Emily
4/14/13
This week a poem that spoke to me was Earth Voices by Bliss Carman. I love this poem it is all about the seasons and how mother nature works. I had to read it a couple of times to fully understand it but after I recognized all the metaphors in it. Every time I read the poem it got better. This poem is so peaceful and serene to me it was like reading a peaceful affirmation. In the first line I recognized an alliteration “I heard the spring wind whisper” from that sentence right off the bat it begins to paint a beautiful picture in my mind. One of my favorite lines out of the whole poem was “ Within the house of being, I feed the lamp of truth with tales of ancient wisdom and prophecies of youth” I believe that line is a metaphor for the universe has a plan and it knows your future. I also liked the line “The world is made forever in melody and power” I think that line is a metaphor for basically how the world works. Melody means peace while power means controlling and taking over. Isn’t that how the world works with peace and compromise then people with power try to take over. This poem was written almost hundred years ago so the world was then ran with melody and power and it still is when will we find a balance?
That is a nice poem. I may use this one as an example for a writing assignment.
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