Poems
The poem that I really liked the most was "Into the Stone". I liked it because it made alot of references to nature. It took me a while to think of some possible meanings of what the poem was all about. I thought that the poem was about slavery and the abolition of slavery. I think that the sunrise represents the dawn of a new era. Also, when they mentioned animal eyes becoming human, I think that they see that black people aren't animals, they are humans. I don't think it's right, but that's how I came up with that conclusion. What do you think the meaning or message the poem gives?
posted by James at 9:12 PM
3 Comments:
It is strange that poems can have many differnt meanings. I am not 100 percent sure on what the poem means but I think you have a good theory going. I also liked the references to nature.
I agree with poems having so many different meanings. I enjoyed how we went over them and there themes in class. In another lit class i am taking, we just discussed the meaning of the poems, and i felt gained up against because I didn't always see the same thing as everyone else.
I found this poem very intersting also. I do think that your interpretation of it makes very much sense, too. With the poems by Dickey, i think that he purposely leaves her poems very open for interpretation. It depends on how you read them how you are going to view them. Also, as said many times since we started talking about Dickey, the references to nature are very interesting. In order to better understand these poems a little, i looked at a few biographies of Dickey and found that he fought in 2 wars. Maybe this has something to do with the way that he writes. Maybe seeing so much horror and death while fighting gave him a new look on life. Just a suggestion though.
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