SET 2.8 baseball game / to help us in our task / force will sign terrorists tracking American citizens / to protect level warriors / the decibel from these shadows / open your mail louder What do I notice about this poem? Far from the usual poems that I am familiar with, this poem consists of fragments. When read with the expectation of instantly gaining a coherent idea or message, one would be puzzled of the writing style and might initially think it’s full of senseless lines. It’s quite a challenge to gain full understanding of the message the poem wants to give out. What is odd, quirky, or peculiar about it? The poem is made of fragments where phrase after phrase seem disconnected from each other. Although there are poems which could be made of phrases and incomplete sentences too, this poem is quite mysterious to read. What new words do I …show more content…
see, or old words, but in new situations? ‘Warriors’ in this set are identified with the need to be protected when warriors are supposed to be the ones who shall provide protection. ‘Decibel’ is a unit measuring sound which is oddly used to come from shadows when shadows cannot produce a sound. Why is it the way it is and not some other way?
The audio file explained that “Dropping Leaflets” was written by Jena Osman after the 9/11 terrorist attack. From there, I already had an idea why the poem has elements of massive combination of varying emotions including confusion and frustration. It's common to get meaningless statements by administration officials during press conferences at a time like the 9/11 attack, political wars, terrorist activity and the like. This is because it is not easy to give out as much information as they would want to because they need to protect the ones who are gathering the intelligence information they have or might have. Revealing too much may also put the plans and defense be at risk. It was explained that Osman wrote "Dropping Leaflets" out of transcripts of the press conferences and newspaper articles, printed and torn apart, and then stood on a chair, before “bombing" her office floor with them as if they were leaflets. She said that the leaflets told her what to do. This explains why "Dropping Leaflets" consists of fragments out of random assembly of collaged lines or
statements. After first reading, I had to quickly search about the type of these poems given and the writing style which led me to discover language poetry. I think “Dropping Leaflets” fall into under language poetry. This is based on its narrative and organization wherein there is no coherent story and could consist of random thoughts or statements in the case of “Dropping Leaflets” and wherein the poem is based on lines and not stanza which are often made of fragments not following usual guide to poetry writing. I went on to reading the poem several times after discovering language poetry and tried to focus on lines rather than trying to figure it out which I found a pointless way of attempt to understand it. I was able to give more attention to each line and knowing the background of how and why it was written which sort of brought me into what Osman was thinking and feeling. I felt the frustration and anger in the midst of confusion and longing for resolution.
Through the course of this poem the speaker discovers many things. Some discoveries made are physical while others are mental and emotional. On a physical level the speaker discovers a book, a new author and the power
The poem is written in the style of free verse. The poet chooses not to separate the poem into stanzas, but only by punctuation. There is no rhyme scheme or individual rhyme present in the poem. The poems structure creates a personal feel for the reader. The reader can personally experience what the narrator is feeling while she experiences stereotyping.
The most noticeable aspect of the structure of the entire poem is the lack of capital letters and periods. There is only one part in the entire forty lines, which is at the very end, and this intentional punctuation brings readers to question the speaker’s literacy. In fact, the speaker is very young, and the use of punctuation and hyphens brings to attention the speaker’s innocence, and because of that innocence, the
The first stanza describes the depth of despair that the speaker is feeling, without further explanation on its causes. The short length of the lines add a sense of incompleteness and hesitance the speaker feels towards his/ her emotions. This is successful in sparking the interest of the readers, as it makes the readers wonder about the events that lead to these emotions. The second and third stanza describe the agony the speaker is in, and the long lines work to add a sense of longing and the outpouring emotion the speaker is struggling with. The last stanza, again structured with short lines, finally reveals the speaker 's innermost desire to "make love" to the person the speaker is in love
This poem “ Read from the Bottom up” has every element to be consider a great poem, it inspires to think different the diction of words seem weird but yet it accomplished it point to go beyond a normal point of view and see things further then are. The purpose was accomplished the central theme is challenging to understand, but that was the whole of the poem to challenge traditional thinking and think beyond ourselves.
Each stanza is composed of words that present a logical flow of growth through the entire poem. The words in the poem do not rhyme and the lines are different lengths.
On the surface the poem seems to be a meditation on past events and actions, a contemplative reflection about what has gone on before. Research into the poem informs us that the poem is written with a sense of irony
The rhythm of this poem is slow and descriptive. It puts the reader in a position to view and see what the narrator sees. There is a large presence of imagery that
The poem is set up in a rhythmic structure using measures, similar to music, and is to be read from left to right with rubato. This musical term, rubato, describes the art of a performer slowing down or speeding up the tempo of a piece in order to give it more depth and emotion and variability. In viewing the poem overall, as one piece, there are many blank spaces interjected within sentences or sets of words. In addition, punctuation is often separated from phrases and sentences so that periods, question marks, colons, semi-colons, etc., rest in their own measures, quite apart from both words and blank spaces. Due to the juxtaposition of words and no words (punctuation and blank spacing), the poem does not present a smooth, unbroken text from beginning to end, but rather a complex pattern of spaces, phrases, isolated words, and punc...
At this point I had been exposed and schooled over what constituted “good and correct” poetry and had limited myself to old works to try and seem more grown up. What I liked about this poem is that it still had the beautiful longing tone that I had enjoyed in Annabel Lee, praising beauty and everlasting love, which is something any young adult desires to feel. This poem fit inside the guidelines of proper poetry and still did not bore me, which is why I liked it so much. Repetition reassures the reader of the speakers devotion, and promises a happy future. The imagery is so beautiful and pastoral, and lends to the imagination of running across perfect fields with the person you had a crush on. It is also quite lyrical and reads as if is full of life instead of just words on a page. This poem is nice because it is a guilt free way to enjoy classic poetry, while still appealing emotionally to young adult
The structure of this poem is not the traditional form of poetry, in that he begins with a first person statement then after an indentation, he elaborates on it almost lik...
Appearing to be sentimental and a reflection of the discoveries in Rilke’s life journey, the language of the poem is very soothing and humble due to life experience. In addition, the structure has been chosen to give the readers time to meticulously ponder between and after each punctuation and stanza. As the first line in the first stanza commences, the speaker
While this poem might be confusing at first glance, if one takes the time to look at it carefully, then they can see how this poem is a prime example of the Modernist movement and everything Modernists stood for.
...standing of the poem is enhanced, but also your understanding of poems in general. I’ve tried to guide you through some of the main elements of poetry, giving a brief explanation as to what they are and how to find them. Because I’ve chosen to spend so much time on this, I didn’t use them all in each and every stanza. But now that you have it in front of you, why not try to look for signs of the different elements in the other stanzas?
This poem’s theme is love. The author is trying to explain to his lover that he has to go out of town, but will return and their love will endure. He uses very emotional phrases like, floods of tears and tempests of sighs to exaggerate their love. He tries to tell his lover not to cheapen their love by telling the laity or common folk. He assures his lover that their love will last no matter the hardships.