Full fathom five they father lies

Full fathom five they father lies
poem

The poem “full fathom five they father lies” has been compoused by William Shakespeare. In this poem the poet uses onomatopoeia which is exemplified by the words ding-dong. Here ding-dong is the sound of the ball. This is song-sung by ariel the sprit to Ferdinand. The prince of neples the prince thing hid father is drowned in the sea 

The speaker of this poem is Ariel who is very powerful spirit of wind who flies lightly and invisibly playing music and singing songs. Here he sings the song about the death of Ferdinand’s father. According to him, Ferdinand’s father lies thirty feet below the surface of the sea. Ferdinand is very worried about the death of his father. Giving him sympathy Ariel says that his father has got quite meaningful death. His body is not decayed. Every part of his body has been changed into something beautiful, valuable and strange. His eyes are transformed into pearls and bones are’ changed into coral. The sea nymphs welcome his death by ringing the death bell “Ding-dong” every hour. 

In this poem, the spirit Ariel has presented very artful and melodious description about the death of Ferdinand’s father. The prince of Naples is worried thinking that his father is drowned. He is very sad about the meaningless death of his father. However, Ariel gives him sympathy by making the death meaningful through his powerful and magical description. He says that nothing of the dead body has decayed or rotten wastefully. Everything of the dead body is changed into meaningful and precious objects at the bottom of the sea. Ariel finally requests Ferdinand to listen to the death-bell rung by the sea nymphs to welcome his father’s beautiful and meaningful death.

This poem describe about ferdinan’s father’s death. In the poem father is drawned in the sea 30 feet below for long a way hir born made up of sear animals. The father wath has become meanityul because his bouns are changld to coral eyes into pearls and all the parls of his body have bee change into vaivable the angels deth every hours.