Everyone comes to a point in their life where they realize they do not want to be alone. This is the situation in the poem "To His Own Beloved Self..." by Vladimir Mayakovsky. The author is alone, and by the use of figurative language, mood, and random sound, he conveys at the moment that he wants someone special in his life. In this analysis, I will be discussing my view on why this is a very well-represented poem on loneliness. Many times, authors use figurative language in a poem to make it more interesting and to meet the reader at a more personal level. In "To His Own...", Mayakovsky uses a lot of personification. "As quiet as thunder, how I'd wail and whine!" Here, the author is giving thunder the quality of being able to whine and complain. "....build up the earth's shivering bosom." The earth has a shivering bosom in this example. The last example is, "the comets, distressed, would wring their hands," and when the comets are distressed, they use their hands to express that. The personification is used in this poem to show how great his yearning is for love. The comets would be distressed from his cry, yet earth's bosom would be built up from the rays of radiance he projected. Another type of language that Mayakovsky uses is a simile. "We're I like the ocean..." he says. He is using the ocean to portray how large his need for love is. He also uses paradox and irony to convey his message. A paradox is, "Were I poor as a multimillionaire," because a multimillionaire is not poor; but the author is saying that although literally not poor, the person is poor if he has not found love, and love cannot be bought. The irony is used when he says, "My words and my love form a triumphal arch: through it in all their splendor, leaving no trace, will pass the inamoratas of all ages." This is ironic because although his love is triumphant and huge, none will ever touch it and those that pass through it will have already found love.
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