Ch 15 Poem Reflections

This is Just to Say: William C. Williams

When you first go to look at the poem you wonder if it is really a poem only being 12 lines long. The poem itself seems as though it was a hot summer day and a child dug in for a cold treat in this case a plum. He ate the plum and then was confronted by someone in which he apologized for eating it. I love the poem because of its length. It just doesn’t seem to be at an upper education level to be assigned. But the poem was short and sweet.

Silence: Marianne Moore

The poem is a little tricky to comprehend, but to what I think I understand, he is talking about how silence can prove how good a man/woman you really are. It can choose those who are high in self-respect in themselves, and those who care about what they look like all the time. It just goes to show you the whole reason for silence, whether it is to describe your personality or your self-dignity.

Down Wanton Down: Robert Graves

I researched a little into the poem and discovered some very good answers to summarize the poem since I did not fluently understand. But, the poem is basically about the physical being of a true man. The poem is based within a man, and the conflicts that haunt him. He believes himself to be superior and that nothing can bring him down. Wanton refers to his behavior from old English text, meaning irate in some cases. The poem at first, I thought it was going to be about a dog. But that changed.

Batter My Heart: John Donne

During the first couple stanzas it sounds as if he is praying to God or to something. Now he is praying the God will come in him with force, blow him down etc… Then it continues by stating how he was now imprisoned by the devil just as if a town is imprisoned by an invader. This could also possibly mean that he has betrayed God and turned to Satan for help. Near the end he discovers his wife has left and decides to turn back to God to try to help him. This poem I kind of liked. The ending was a little bad but overall good poem.

Aftermath: Henry Longfellow

The poem is obviously talking about a big event that had happened in the area, not necessarily a good event. Maybe a war or a massacre of some sort. The aftermath can resemble some of the good that comes about the land possibly the new creatures that make it home or the grass that covers up the blood pools. The aftermath is what makes old things look new but memory can never be altered.

Friend…Thomas Moore lies Dead: J.V. Cunningham

This poem is the shortest poem I have ever seen. I do not know if the body has a severed head or if he is being sarcastic saying his friend never went down without a fight, but, the whole purpose of it was not to explain an event of any sort, but to maybe create a joke. I don’t know. Its difficult to understand and two sentence long poem.