Analyzing The Poem 'Beast'

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My poem, “Beast”, tells the story of my experience during Cadet Basic Training last summer. The poem is meant to give the reader nostalgia and for him/her to reminisce on their own Beast experiences. It is not supposed to flow like a short story or novel, instead, it flows similar to my train of thought. It flows from stanza to stanza, as do memories popping into one’s head one at a time. The inconsistent rhyme pattern symbolizes the unpredictability of the experiences I encountered during Beast. The theme of the poem is the loneliness and stress one faces during an experience like Beast, only to actually enjoy parts of it by the end and have the ability to look back on it fondly now that it is over. The poem begins on “R Day”. One of my first

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