Wednesday, March 30, 2011
LATE FEBRUARY BY TED KOOSER
This poem seemed to describe the environment of which comes in the month of February. For example it says, " Now children stiffened by winter dressed, somehow like old men". Now what I basically take from this is the comparison that older men dress with a lot of more clothing due to the fact they get colder than younger men. Another part of the poem I like is when he said said "spring is brief by five o' clock the chill of sundown, darkness, the blue tv's flashing like storms". To me this was such a good visual to picture in my brain. this quote related so much to february its like almost impossible to not see this actually happening.This poem also made me very excited to see the nice weather because this winter I most say was one of the hardest that we have ever been through in a long time. but this poem to me express exactly what the month of february is about.
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ReplyDeleteagree with that the poem describes the environment in the month of late February. But also the poem is describing the changes in late february season from winter to spring. I notice this from the lines:
ReplyDelete"Now children,
stiffened by winter
and dressed, somehow,
like old men, mutter
and bend to the work
of building dams.
But such a spring is brief;
by five o’clock
the chill of sundown,
darkness"
Its can be determine that this is true as we wintess this year and as a kid growing up in New York City. Ted Kosser did a great job with his words in this poem as she paints a beautiful time of season and makes it feel like its late February in NYC but he really describing Nebraska in late February.
See my comments on Christian's blog, as well as other comments on Kooser, in both current and previous blogs, and of course excercises on Bb and the critical bio./introduction on Kooser on PF--much more here that meets the eye, beyond literal description.
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