What i found funny about this poem is the stanza concerning the Sparrow. Can you imagine a bird opening its beak and a spanish voice coming out? The vision of a sparrow limping along, fragile and small, and then speaking with a booming, Spanish voice is comical to me. Plus Federico Garcia Lorca just sounds like a silly name. No offense.
The sparrow in some European cultures is a sign of death, and maybe the little bird is saying that literature will die out because people don't appreciate it anymore.
I think the point of the weather in this poem is to portray the moods/emotions of how people feel sometimes. I also thought the part about the National I hate myself and want to die day was funny, because lets face it, we all have those types of days.
I think that the over all structure of this poem is quite funny. In my view it appears that Franz Wright is writing in a sort of stream of consciousness approach that puts words together in a comical way.
Why a sparrow?
ReplyDeleteWhy "limps"?
What is funny in this poem?
What is the point of the weather here?
Why a cemetery?
What is the speaker *doing* in this poem?
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ReplyDeleteWhat i found funny about this poem is the stanza concerning the Sparrow. Can you imagine a bird opening its beak and a spanish voice coming out? The vision of a sparrow limping along, fragile and small, and then speaking with a booming, Spanish voice is comical to me. Plus Federico Garcia Lorca just sounds like a silly name. No offense.
ReplyDeleteThe sparrow in some European cultures is a sign of death, and maybe the little bird is saying that literature will die out because people don't appreciate it anymore.
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ReplyDeleteI think the point of the weather in this poem is to portray the moods/emotions of how people feel sometimes. I also thought the part about the National I hate myself and want to die day was funny, because lets face it, we all have those types of days.
ReplyDeleteI think that the over all structure of this poem is quite funny. In my view it appears that Franz Wright is writing in a sort of stream of consciousness approach that puts words together in a comical way.
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