In this poem, the speaker is not confused at what the potter is doing. Instead, he is shocked, surprised and loves what is being created. This can be seen when it says, “In that magnificent attire / Of sable tissue flaked with fire / Like a magician he appeared / A conjurer without a book or beard.” This shows that the speaker thinks of the potter as a magician, which are powerful and skilled. The speaker’s response to how he views the potter can also be perceived when it says, “For it was magical to me / I stood in silence and apart / And wonder more and more to see.” This also shows that the speaker is extremely impressed with the potter’s work. He compares it to magic, and it even makes him silent and unable to move. Even though the responses from the narrator and speaker are different, they do have some similarities. At the end of both stories they are impressed with what the potter comes up with. In A Single Shard the narrator thinks Min, the potter, is very skilled: “...Min possessed great skill…”, and the speaker in “Turn, Turn My Wheel” thinks the potter is a magician: “Like a magician he appeared… ...For it was magical to me.” What the narrator and speaker think about the potter both relate to magnificence and
In this poem, the speaker is not confused at what the potter is doing. Instead, he is shocked, surprised and loves what is being created. This can be seen when it says, “In that magnificent attire / Of sable tissue flaked with fire / Like a magician he appeared / A conjurer without a book or beard.” This shows that the speaker thinks of the potter as a magician, which are powerful and skilled. The speaker’s response to how he views the potter can also be perceived when it says, “For it was magical to me / I stood in silence and apart / And wonder more and more to see.” This also shows that the speaker is extremely impressed with the potter’s work. He compares it to magic, and it even makes him silent and unable to move. Even though the responses from the narrator and speaker are different, they do have some similarities. At the end of both stories they are impressed with what the potter comes up with. In A Single Shard the narrator thinks Min, the potter, is very skilled: “...Min possessed great skill…”, and the speaker in “Turn, Turn My Wheel” thinks the potter is a magician: “Like a magician he appeared… ...For it was magical to me.” What the narrator and speaker think about the potter both relate to magnificence and