The part of this poem that relly stood out to me was the third verse when it compared our actions/decisions with the poles of a battery. As each end of a battery is opposite (a negative side and a positive side) sometimes our decisions can have 2 choices: yes or no. I also noticed that as the verse goes on to describe what we want and don't want, it alternates between the two. We "want to be wanted," but we, "want not to lose the rain forest." What I'm trying to say that the poem flips back and forth between positive and negative (for lack of a better word) by juxtaposing between what we want and do not want.
I think this poem had a kind of pessimistic tone. I am not really positive on that one, but it seemed to be pretty negative. One thing that really stood out to me was the last line, "we gaze across breakfast and pretend". I think what the speaker was trying to say here was that their love is real, but barely shown. It is old and worn out, a routine that can no longer be performed. I think that this couple lost their daily "I love you"'s to eachother, and are so caught up in everything else. The first stanza concerns a daily routine and throughout the poem routine references are used. The speaker says, "wanting to love beyond this meat and bone". The last stanza is really about the love that the speaker has for this person, and the love this person feels for the speaker. It is undeniable that these people love each other, they just concentrate too much on the little things in life. The third stanza really exemplifies that, it talks all about things that don't really matter when it concerns love. Their love can get through all of these things, but they are not letting it. They focus on it too much and I think the speaker realizes that. The pretend part is now brought up again. They pretend as though nothing is wrong, when they know it is. Throughout the poem, the author says we a lot, uniting him and his love to one pronoun. It shows that they do everything together. The repetition of "wanting" and "we do" links the two phrases together to show selfishness. If they want something, they do it.
The part of this poem that relly stood out to me was the third verse when it compared our actions/decisions with the poles of a battery. As each end of a battery is opposite (a negative side and a positive side) sometimes our decisions can have 2 choices: yes or no. I also noticed that as the verse goes on to describe what we want and don't want, it alternates between the two. We "want to be wanted," but we, "want not to lose the rain forest." What I'm trying to say that the poem flips back and forth between positive and negative (for lack of a better word) by juxtaposing between what we want and do not want.
ReplyDeleteI think this poem had a kind of pessimistic tone. I am not really positive on that one, but it seemed to be pretty negative. One thing that really stood out to me was the last line, "we gaze across breakfast and pretend". I think what the speaker was trying to say here was that their love is real, but barely shown. It is old and worn out, a routine that can no longer be performed. I think that this couple lost their daily "I love you"'s to eachother, and are so caught up in everything else. The first stanza concerns a daily routine and throughout the poem routine references are used. The speaker says, "wanting to love beyond this meat and bone". The last stanza is really about the love that the speaker has for this person, and the love this person feels for the speaker. It is undeniable that these people love each other, they just concentrate too much on the little things in life. The third stanza really exemplifies that, it talks all about things that don't really matter when it concerns love. Their love can get through all of these things, but they are not letting it. They focus on it too much and I think the speaker realizes that. The pretend part is now brought up again. They pretend as though nothing is wrong, when they know it is. Throughout the poem, the author says we a lot, uniting him and his love to one pronoun. It shows that they do everything together. The repetition of "wanting" and
ReplyDelete"we do" links the two phrases together to show selfishness. If they want something, they do it.