This weeks reading was very exciting for me. The poems that were handed out with Fausette were very light and exciting.
My favorite poem was "Words! Words!" The imagery was exceptional. The red that was used I tinterpreted into two different meanings. It could be red as in bloodshed, and anger or it could be interpreted as passionate love. The line "you went besrk, and I saw red. This could have ment that the author understood and noted that she saw that maybe their beloved was so in love with them and if for that reason is why they are so angry. Perhaps, if they did not love one another so much they would not have been in a "lover's quarelle."
The second stanza in the poem was very powerful. It made me feel as though I was right there watching the argument. It mentions death and the apostle. This made me believe that there is a married couple, and they are not getting a long but they are going to prove to god that they can withhold the test of time.
This poem also reminded me of Jean Toomer's Cane. There is a passage in the book that is called Carma. The woman in Toomer's passage was also very dramatic. They were arguing too, however Carma could not compose herself and killed her husband. She could not stand the test of time and prove to god that her vows were almost unsacred!
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I would agree. In a way Carma did prove her vows were sacred to her, after all she did cheat on her husband. However I don’t think she killed him, yet I guess her actions were the catalyst for his murdering a man. (at least we think he did?) In that way, she could have killed him, since his life is no longer his own. Maybe I’m reaching, I found Cane difficult to understand anyway, but you definitely had some very good points about words.
This poem was interesting to me. The imagery was pretty vivid, which engaged my interest to the poem. I never looked at the poem the way you did, but I can understand completely where you're coming from. I suppose that is the beauty of poetry... there is not just one interpretation, there are many.
"Words! Words!" was very intense and you knew exactly what she was talking about from the get-go. It perfectly chronicled and argument between lovers or friends.
The poem you are talking about was really rich in imagery but also left alot of room for interpretation by the reader. I didn't make the connection to Carma until I read your post and the two peices can deffinatly be connected.
As I have said many many times, poetry is not my best! After talking in class about this poem and reading your post, I have a better feeling and understanding of it. Alot of Fauset's poems were about lovers and those lovers quarelling. I read the poem again and I agree with you. I definitely felt like I was watching the argument and that feeling of how they were going to fight to show their love and vows mean something.
I like the comparison you made. I think that it was true and I too loved "Words! Words!". It showed how fragile love is and how it can be destroyed with only words.
I wouldn't say this way my favorite Fauset poem, but I definitely think it was a good one. I like how a lot of her poems have to deal with love. It's a big switch from what we were reading. I thought the title really fit the poem well. Words can cause a lot of damage.
My favorite poem was "Words" as well. In reading it I actually noticed it was very similar to Mary Elizabeth. They are both about the idea that one small thing a person does, or more importantly says, can have a huge impact on a relationship. I especially loved the line from the poem about how words held the powere of "life and death: - I took this to mean the life and death of the relationship. It was a very powerful poem.
I enjoy reading other people’s posts especially on the poetry because there are so many ways to view a poem. “Words! Words!” is so intriguing to me because it doesn’t involve different races and seems to have two sides to it: love for one another and at the same time extreme anger. I like the strong dramatic feel to it. It’s such a change from the dry, hard to interpret, racist poems and stories we have been reading.
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