'In the daytime, in the hot mornings, these motors made a petulant, irritable sound at night, in the still evening when the afterglow lit the water, they whined about one's ears like mosquitoes.' 'The only thing that was wrong now, really, was the sound of the place, an unfamiliar nervous sound of outboard motors.' Some examples of this literary life-giving include motors and their sound, Personification improves his descriptions of settings and makes his writing more emotionally charged by building a connection between the author, the story, and the reader. This technique is called personification, and White employs it throughout his description of the lake he visits and the wilderness around it. White's use of figurative language giving life to inanimate objects in his essay Once More to the Lake. Examples (P.There are many examples of E.B.

He saw so much of himself in his son that he thought the two were one. That lake in Maine really gave him the essence of joy, so much so that he couldn’t tell the past from the present. With White, he became his son and his son became him. When reminiscing you go back to another time, another place, and you enjoy. This essay gathers the allurement of reminiscing and its makeup. He stated himself that one memory can lead to another same thing goes for thinking ahead. In turn, probably at that very moment at the lake, when his son was about to jump into the lake, he had an epiphany about death. A statement such as that could be a bit bewildering, however, when resonating what the whole essay was about, you kind of get a feeling that maybe he’s referring to the end of his childhood? Maybe, he realizes now that reality has sat in, his son will grow and he will eventually die. The statement is foreshadowed where he sates “My groin felt the chill of death”. Sort of like a cliff hanger, it leaves you pondering a bit, leaves you wanting to know more. The significance of White’s last sentence was very appealing. White actually takes you to where or what he is talking about. All great authors should make very detailed descriptions when stating or telling something that they really want the reader to capture. Very valid details and descriptions are made when he reflects. Once again, when reflecting how beautiful the mornings were “The lake was cool and motionless, remembered how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen”. For example, when speaking of his imagery of the lake “I wondered how time would have marred this unique, this holy spot-the coves and streams, the hills that the sun set behind, the camps and the paths behind the camps” he paints a picture. He makes a very strong point with the painting of his statement. The imagery White uses in his essay mirrors poetry. It seems as if his connection to the past has somehow slipped into his present day reality. White also catches himself not knowing the difference between his son and himself at times, briefly going through déjà vu like trance when reminiscing. He often compares his own son to the days of his youth. Throughout the essay, White constantly reflects on his childhood and days at the lake in Maine. Retrospect is the main idea of White’s Once More to the Lake. Reflecting beautifully will bring beauty, this is what White did. White’s story captures the essence of childhood memories.

The way he compares his child self to his son arrests the whole essay. The back and forth reflections of his childhood to adulthood is engaging. White’s Once More to the Lake is a very well written essay.

Once more to the lake