I said it to you for the cloudsI said it to you for the tree of the sea
For each wave for the birds in the leaves
For the pebbles of sound
For familiar hands
For the eye that becomes landscape or face
And sleep returns it the heaven of its colour
For all that night drank
For the network of roads
For the open window for a bare forehead
I said it to you for your thoughts for your words
Every caress every trust survives.
I really like the poem! It's sweet and I like the imagery. It starts out with simple images but it has a deeper meaning.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the imagery in the beginning of the poem. The nature is very calming, and like the above quote I too believe it is the surface to a deeper meaning.
ReplyDeleteThis poem was definitely weird, but I liked it. First of all, I think the picture of the poet is really cool. And I liked the way that each line starts with the same as the last, it really makes the it over emphasized so we notice it.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the poem ! However, it is a bit strange. I enjoyed the first stanza
ReplyDelete"I said it to you for the clouds
I said it to you for the tree of the sea
For each wave for the birds in the leaves
For the pebbles of sound
For familiar hands"
because I like how it incorperates nature like "clouds" and "tree of the sea." The nature at the beginning is soothing a relaxing.
I like the imagery that this poet used throughout the poem "the birds in the leaves." At the end of the poem I think the speaker says that the trust he has with whomever he is talking to will never be broken up.
ReplyDeleteI really like this poem it is very short and it makes sense when you read it the first time. It may have another meaning than what is being perceived but it still makes sense when you just read it. The imagery is very clear throughout it such as when the speaker says "for each wave for the birds of the sea."
ReplyDeleteEven though this poem is simple in its wording, I think it did a great job at giving imagery to the reader. The picture of the author next to the poem goes along perfectly with the words because he has his hand up near his face as if he is picturing all of the things that the poem talsk about.
ReplyDeleteI think this poem seems like its simply sweet words thrown together to make a cute little poem, but I definetly feel like it is way more than that. For example, "I said it to you for the clouds" illustrates a mental image of an actual cloud but perhaps Eluard was using clouds in the poem to represent somethiing else like random things and reasons to why he said it. As if to suggest that those things all belonged to this person that Eluard is saying it to because they are that important.
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