himself and how people were watching him. This is evident in his adoption of the ‘Rodin’s thinker’ pose. When presenting the young ‘titian haired’ girl with her music prize, Eisenbart feels a ‘voltage fling his hold.’ This could be interpreted as Eisenbart is losing control over his self, and is beginning to feel powerless against her. As he then ‘suffered her strange eyes’ we can imagine an intense eye connection between the two of them. With her not turning away, we can assume that she feels to be equal to Eisenbart as she is continutuing to size him up as he is her. She goes to the piano and summons Mozart's passion or despair with 'arrogant hands.' The choice of diction in her having ‘arrogant’ hands li...