Language --> "Symphony in Yellow" by Oscar Wilde

"Symphony in Yellow" can be found on page 937 of the Norton.

By the frequent use of the word yellow, I can infer that the season in fall. From this language, I am able to picture my setting, which is important when reading a poem. The yellow bus crawling "like a yellow butterfly" contrasted by the "passer-by [showing] like a little restless midge" voices the speaker's need for happiness. In this case, the color yellow represents happiness and good times to come for the speaker. Furthermore, the the "fog [hanging] along the quay" represents the negativity in the speaker's life. Up until the last stanza, each object is yellow and describes something positive. However, the "pale green Thames [lying] like a rod of rippled jade" shows the speaker slowly coming back to reality. Hard, depressing times are at "[their] feet" while happiness is "across the bridge".