Obviously poems are meant to give feeling to the poem but these poems all convey the same emotion, with each poem having a different situation and perspective. Several of the love perspectives involve marriage. The Tally Stick (596), The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter (599), Married Love (600), To My Dear And Loving Husband (610), [Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds] (611), and Wedding-Ring (613) are all about marriage in some way. They brought out feelings that reminded me of my own relationship with my boyfriend and either made me happy or sad but all because of the same feeling of love. My favorite was [Stop All The Clocks,Cut Off The Telephone] (609). The objects helped to produce emotion and they were all such ordinary, everyday objects that the poem struck me in a way that I would never have thought of these objects before. The simplicity of the objects helped me to understand and mourn along with the author. The other four poems didn't particularly stand out to me and just silently existed. I especially enjoyed the poems with a rhyme scheme because those keep me interested and help me to pay attention. They were all good because I love, love. It's an emotion that everyone feels or wants to feel, so I think anyone could relate to any of them.
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Jessica,
You bring up such an interesting point...that simple objects can take on new meanings when these objects hold significance for both the writer and reader of a poem. I'm curious to hear more of your thoughts on "Stop all the clocks." Specifically, which objects in the poem held significance for you? What did they mean? Did you notice "simple objects" in other poems, too? (I'm thinking of "Wedding-Ring," which listed several mundane, everyday objects).
This could be an interesting topic for you to explore further. When does a "simple object" take on bigger meanings?
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