Leisure, Hannah, Does Not Agree With You
By: Hannah Gamble https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/56060 The repetitiveness of the word disgust in the poem is powerful. It stimulates the feeling of hatred that the author has inside of her. Hannah Gamble is a poet who is not afraid to write her feelings and put them into words in a way that makes you understand where she is emotionally. Personally, I can identify in this poem with never being content. In my head, nothing is ever good enough for myself. I constantly nitpick every little thing about my life. “I have enough regrets to crack all the plumbing,” is justifying this underlying feeling of self pity. This self pity stems from her own judgement of herself and denotes that this judgment is worse than any judgment that could come from her readers. The poem starts out with inanimate objects, such as the house and tent, and abruptly transitions into intangible things, such as her name and wholeness. The last few lines of the poem do not stick with the pattern of “My ___ disgusted me…” but instead switches to the expression of how she is explicitly feeling and what is happening to her. The last line of the poem, “I’m whole only in that I’ve built my person from every thought I’ve ever loved,” is the realization that even though life is hard, with love there is wholeness. Her torn view between her own pride and sense of self can be seen throughout the poem.
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Jeremy from WV
10/6/2016 08:27:22 am
Ashlyn, you had the right idea when you started your analysis, however you did not write enough about it. You should try expanding on things, such as diction, past the one or two sentences you have. You may also want to try varying your sentence structure, it actually becomes hard to read simple sentences after a while. I'm sorry that was off topic for what I was supposed to be commenting about, it just stood out.
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Katy
10/7/2016 05:15:25 am
Well I thought you analysis was really good. I really liked how you brought the poem into your life and related it back to yourself. The poem was wonderful read. Do think that by the end of the poem she is less knit-picky of her life or do you think that she has just accepted that this is how her she is? Also i really liked the lines "
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Hailey
10/7/2016 08:45:11 am
This is a wonderful analysis of your poem! This was a good poet to choose seeing how in depth she goes with emotion. It was really interesting how you could relate to her as well and I thought it made your analysis even greater. Your insight on her repetition of the word disgust also stuck out to me since it is such a major point in the poem and is the base of her emotional expression. The shift at the end of the poem, from her implicit to explicit feelings, and acceptance of life's hardships, was also a great point to hit on and your description of it made it much easier for me to understand! Great job overall!
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Derek Pang
10/9/2016 07:47:11 pm
Nice analysis of the poem! I liked how you were quick in analyzing the repetition of the word disgust. I think the repetition can also be representative of self-doubt in some ways. Sometimes, self-judgement can lead you down a spiral of depression and negativity. This however, can be changed with mindsets of positivity and love such as the speaker's own near the end. Overall, I really enjoyed reading about your view on the poem!
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11/4/2016 05:44:42 am
WOW! I thought your analysis of your poem was amazing. Great real world connection, and the way you integrated quotes from the poem and expanded upon them was great. Your sentence structure was impeccable as well. Cant wait to read your next post! <3
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