I really liked this poem! It was cute. I loved how the different pieces of fabric and clothing represented different parts of the speaker and her man's life together. The overstatement in this poem is the line "a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." Before this line, the speaker was talking about how if her significant other left her, she would be devastated and left empty inside. The overstatement itself is saying how much she really needs the other person and how no one else would ever replace what they had together. It gives the reader a mental image of the largest pile of clothing he/she could imagine never being enough for the reader. This just re-emphasizes the fact that their memories together amount to more than anybody else's could.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
To the Linen Closet / Overstatement - Poetry Blog 3 (Sorting Laundry)
Next, I read Sorting Laundry by Elisavietta Ritchie.
I really liked this poem! It was cute. I loved how the different pieces of fabric and clothing represented different parts of the speaker and her man's life together. The overstatement in this poem is the line "a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." Before this line, the speaker was talking about how if her significant other left her, she would be devastated and left empty inside. The overstatement itself is saying how much she really needs the other person and how no one else would ever replace what they had together. It gives the reader a mental image of the largest pile of clothing he/she could imagine never being enough for the reader. This just re-emphasizes the fact that their memories together amount to more than anybody else's could.
I really liked this poem! It was cute. I loved how the different pieces of fabric and clothing represented different parts of the speaker and her man's life together. The overstatement in this poem is the line "a mountain of unsorted wash could not fill the empty side of the bed." Before this line, the speaker was talking about how if her significant other left her, she would be devastated and left empty inside. The overstatement itself is saying how much she really needs the other person and how no one else would ever replace what they had together. It gives the reader a mental image of the largest pile of clothing he/she could imagine never being enough for the reader. This just re-emphasizes the fact that their memories together amount to more than anybody else's could.
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