This is a poem that addresses
the difficult subject of burying a pet.
The
Blue Bowl
Jane Kenyon
Like primitives we buried the cat
with his bowl. Bare-handed
we scraped sand and gravel
back into the hole.
They fell with a hiss
and thud on his side,
on his long red fur, the white feathers
between his toes, and his
long, not to say aquiline, nose.
with his bowl. Bare-handed
we scraped sand and gravel
back into the hole.
They fell with a hiss
and thud on his side,
on his long red fur, the white feathers
between his toes, and his
long, not to say aquiline, nose.
We stood and brushed each other off.
There are sorrows keener than these.
There are sorrows keener than these.
Silent the rest of the day,
we worked,
ate, stared, and slept. It stormed
all night; now it clears, and a robin
burbles from a dripping bush
like the neighbor who means well
but always says the wrong thing.
ate, stared, and slept. It stormed
all night; now it clears, and a robin
burbles from a dripping bush
like the neighbor who means well
but always says the wrong thing.
Part 1.
ReplyDeleteThe speaker of the poem is most likely the owner of the cat or at least someone in the family that owned the cat. the speaker does not seem to be specifically talking to anyone except the reader. the poem takes place outdoors in the poem the author say " Bare-handed we scraped sand and gravel back into the hole". this would lead the reader to assume its outside. the author uses imagery in this poem one example of this is when the author describes the cat "long red fur, the white feathers between his toes, and his long, not to say aquiline, nose", this helps the reader picture the what the cat looks like.
Part 2.
The name of the poem is The Blue Bowl and the name of the poet is Jane Kenyon. the main idea of this poem is about someone burying their pet cat. The mood of this poem is gloomy/sad mood. ways you can tell the mood is when the author writes "there are sorrows keener than these" or when the author writes "silent the rest of the day". these lines give off a sad feeling or gloomy feeling. The tone of the poem is very similar to the mood. from how the author wrote this poem you can get a sadness in the authors way of writing. one thing they wrote that portrays this is "like the neighbor who means well but always says the wrong thing". when reading this you can tell the author is in a sad state. the theme of this poem is how life is affected from death. even though it is not a major death as the writer states when they wrote "there are sorrows keener than these". you can still see hoe their life is affected when the author wrote "silent the rest of the day, we worked, ate, stared, and slept." this shows how the people In the poem went through their normal day but in a silent/sad manner. over all this poem gives off a sad feeling to the reader. the poem shows that no matter how small the death may seem it can still have a big impact.
Part 3.
I thought the poem was well done it had a simple basic story with a very interesting meaning to it. From the surface all you see is a story about a person burying their pet cat but if you look a bit deeper you can see how this refers to death and how life is a important thing no matter how small the being who may posses it. lines 9 and 10 to me where the most important to get the message across. the title of the poem is a little miss leading and had little impact of the poem itself and why is that why would the author do something like that?