Garrett Kitchen
May 1st, 2013
For You by Kai ishi is a happy poem from the perspective of an abstract noun. Ishii uses a lot of imagery and describes many concepts and objects using colour. Ishii’s noun talks a lot about giving nice things to people, and performing nice acts for them, so I think his poem is probably from the perspective of happiness or generosity. Another reason I think it is generosity is Ishii capitalized every “Y” in you or your. This adds importance to the reader, and not the one giving. Ishii doesn’t follow a rhyme scheme, and only rhymes in four different places if you count the approximate rhyme. Ishii’s rhymes add a lot of flow to the poem, but the approximate rhyme seemed unintentional, “times when the radio plays Your favorite song and when the bullies at you’re school are gone...” Ishii uses a lot of alliteration in the poem, which adds flow and energy. For example, “The cupcakes and sugary sweets and slides and swings are all from me..." Ishii’s poem is a great example of imagery with all the colouration description and just the plethora of describing words he uses, “The beautiful butterfly’s and white doves and the pink gum you chew...” Overall I think Kai Ishii’s poem is very happy and grand, and it was very generous of him to write it with so much imagery and personality.
the Days are the nights by Kate Mcleod is a deep, moving, confusing poem that is from the perspective of an abstract noun. I think this poem is from the perspective of fear or anger, because the poem is fairly creepy, and written so mysteriously it leaves the reader in an awe inspired fear. Additionally, The name of the poem is: “the Days are the Nights” If I literally experienced a day being a night I would be very confused and scared. The title could also be figurative, it could mean that when one is consumed by fear during the day it is so awful it is like day being night. This poem also has many elements of poetry. It has alliteration “poison powder drop..” It also has a couple oxymorons. For example, “Holding on to letting go...” Which is also an example of assonance in the poem. Mcleod also put a metaphor in her poem, “The night is my waitress, the shadows my kitchen, and The chef I become.” Overall this is a phenomenally written poem, and portrays fear very well.
