Saturday, July 26, 2003
 
Jack Blade, American Poet

And all this could seem like a dream out the door
With everyday people, face down on the floor
from "The Secret of My Succe$s"
in the collection Big Life
Class, discuss:
  1. Why would a dream leave the building, and would it use a door? Does this personification of the concept of "dream" work in the complete context of the poem?

  2. What aspects of modern life command common people lie to face down on the floor and to not move, it's not kidding this is a real gun? How does this compare to Thoreau's assertion that most men lead lives of quiet desperation?

  3. Does the juxtaposition of metaphors identify the harried nature of the contemporary world, or is it a feeble attempt to force rhymes?

- posted by Brian J. @ 11:25 AM
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