Today we looked into writing a thesis statement. Revise today's class material (i.e. the presentation found on Moodle) and write a thesis statement on one of the two topic questions below, i.e Linda Pastan's 'Jump Cabling' or Siegfried Sassoon's 'The General'. Your statement should NOT exceed 100 words!
Topic Question 1
1. As you read the poem aloud, think about the spacing that Pastan designed for it. What is the effect of the space between the first and second parts of the first seven lines (ln. 1-7) ? Why does she do something different for the final line (ln. 8)?
Topic Question 2:
2. What is the effect of the extra space between the next-to last line (ln. 6) and the last line (ln. 7)? Speaking of the last line, notice that it rhymes with the two preceding lines (ln. 5-6)—i.e., the last three lines end with identical sounds, whereas in the preceding four lines (ln. 1-4), no two adjacent lines rhyme. How does the rhyme-scheme contribute to the reading of the poem?
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ReplyDeleteIn 'Jump Cabling', as a narrative poem, L. Pastan narrates an experience of love between two lovers. The poem starts describing a setting where two people come together and explore each others bodies in a metaphorical way. In the end they come alive with energy. The poet uses a significant technique, the word spacing, to express the gradual development of this love. In the first seven lines there is a big space, mostly to express the isntance between the two lovers. Their love is at the beggining and not stable yet, but in the eighth line there is no space which depicts the unity of two lovers. Mainly, it is a suggestion to become one, cause love has no spaces, no borderlines.
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ReplyDeleteForm in modern poetry is flexible, allowing poets to use free verse in order to affect what is being said, by saying it in an unexpected way. In Pastan's free verse poem “Jump Cabling” the persona is trying to connect with her/his listener in terms of a romantic relationship. Pastran writes in free verse, deliberately leaving space between the first and second parts in the first seven lines, aiming to create the impression of distance between the two potential lovers. However, in the final line, Pastran leaves no gap, suggesting that distance has been eliminated.
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