Saturday, December 15, 2012
When I die
The poem seems to be told in a different way, to the reader you begin to feel as if you are reading the speakers last will. Meaning the speakers final wishes after the speaker dies. The poem is a list of request from the the speaker. There seems to be a feeling of no regret from the speaker because of the phrases that are used and the way they are used. The fact that this is told after the speakers death makes it reasonable to understand why the speaker wrote the poem with no regrets. The speaker uses many words that relate to death such as die, maggots, evil, death. The effect from these words shows death in a negative way. In each stanza a little after the phrase "when i die" the speaker shows emphasis on her final death wish. The words she uses seem a little harsh or kind because she directs them towards the people who hurt her or loved her. Each topic based on her final wish is broken into separate stanzas, and this also shows emphasis. This poem is very interesting because it is meant to be read after death.
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Interesting observation on how the speaker appears to speak with no regrets.
ReplyDeleteI most definitely agree with you Yuri. Because of her usage of "death", "evil", and "die", the readers gets this negative mood from her. I actually read your reflection before I read the poem and as I was reading the poem, I saw what you saw. Good job!
ReplyDeleteHow does this make you feel.?
ReplyDeleteInteresting title, good usage of tone and imagry. As I read i could picture what you wrote, and the mood was set after reading a couple lines
ReplyDeleteNikki definitely wrote this poem as if she has no regret of what she said. She puts so much power in the way she makes her requests for after her death that shows how honest she is.
ReplyDeleteI like how you focus on Giovanni's diction, noting that certain words present death in a negative way? What is Giovanni trying to say about the people she's describing? How is this poem "told in a different way"? Different from what? Why do you think Giovanni took a different approach?
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