Blog #8 Poetry
All Poems in this weeks reading were about death. That moment in time when this world ends and another begins. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Jarrell was disturbing when he quotes "When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose" the harshness of war is inconceivable and the clear disregard for human life is summed up in this sentence. The language Jarrell uses makes the point of this and the reader understands war better after reading it, there is a sad cold feeling to this poem. In Dickinson's poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" she describes the journey of death while still earth bound and the sights she sees, she speaks of death being civil "We slowly drove--He knew no haste....my labor and my leisure too/for his Civility. This concept of sight seeing with death is wonderful. When we think of death we do not think of it as an individual who will takes us to sights we hold dear to us before we leave this world. This poem moves the reader and the feeling is joyful. Heading into Eternity on a carriage pulled by horses. The rhyme scheme was wonderful and made the poem stand out.
All Poems in this weeks reading were about death. That moment in time when this world ends and another begins. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Jarrell was disturbing when he quotes "When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose" the harshness of war is inconceivable and the clear disregard for human life is summed up in this sentence. The language Jarrell uses makes the point of this and the reader understands war better after reading it, there is a sad cold feeling to this poem. In Dickinson's poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" she describes the journey of death while still earth bound and the sights she sees, she speaks of death being civil "We slowly drove--He knew no haste....my labor and my leisure too/for his Civility. This concept of sight seeing with death is wonderful. When we think of death we do not think of it as an individual who will takes us to sights we hold dear to us before we leave this world. This poem moves the reader and the feeling is joyful. Heading into Eternity on a carriage pulled by horses. The rhyme scheme was wonderful and made the poem stand out.
I did this the 4th of November but I just realized it was not on my blog !!
I agree with you that "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" give a picture of what war does. During WWII Ball Turret Gunners survival rate was very low. This one position in the military symbolizes what the outcome of war with always have, and that is death. I found your view on "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" very interesting and insightful. Death is always been bad to society, but regardless of the beliefs people might have there is the possibility for something good to happen after death. Great post!
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