·
Grass
o Literal
Interpretation: The impact of war.
o Selection
of Battles
§
War is Timeless
§
Linked Directly to Nature and How it Repeats
Itself
§
High Body Count for Each One
o Cyclical
Nature of War: Poem Cycles
o It
is never finished; it is continuous.
o Plea
for a pause to the fighting.
o People
forget – only the name remembered.
o Parellels
to Whitman: Leaves of Grass (written as a response).
·
Lady Lazarus
o
Tone: Dark, Grim
§
Physical Body
§
Numbers
§
Art Form
§
At the same time, playful rhymes and language
(Paradoxical Style)
o Addresses:
Her Father
o Biblical
Reference
o Linked
to her Relationship with her Father.
o Stigma
Attached to her Life
o Theatrical
Death Allusion
o Crowd
showing up.
o Phoenix
Analogy: Unwilling Resurrection
o Taunting
Death: Miracle (Unwanted)
·
Daddy
o Style:
Somewhat of a dark song/ Nursery-like
o Reference
to German/Authoritarian relationship to her father-like Jews.
o Insensitivity
in the Importance She Places of herself in this Relationship.
o Themes
of Patriarchal Oppression/ Gender Roles vs. Personal Hatred
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