H.D.

This post is fixing my mistake from this week. This post should have come before my D.H. Lawrence post, just to clear all of that up. Today I would like to extend the discussion from class about the poem, "The Pool". There are many examples of ploce including the repetion of "I", "you". There is also and example of anaphoria with the begining the sentence with "I" in lines two and four. As we pointed out this poem begins with a question and ends with a question. It also includes a similie as follows. "You quiver like a sea-fish" (line 3). Now that I have done a recap of what we have discussed in class I would like to give you my view of this poem. I agree with the person looking in the mirrow and wondering what they have become. "Are you alive" (line 1). I take this as, what have you become, you are dead, you are not the person you used to be. "I touch you" (line 2). I look back at my past and get intouch with what has gone on and am blown away by my actions and who I am. "You quiver like a sea-fish" (line 3). You move in such a way that you remind me of a creature not normal to every day life. Almost as if you are a dark creature that I do not even recognisze. "I cover you with my net" (line 4). I make my mind leave these thoughts of darkness and cover you with what I would like myself to be. "What are you - banded one?" (line 5). What have you become, a monster. A monster that has been constricted in seeing the real you and the feelings you have. This poem brings me great darkness and can probably be related to many college students. You come to a brand new place, a new start and often loose sight of who you really are. Take a step back and think if you are really the person you want to be. I feel that the title does not represent a literal pool such as a swimming pool but instead the pool of life in other words the circle of life. This poem makes me look back and think if my choices have represented the person I truley want to be....if I died tomorrow how would I want people to remember me.