Poem Response
The poem I chose is "The Everyday Enchantment of Music". The first time I read the poem, I think this poem is very unique in the genre of poem. One thing that make this poem unique is that the poem is not written in separate lines or it is not separated as stanzas, but as one paragraph. Therefore, it seems to me, the author is telling a story about the music.
When I first read this poem, I thought this poem is the feeling that the author had after he watched the performance in Venice since the author mentioned Venice couple times. However, after I read a few times more, I think the poem is about the music is made and the powerful effects that music has. The author uses a lot of imaginary to create a fairytale. An example of that would be "when tears of the sea fell from the Bridge of Sighs, which in turn was polished until it ceased to be and in its place stood the empty home of a heart in trouble". This sentence is actually a little bit sad. Nevertheless, I think it shows how powerful music is. Even, people come across a hard time of their life, music still can make things better and let life goes on.
I like the unique format that author uses. It separate the writing style from one and other, it gives this poem a felling of continuous and make the poem like a story. I also like the language the author. The poem is talking about music, which is a common thing. However, the language the author uses make the poem in a new level, it makes me feel like I'm analyzing a piece of art. The author uses a lot of adjectives, like "rough", "smoother", "empty". Those words are very simple but very accurate. It accurately matches the nouns that gives the feeling that the author wants to people to feel.
I have a few questions for the author. First, it is obvious the author is a professional writer, but he has a deep understanding of music, is he also a musician? If he is not, what kind of role that music plays in his life? In what kind of situation did the author write the poem? Has he come across some hard situation, because I can see some toughness in this poem and also hope.
When I first read this poem, I thought this poem is the feeling that the author had after he watched the performance in Venice since the author mentioned Venice couple times. However, after I read a few times more, I think the poem is about the music is made and the powerful effects that music has. The author uses a lot of imaginary to create a fairytale. An example of that would be "when tears of the sea fell from the Bridge of Sighs, which in turn was polished until it ceased to be and in its place stood the empty home of a heart in trouble". This sentence is actually a little bit sad. Nevertheless, I think it shows how powerful music is. Even, people come across a hard time of their life, music still can make things better and let life goes on.
I like the unique format that author uses. It separate the writing style from one and other, it gives this poem a felling of continuous and make the poem like a story. I also like the language the author. The poem is talking about music, which is a common thing. However, the language the author uses make the poem in a new level, it makes me feel like I'm analyzing a piece of art. The author uses a lot of adjectives, like "rough", "smoother", "empty". Those words are very simple but very accurate. It accurately matches the nouns that gives the feeling that the author wants to people to feel.
I have a few questions for the author. First, it is obvious the author is a professional writer, but he has a deep understanding of music, is he also a musician? If he is not, what kind of role that music plays in his life? In what kind of situation did the author write the poem? Has he come across some hard situation, because I can see some toughness in this poem and also hope.
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