The poem is in stanzas, and the author’s thoughts begin inone stanza and end on another. This creates the feeling of being lost and without a home. This ties into the overall idea of the poem
The specific imagery that the author uses when portraying the old city allows the reader to empathize with the author. By using specific examples of things he misses from his old city, the author is able to bring in his audience and triggers memories in the audience’s’ minds of favorite cities and places that they visited in the past.
Attitude: The attitude in this poem is one of sadness and wondering. The author is wondering about the city of Atlantis and how it could have disappeared. Then he switches to longing for his old city and feeling sorrowful that he left. His use of a flashback, which consists of various small details from his old city, adds to the sorrow and longing felt in the poem. The author then connects these two ideas and comes up with a possible explanation for the city of Atlantis: that it was made up to express the sorrow felt when something is lost forever.
