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Comment 14 of 14, added on May 21st, 2007 at 4:49 AM.
I just remembered what this poem has not done; it hasn't died. Yes, credit
me, Marcy Jarvis, with that brilliant thesis.
ea
Comment 13 of 14, added on April 21st, 2007 at 5:28 AM.
yes, that has occurred to me, that it is not rhyming. But though I like
non rhyming poems, I always feel a little like I am cheating when I write a
straight free verse poem that uses nothing artistic in its delivery because
I feel like I could just as well write it as a piece of prose and why
bother with poetry and being somehow special. lol.
ea
Comment 12 of 14, added on April 21st, 2007 at 2:49 AM.
Well the poem clearly isn't rhyming.
Sharon Peters from Canada
Comment 11 of 14, added on April 11th, 2007 at 11:13 AM.
I used to think I saw what this poem was not doing but I can not for the
life of me see what it is now other than not pormoting itself. lol. I
think what it is doing is describing very clearly the life (or job, if you
will) of a poet or a poem. A good one, anyway.
ea
Comment 10 of 14, added on April 11th, 2007 at 10:20 AM.
i think stafford is saying that the stones, the light , the earth and water
don't have to tell you anything. their very being is enough. that people
expect to be entertained and therefore we miss the whole point of life-that
we are here now and should be present because nothing lasts .
marilyn mckinstry from United States
Comment 9 of 14, added on February 9th, 2006 at 10:51 PM.
Strafford uses rhetoric to denigrate Romantic poetry by suggesting that
these poems about the beauty of nature do not have any depth.
additionally, Stanford shows random images using the romantic style of
poetry in order to suggest that Romantic poetry is filled with empty
metaphors and meaningless themes. Furthermore, he uses the poetic structure
in order to appeal to audiences whom appreciate poetry of this era and have
also read poetry prior to his era, the romantic period.
matthew finston from United States
Comment 8 of 14, added on January 7th, 2006 at 4:12 AM.
Agreeing with a previous post, we are unnable to directly determine what
the poem is NOT saying. In fact, these lines that seek to draw attention
to the unnamed substance instead are used as a device to draw attention to
what the poem IS doing. I believe that the poem, in talking about a
cemetary and the beauty of the situation, and noticing as well that the
narrator is directly referring to a "someone" leads us to believe that even
in death, this person is not forgotten; au contraire, they are all but
dead.
Weston from United States
Comment 7 of 14, added on November 3rd, 2005 at 9:18 PM.
I don't understand it. What is it not doing? This does not appear to be a
very good ode ppoem. I would know. We are studying ode poems at school in
my English class.
Kayla McDonald from United States
Comment 6 of 14, added on August 28th, 2005 at 5:23 PM.
After some thought and consideration, this poem appears to be warning of
the day of final judgement, as told in the book of Revelations. The light
symbolizes God and, in the poem, everything the light touches is judged,
or, "named". "Every person gone [dead] has taken a stone to hold", and
"catch the sun [be judged]". In the end, it makes a reference to the
reader,the reader will be judged when "the light has found you". All the
poem has not done is actually warn the reader or speak of death or
judgement day, whilst these are the main subjects of the poem. BTW My
colleague and I are not religious at all.
!LeaF! from United States
Comment 5 of 14, added on August 26th, 2005 at 10:27 AM.
The poem is clearly not rhyming, or following similar structural
conventions for poetry, but is rather using a form of prose and calling
itself a poem.
Kjirsten from United States
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I just remembered what this poem has not done; it hasn't died. Yes, credit
me, Marcy Jarvis, with that brilliant thesis.
ea