Saturday, October 2, 2010

"Red Shifts"

In the poem "Red Shifts" the author Ted Berrigan suggests that life 's lonely,life doesn't mean anything .The author also suggests that people are important in life.The author establishes his point by using some words  and tones.    
"Only our human lot & means nothing".In this quote the author tries to show how life doesn't mean anything.By analyzing the title of the poem ,the author talks about the red colors which means the shift of emotions or love and anger.Life doesn't mean anything it's like life on earth is not forever. Everybody will die one day.I think that's the reason why the author refers to his death in the poem.It seems like he feels people aren't  supposed to die.He doesn't want to die."i would never & never will live alone until we vanish."this quote shows how the author doesn't want to be away from people in his life .He's trying to say that separation is hard.        
I can divide the poem into three pieces.A piece where the author is talking about the setting where the  event takes place.And,a piece  where the author 's talking about his emotions,how he feels about being away from others.Finally,a piece where he talks about himself ."I'm only pronouns & I am all of them,"the author refers to himself  like he's everything ,he's really important.  
I think the idea that this poem proposes is an important one because people should think about how to live a good life,to share a good relationship each other because we are not going to live forever.There's a permanent estrangement like the author says.

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