Reflection # 5 Word choice
The author of any poem can choose the words they like but they have to be very concentrated and exact because you can't explain them in a 100 word poem, thats why they can bring a lot of problems on the readers way of understanding. All the readers have to be alert of the meaning of those words, just to understand the poem. A great example is how E.E. Cummings was able to manage a comparison a virgin's first experience in sex with a first time riding a new car. Every part of the car compared to the girl's body parts. Thats the example of the word choice the author used.
posted by Kaylie at
4:19 PM
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You are most sertanly correct about the poem used in class it had a sense of symbolism and ambiguity(sorry for the lack spelling)it does have a wierd way in combining the act of deflowring a girl to the movement of a car.Is one of the most intresting poem i have read in long time.
I am in complete agree with you, the selection of the correct words in a poem is a very important aspect that influence on the meaning of it. Especially authors like Cummins, that likes to use a lot of symbolism, the decision of the words that is going to utilize in his poems is what makes them interesting.
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