Poem Analysis (Typed out)

Posted on | Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | No Comments

Since my "Scanner" is out of order, here is a peom I analysised,  the poem being on the left, and what I analysised on the right seperated by the dash (-).

Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins

I asked them to take a poem       
and hold it up to light      -    He is comparing a poem to a light(color-slide)
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.  -  Compares poem to a hive (beehive)

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch hime probe his way out   -  Compares a poem and a mouse (maze)

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

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a peom   - The paper of the poem is compared to water
waving at the author's name on the shore.

                SHIFT
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But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope   - Poem to a person being tortured (criminal)
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.  - Poem to someone in need of information.

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The poem is about people trying to understand poetry. Billy collins uses a different metaphor in each stanza in the poem as I have stated to the right of the poem itself.

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