1. Does each object Collins uses to compare to his beloved have a different meaning?
2. Is the tone of the poem humorous? serious? sarcastic?
3. In the beginning of the poem, Collins compares his beloved to something that seems to be a complement, "you are the dew on the morning grass." Why does he use comparisons that seem to be good then change to saying "you are not" and comparing to nice things?
4. Is Collins trying to work out how he feels about the beloved in the poem, or did he have a specific stance before he wrote it?
5. Who is "you"? Is it really the beloved?
6. Is there a significance in the structure of the stanzas in Collins poem?
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1. I think each object that Collins uses to compare to his beloved has a different meaning because in the beginning he starts off by comparing the beloved to nice things but then at the end he switches to comparing the beloved to rather disturbing things. Different items have different meanings.
ReplyDelete2. I believe the tone of the poem is very sarcastic because I think Collins mocks the original poem and finds it to be completely ridiculous. How can you compare a person to objects that are found around the house like for example a knife? You even hear the audience laughing at points throughout the entire presentation.
5. I personally don't believe the "you" is the beloved in the sense that I don't know who would compare their beloved to "the pigeon on the general's head". Also if the "you" was the beloved then why would you at first say such nice comparisons and then in the end mention what "you are not" and use such disturbing comparisons?
1) No they are meaningless which is the whole point of the poem. He uses terrible, empty metaphors to satirize the style of the original creator and attempt to express his view that that writing style is in fact not good poetry. Not to mention that they can't really mean anything because in my view there is no 'beloved'
ReplyDelete2) The tone of this poem is as I said, satirical. This is the reason why the audience laughs throughout. He is in many ways venturing into the realm of 'bad poetry' to make a point.
4) I think he had a very specific stance before he wrote it. It is clear that it wasn't a stream of consciousness and that he wrote with the intention to give his viewpoint about the original poem. Once again, I don't really think that there is a 'beloved' because I don't think that he is writing about his feeling for another person