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The central purpose of this poem is to be satirical towards the people in America. E.e. cummings uses this poem to make a stab at society and how they act. The focus he has is one patriotism. He jumbles many patriotic cliches and songs, which shows him mocking these which are usually songs of praise by people. In addition, he says that the soldiers do not know why they go to war. By saying this, cummings undercuts the soldiers. Most people thank soldiers for the service they do for us to be free, but cummings says that they do not care pretty much. At the end of the poem, he asks the question "then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" (line 14). This question is essentially saying to the people that no we should not be mute, we need tot do what I do and speak up. This is a mockery because he has truely butchered the patriotic songs and made a joke of everything anyone says concerning our country. How can anyone understand what he is saying anyways??? It is a mess what he says. It is just him rambling. His point of this poem is that people do not know why they tell people to say all of this patriotic stuff. He is pointing the finger at society.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Figurative Language Poetry #4
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After reading "Pink Dog", I found that the tone of this poem is satirical and humorous. The poem's tone is achieved through the diction and imagery of the poem. The diction in this poem, such as "idiots", "ebbing", "drugged, drunk, or sober", and "naked and pink", support the humor and satire. All of these words are not formal, and some of the phrases are just absurd and funny. The poet is obviously not trying to make a point by saying everything wrong. Rather, he is saying how they will deal with the problem in a satirical way. The phrases throughout the poem that explain this are actually really funny. When he says that " the beggars who can afford them now wear life preservers", I for real laughed. I mean this is obviously not happening, but the poor are being treated that bad! I did not fully understand this poem, but the humerous diction and imagery of the actions taking place gave me a better understanding.
After reading "Pink Dog", I found that the tone of this poem is satirical and humorous. The poem's tone is achieved through the diction and imagery of the poem. The diction in this poem, such as "idiots", "ebbing", "drugged, drunk, or sober", and "naked and pink", support the humor and satire. All of these words are not formal, and some of the phrases are just absurd and funny. The poet is obviously not trying to make a point by saying everything wrong. Rather, he is saying how they will deal with the problem in a satirical way. The phrases throughout the poem that explain this are actually really funny. When he says that " the beggars who can afford them now wear life preservers", I for real laughed. I mean this is obviously not happening, but the poor are being treated that bad! I did not fully understand this poem, but the humerous diction and imagery of the actions taking place gave me a better understanding.
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