Sunday, August 22, 2010

Poetry response numero uno.

The poem from the list we got in class I chose was "To Myself" by W.S Merwin. This poem stuck out to me; it doesn't rhyme and it's not very long nor short. I feel the need to use the new "describing poems"thing we got in class.
The meaning of this poem is personal. It is about being lost but not exactly. The feeling is as if you lost yourself but you really didn't. W.S Merwin's antecedent scenario was probably that he felt like he was lost and when he went to look for himself he didn't need to look because he wasn't really lost. The whole poem is one stanza with no speicific line count. The climax would have to be the end when you discover when you're lost you really aren't. That part explains it all and just sums it up. Tone is important and the tone used in this poem is realization, or explaination because the author is explaining what he realized. In general I really enjoyed this poem because it is unique in style and tone.

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