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Poetry

Through the essay, Randall uses a lot of evidence and tries to convince the audience how vital poetry is and how poetry matters. One of the most convincing things is that Randall explains how she was never interested in poetry when she was young, especially in school. She states how the teachers made her memorize poems at school, which meant that poetry was everywhere she was. It was embedded in everything that she came across, and she was to hate it for a lifetime and live with it or love it and have it around her for a lifetime (Randall, 2010). Therefore, her love for poetry began when a poem moved her at a party and the poem that was read and moved her was the city lights, a little white and black edition of Allen Ginsberg.

One of the most exciting questions that Randall presents and that is an excellent source of thinking is how poetry can save the climate from being destroyed, feed the hungry, support justice and end the war (Randall, 2010). This is a great question, and even though poetry might have very little to do directly, it can have an enormous effect indirectly. The intended audience is anyone who tries to find a connection between poetry and the natural world and how the relationship can make the world a better place. This is because the article discusses how poetry relates to the real world and how it can bring solutions to the world. The leash is about humanity and how it is being led towards danger by the powers that exist like dogs. For instance, the bombs and the riffles are just the leashes that led humanity and people astray in the wrong direction (Limón, 2018). The literal meaning is used when the world and its people are compared to the dog and its leash. Personification is also evident as the poem refers to the dog as her. The poem is also elliptical poetry.

References

Randall, M. (2010). Can Poetry Matter?. World Literature Today, 84(2), 20-22.

Limón, A. (2018). Ada Limón, Raymond Carver Reading Series, January 31, 2018.