Charlotte Smiths On Being Cautioned against Walking on an Headland Ove

Charlotte Smiths On Being Cautioned against walkway on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because it was Frequented by a LunaticOn Being Cautioned against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because it was Frequented by a Lunatic, Charlotte Smiths sonnet, comments on the poets feelings toward this lunatic and the thought process he instigates in her mind. By using different syntax to describe her two characters, Smith draws the attention of the reader to the message in the sonnet instead of the scene on the surface. The twist of the English sonnet also lends to the poems power, giving Smith a perfect avenue to deliver her message.The poem begins by describing the lunatic as a man with very animal tendencies, with starting pace and with wide and hollow eyes (lines 2-3) These characteristics alone give the reader a vivid orbit of how this man acts, and immediately sets low expectations for his character in a social and intellectual sense. His primitivism shows as his cold bed upon the mountain turf (6) is mentioned, furthering the realize of a wildly sav...