Jim Stevens 'Poem Schizophrenia'

Before reading the poem “Schizophrenia” this writer assumed that it would focus on one individual diagnosis with schizophrenia, but it also focused on a house. In the poem “Schizophrenia” by Jim Stevens, the poet describes a relationship between a husband and his wife. Stevens shows how the characters differences and aggression has changed the atmosphere of the house. The poet explained that not only is the couple affected by their hostile environment, it is the house that is suffering the most from the couple’s behaviors. Stevens has the house as a representation of how a brain of a person with schizophrenia person. Through the use of the characters actions and the house, Stevens exemplifies how schizophrenia can ruin a person’s life. After

reading the poem, Steven could not have chosen a better title than “Schizophrenia”. The title gives the readers a clue that there may be issues that will take place through-out the poem. Stevens “Schizophrenia was not only vivid but it incorporated personification, metaphor, and tone throughout the poem. With his decisions to choose those three literary terms, it gives readers a depiction of what is actually going on throughout the poem.