Introduction To Poetry Analysis

Author: poem of Billy Collins Type: poem Views: 17

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

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.: Agree with Collins :.

As a poet myself, i truely understand Collins' point of view. As a scholar as well, i would find myself constantly frustrated by the way teachers over-analysed every word, line & stanza; every punctuation mark; every mark of tone & emotion; & it all just becomes so judgmental, i think.
Good to see that some people can appreciate the art of poetry for what it is.

| Posted on 2008-03-08 | by a guest

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