In the first stanza, the artist, Justin Vernon, wishes for a thinned out and broken love to heal. Vernon is deeply hurt about his partner not being who she pretended to be. The pouring of salt mentioned in the second line fits in with this theme because many people revere salt for its healing and preservative properties. Ultimately, Vernon believes that this metaphorical salt can fix and preserve his relationship. A veneer “covers something’s true nature” and in this context veneer refers to the face, or fake persona, the artist’s partner put on for him. When this veneer crumbles, and the artist realizes that things were not as they seemed, it hurts him just as much as a physical blow that would draw blood. The sink containing blood and crushed …show more content…
In the first few lines, the artist lists expectations he had for his partner which she was unable to fulfill. Unfortunately, the artist’s partner displays the veneer that she possessed the traits he expected of her which caused the artist to become infatuated with a fictitious person. This deceit results in wariness between the couple until finally the communication between them develops into nonexistence. They wake up in the same bed, but they’re not together in the kind of way a couple would be; they are just sharing the same space as strangers would. Delineating the way he feels cheated, Vernon then comments that he’s holding “the tickets” and she owning the “fines.” In essence, the artist paid “fines” to his partner in the form of attention and love, while she just gave him “tickets” in return, falsely promising that he could redeem them for …show more content…
The term “breaking at the britches” signifies that the artist feels like he’s splitting in half, comparable to that of a pair of pants that rips down its seams. The artist’s pain is a direct result of the betrayal and deceit he’s experienced; it’s made overly apparent that the artist has been duped when he reveals he’s at the end of all his partners “lines.” These lines represent the metaphysical strings and verbal lies the artist’s partner utilized to delude him into believing she loved him. Vernon finally questions whether or not anyone will ever bother fighting to get to know or love the woman behind the
In “Football Dreams” by Jacqueline Woodson, the message that any dream can come true if you put the work in is supported by the structure of the poem. The structural elements that are most impactful are repetition and the title. While she talks about her father’s dreams at the beginning. Later towards the end of the poem, she starts to explain how they came true. “My father dreamed football dreams, and woke up to a scholarship at Ohio State University” (10-12). The repetition is “dreams” and “football” which tells the audience that her father dreamed of playing football and he put in the effort and got a “scholarship at Ohio State University.” The title “Football Dreams” is the repetition
d. Title: The title is linked to the figurative meaning because it shows the hope the team has of Casey.
Terrance Hayes’ poem, Mr. T is about a 1980’s pop icon and it describes his place in African American history. The poem starts out describing Mr. T but it soon becomes stern when it asks serious questions and then answers mockingly about this pop icons absurdity.
In Tim Seibles' poem, The Case, he reviews the problematic situations of how white people are naturally born with an unfair privilege. Throughout the poem, he goes into detail about how colored people become uncomfortable when they realize that their skin color is different. Not only does it affect them in an everyday aspect, but also in emotional ways as well. He starts off with stating how white people are beautiful and continues on with how people enjoy their presence. Then he transitions into how people of color actually feel when they encounter a white person. After, he ends with the accusation of the white people in today's world that are still racist and hateful towards people of color.
She thinks that if she vandalizes his precious “souped-up four wheel drive” it will stop him from being unfaithful- to teach him a lesson. However, in “perfect” the thoughts haunt her mind as she realizes she serves no purpose to her boyfriend. “ I hear you talking 'bout her in your sleep”, she feels as if he’s distancing himself from her; as if he has lost the love he had for her; it can make any women feel defeated wondering what the other women is doing that has such of an effect on them. “I can taste her lipstick, it's like I'm kissing her, too”. She has reached a turning point in the relationship; she knows he is being unfaithful from the way he acts towards her, tasting her lipstick as she kisses him, when he says her name in his sleep. She knows he’s being unfaithful yet she still stays- she stays hoping he will change when he does not. While in “Before He Cheats” she does not stay another second to an unfaithful man; she leaves the relationship. Secondly, in “Before He Cheats” she keeps thinking about her ex, thinking back to the memories they had and insulting his new replacement how she is nothing like her and how she believes she is much more better than who he preferred to be with. “He’s
While Bradstreet takes ownership of her book at the beginning of line eleven, by the end of that line, and the beginning of twelve, she is criticizing her work, saying that “at length affection would thy blemishes amend...” Through this, Bradstreet makes a connection to the beginning of the line, as only her love, care and attention can make the piece beautiful. If she gives enough attention to her “child” and corrects it enough, perhaps the book would not be such a shame to her. Perhaps it wouldn’t be so ugly.
Mark Doty’s poem, “Golden Retrievals” describes the thoughts of a dog who’s merry tone contrasts with the human’s sentimental view towards life. The poem is in a form of a Shakespearean sonnet, but uses slant rhymes to further portray the speaker is a canine. Doty uses images, rhythm, rhyme, and organization to encourage the tension between the speaker and the human.
Looking at James Hall's writings we learn that he is comedic with a very underlying theme of change. His poems all seem to circle around a very familiar thing that we are all familiar with. Change whether it is new or old or just realizing we have changed, is all the same. In his works "Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too," "White Trash," and "Preposterous" there are different kinds of change that are discussed.
On the surface, "life" is a late 19th century poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poem illustrates the amount of comfort and somber there is in life. Unfortunately, according to Paul Laurence Dunbar, there is more soberness in life than the joyous moments in our existence. In more detail, Paul Laurence Dunbar demonstrates how without companionship our existence is a series of joys and sorrows in the poem, "Life" through concrete and abstract diction.
Edward Taylor’s poem “The Preface” consist of questions as to how the world was created. The purpose of this poem is to reveal God's sovereign authority over creation and life itself. No sooner do you understand one paradox that he changes to a different set that gets a little confusing. The need to understand the next set of metaphors and picture it and then to put all together to get the message that Taylor was trying to give.
“A Story about the Body”, a prose poem by Robert Hass, is literally about a man who supposedly loves a woman but then finds out about her health conditions and then changes his mind. This poem, when I read it, was more like a short story than a poem. The poem uses imagery and a variety of adjectives which allow the reader to put themselves in the story as if they were watching it happen.
Somebody Somewhere offers a rear glimpse of the world of autism—from within. Australian born Donna Williams was diagnosed as psychotic at the tender age two, later as deaf, and ultimately as autistic; “Autism had had me in its cage for as long as I had ever known” (p. 5). In her book she describes her escape from “my” world, into “the” world. She talks about “picking up the pieces after a war” and “learning how to build somewhere out of nowhere and a somebody out of a nobody” (p. xi); yet she has something for everyone: “within each of us there is a stranger (or strangers) lurking in the shadows of our subconscious minds” (ibid). The author
With a tone of warning, June Hayes’s e-poem “Death Valley” considers the harm of the human race (“we”) in space (Hayes). The added effect of electronic elements in Hayes’s e-poem appear to be a deliberate action to add deeper layers that could not be in a normal written poem. With the addition of electronic mediums, June hayes is able to tell a more complete narrative; furthering the effectiveness of her poem to the reader The title “Death Valley” was a deliberate action by Hayes to warn of the “dangerous” power held in the hand of humankind (Hayes).
By seeing her apartment, filled with yellow wealth, he is made jealous of their social differences, and feels compelled to commit the
"The Dead Poet’s Society" is a movie about a group of kids. The conflict, characters, plot and theme are very interesting. So now I am going to tell you a little about it.