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Compare how the poems “piano” and “at castle Boterel” portray the power of memory.
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Compare how the poems "piano" and "at castle Boterel" portray the power of memory The poems "At Castle Boterel" and "Piano" are both written about memories and have much in common. One of the most obvious similarities is that in both poems, the poets show memory to be highly powerful, and speak of the poem as having overcome the present. The man in "piano" shows some reluctance towards revisiting his past, but the power of memory is so great that he finds himself being dragged back in a "flood of remembrance". The poem reads "in spite of myself" which shows he is reluctant to relive his past, and then continues "the insidious mastery of song betrays me back" which shows that the memory has reigned over his will and given him no option but to return to a time he would rather forget. the words "betrays" and "insidious mastery" bring about ideas of...
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