I haven't really read too much poetry, it doesn't really interest me, therefore this poem was fairly hard for me to comprehend. I wasn't quite sure what the meaning or theme was, but I understood that there was this beautiful woman who sat with elders. I saw John describe something about her husband but i wasn't sure if he was a good guy or the bad guy who made this woman upset. I tried looking more information up on the internet to try to underand this poem more, but i couldn't find too much information or help.
Daddy
Daddy, by Sylvia Plath was quite an interesting poem. Kind of depressing and vivid in a weird way. But overall, i enjoyed the reading. I liked how Plath added the every other line rhyme, which made it more interesting to read. Plath also gave off a great visual in the readers mind of the hatred oh his father and what he caused in his life. I especially enjoyed reading the lines, " Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do." These couple of lines gave off a great idea of how the author wanted to express how he felt. Throughout his childhood till his adulthood he had these hidden feelings of his father and how he was this awful man.
My Father Moved Through Dooms of Love
This poem by E. E. Cummings was emotionally wonderful. I believe the author expressed how this father went through these dooms of love in very expressive ways to getting the readers to understand. I took the poem maybe slightly differently than maybe some. I took it as the father in love and how he is on this emotional rollercoaster sort of. Maybe in and out of relationships, getting his feelings hurt and other times totally in love, head over heels. I enjoyed how cummings involved the father having this magical voice and how he could "sing women to sleep." I liked these couple of lines where cummings wrote, " my father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree." I took it as maybe each new relationship he sang out his love for each woman and put his whole heart into his relationship.
Posted by MelissaBerg at March 1, 2005 08:36 PM | TrackBackWhy did you group these three poems together? The two poems about fathers naturally go together. When you researched this, did you come across a reference to The Book of Judith, from the bible? Judith is a dashing heroine who rescues the Israelites by cutting off an evil king's head... she does what the author of "Daddy" (Sylvia Plath) seems to wish she could have done to her own father.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at March 2, 2005 09:34 AMYeah, like Dr. Jerz said about Judith, she was really a great heroine. *shameless plug* Go check my blog for the entry called "What rhymes with "orgy"?" I wrote about Judith, and you might be able to take something away from that entry :-)
And the lines from "Daddy" you pointed out are my favorites, too! They really put a picture in your mind, don't they? Cool.
Posted by: Karissa at March 2, 2005 10:27 PMMelissa, what do you think cumming's meant when he used the word "dooms" in his title? I once heard that to make love happen, you have to stop falling in it and start rising in it instead. If love was so wonderful, then why do you think his was doomed?
Posted by: Neha at March 2, 2005 10:35 PMNeha, I'm not really sure why cummings used the word "dooms" in his title, but it might have something to do with heartbreak? Maybe dooms referring to the bad in relationships, not just how everyone thinks love is this wonderful thing, with no problems or hardships.
Posted by: Melissa Berg at March 3, 2005 02:29 AM