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Not Sense
By Gail Tremblay (b. 1945)
The tongue shapes and
molds sound. Speech
Becomes sensation in the
mouth vibrating
on the palate and the
teeth – touch
done with more than
fingertips transmutes
itself to rhythm in the
ear. Words outleap
meaning and turn into a
way to move.
We speak the names that
objects will become.
Voice wakes the light, and
we begin to see
the shadows leaves can
make against the wood.
We say Earth spins, and
suddenly the clouds
move like ghosts of old
ones bringing rain
that loves the growing
things upon the ground.
I listen to your breath
against my skin
and wait for you to name
the way you feel,
to tell me where you’ve
been and where you go,
to find the shape of
things we share and have
to give. I learn and
whisper words to let you see
My tongue slips nimbly
past my teeth
and finds lips ready to
caress
the line of small round
scars that mark
your cheek. Nothing mars
the surface
of your skin; what is is
graceful and words
could never see it any
other way. I watch with senses
more perceptive than my
eyes, and let you touch me
more than once or twice.
Your voice says little;
sound echoes in my senses
like the wind.
You fill the dark passages
of form with murmurs
that inhabit me until I learn it’s sound not sense
that fills the world, that
keeps me warm.
Nims, F. (1992). Western wind: An introduction to poetry.
New Yor: McGraw-Hill.
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Bangad, Nikki F.
ASENGL3
Engl44
11/04/15
“Sins”
Readers Response Analysis on “Atomic Pantoum” by Peter Meinke
Atomic Pantoum is a poem about “sins”. Sins that are treated as unintentional or darling sins. The first stanza and second stanza tells about the sins that the people committed. The first and second stanza states that “In a chain reaction the neutrons released, spilt another nuclei which releases more neutrons. The neutrons released blow open some others which release more neutrons and start this all over” which can relate to peoples committed sins, which starts from one single sin then it starts to grow. Like taking drugs for example; a person want to try it out of curiosity, then continue to take it because it gives pleasure, after it that person got overdose from using drugs, then that person will commit crimes just to have money because drugs are costly, then some will commit suicide because of the negative side effect of drug overdose.
The third stanza tells that people keep committing the same sins even though that person knows already that it’s a sin. She/he will act like its nothing or acting blind, like he/she is innocent of the sin they had committed. They call it “Darling Sins”, the sins which is often committed but is treated as unintentional sins. The fourth and fifth stanza tells that some people notices other peoples fault because they know the difference between good and bad but they don’t notice their own fault, in short, some people are hypocrite.
The sixth and seventh stanza tells that people knows what is good and bad, so they will use it against their enemies. Like observing and takes note the flaws of their enemies and use it against them. The eighth and ninth stanza tells that people uses their knowledge about what is right and wrong and use it against their enemies as a revenge but they are being blinded by the fact that what they are doing is not right. The things they do to their enemies are still sins.
Verdadero, Cristel Joy B. ASENGL3 Understanding Poetry
“The Poem”
A Reader’s Response analysis of the poem “Anatomic Pantoum” by Peter Meinke
The poem is more likely about Chemistry. Specifically, it speaks about a nuclear weapon, an atomic bomb. The stanzas talk about the process of how the atomic bomb destroys the things it possesses, but this is only if take it in literal meaning. We have to look further than science, enhancing one’s observation and relating to emotions.
In the first and second stanzas of the poem, it speaks about the chain reaction when an atomic bomb explodes. First, the neutrons will release and split in two new nuclei which will release more neutrons and then again and again with the same process. In the third stanza, explained that the chain reaction on the previous stanzas is a detailed of an explosion. In continue, the next two stanzas are the chain reaction of the effects of the explosion. The explosion will destroy the church and the people, as represented by “choirs”, and the creatures of the sea are no exception. On the sixth stanza, it describes the nuclear weapon as “sun’s force” because of its strength, its explosion affected not only on-land but also in water. It continues in the seventh stanza, where it having a strong explosion and contained in a plutonium trigger, people are dying to use it to their enemies, desiring their destruction. In the last two stanzas, it explains that because of our desire to destroy, we were blinded to the effects of this cause. Throughout the poem, ‘destruction’ and ‘chain reaction’ are the most prominent topics. Looking at it deeper, it does not only talks about the nuclear weapon but it also speaks about an experience. Maybe the authors and maybe not, but it surely hold a great emotion a reader can easily pick up.
The reader’s may reflect or relate this poem on the people’s desire about the destruction of an enemy in any way. It can be something as small as gossiping. A chain reaction of untruthful words that could bring destruction the person being gossiped about, but it also affects the person or people who started it, being their reputation being damaged. It could also be reflected or related to something as big as to what is happening on wars, the desire to destroy each other with the help of a powerful weapon and then trying to find hope to stop the chain reaction we, ourselves started.
References:
Jason, P.K. 2002. "The Poem" Critical Guide to Poetry for Students Ed. eNotes.com, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.enotes.com/topics/atomic-pantoum/in-depth#in-depth-the-poem on 5 Nov, 2015
Anasario, Kiezl Grace H. ASENGL3
Atomic Pantoum
Reader’s Response Theory Analysis
The poem “Atomic Pantoum” by Peter Meinke means about the destructions happening in our world today. The poem uses the language of chemistry in showing how the world was destructed slowly through the split of nuclei which is nuclei represents the generalized or different kinds of environmental destructions. The readers might not realize this automatically because of the words used, but thinking more deeply will make the readers amazed how amazing Peter’s work is.
In the first to second stanza of the poem, it tells us here how the devastation slowly starting through the means of chain reaction. The best way of representing this part of the poem is for example, when you drop a stone in a lake the area on the water where the stone landed created a waves that basically spread, slowly expands and getting bigger and bigger all over the lake. In further explanation, the release of neutrons means the dropping of the stone on the lake which represents the destruction happening in the world today, as it splits other nuclei and release more neutrons is the spreading of the said destruction which was represented by the waves caused by the stone shown in the example above. The destruction happening in our world today is slowly spreading and if people will not take precautions like taking care of our ecosystem will lead to a sudden chaos which will actually make all human suffer or worst, lose our planet.
“Choirs” are the humans and the “fish” are the sea and land creatures living in the world, if the people cannot stop the sudden destruction the possible consequences might happen is the creatures like animals, the plants and stuffs might die and loss their home also with the humans they will not just going to be affected physically but also spiritually, emotionally and mentally as shown in the third to fifth stanza of the poem. The poem’s sixth to ninth stanza then shows what will then be the possible outcome if the people will stop this destruction, saying that because of this destruction created by the chain reaction which the human already knew and have kept on their minds the human will actually dying to implement this or dying to take good care on the environment even more. The aftereffect of this will make the people appreciate more the gift given by God and not just that but also God will be more happier seeing the people taking good care of his gift given. As the last part have said, because of this step lots of people will split up like a nuclei having the same goal which is to take good care of our world and together thank God because of this.
The poem did really gave the readers a warning and as well as an advise in taking good care of our world. The author made his reader more aware of the destructions happening in our world currently and cited the possible outcomes. Readers of the poem might spread this message because this poem not just a piece of literary art where the words are constructed idiomatically but this poem contains a huge lesson needed by people. All readers do knows the destructions happened like the typhoons in our world today which will then make the readers realize that this poem really conveyed a wonderful message in reviving the gift of nature given by God.
References:
Jason P.K., (2002). “The Poem”; Critical Guide to Poetry for Students Education.
eNotes.com, Inc. Retrieved from https://www.eNotes.com/topics/atomic-
pantoum/in-depth#in-depth-the-poem on 5 November 2015.
Stefanemy S. Mangitngit
AB-English3
Atomic Pantoum by Peter Meinke
Reader Response
The Atomic Pantoum that has nine stanzas that explains entirely in different way. In this poem the style was a repetition and thus repetition creates another meaning to the reader. I observe that in the final stanza includes two lines from the first stanza, the poem seems rounded off or circular. The repeated, a phrase may improve additional meanings or assume new ones. This poem said how the effect of the chain reaction to the human. In this poem it tells that we are comparison and connection of human beings into a chain reaction that is always repeats its process. The meaning and significance accumulate from many contexts, connections of the poem into the reader.
In the field of physics we know that chain reaction that the neutrons released split into other neutrons and then again and again its physical process. In this poem it creates meaning to me that life is compared in a chain reaction that is always following what is done and repeats its process again and again. The effects of the pantoum form became more meaningful as they combine with the atomic as what describe in the first stanzas. Is like a chain reaction, repetition as described in the passage in the first stanzas that “In a chain reaction the neutrons released split other nuclei which release more neutrons”. In the first stanzas it said that individual neutrons was force of splitting the center of others and to release more energy and into more rapidly add to progression that is impossible to be stop that humanity is responsible for this process.
In the second stanzas the line “blow open some others” that was also repeated in the third stanzas, that can refer to effects of the released neutrons during the chain reaction generations. The blow was specified into an imperative as the cause and effect of the neutrons that becomes more destructive. Life is always said like chain reaction with in the third stanzas in this line that “blow open some others which release more neutrons and start this all over” again. Similarly, in the third stanza the phrase “with eyes burned to ashes” pertains to humanity, but when the line recurs it refers to the destroyed fish, that the fish there is understand that refers to us human.
Also In the fourth stanza that is said true to life event even though it is conversational by the line “ start it all over “in the third stanzas that is said into an opening turns strongly emotion to the reader. The author said that of some of cautions and the destruction will be expanding as wildly as like of the atoms that is splitting through time to time. Maybe Peter Meinke use the term of “chain reaction” same as the uncontrollably expanding effects of the colossal weapon or about the fission of nuclear weapons. In the fifth and seventh stanzas that were involving the connection of human being to the poem in the lines “With the plutonium trigger curled and tightened we are dying to use it torching our enemies” that human was compared in to plutonium that is a small initial explosion that supplies energy like as human and also the “because the sun’s force” that said human mind that make a decisions in daily life that split up like an nuclei.
I conclude that by analyzing this poem using the reader response on how the text creates meaning to the reader was more wonderful to explain what you have understand about the poem. In this poem that we are compared in to a chain reaction that was not bad to hear but also it’s true to life satisfaction. Life is like chain that always goes and follows its mental or physical process. In last stanzas “Blind to the end split up like nuclei we sing to Jesus in a chain reaction” we may blind for some truth happenings but to the end we are going to change it for another generation and maybe they followed it or not.
Sources:
http://www.enotes.com/topics/atomic-pantoum/in-depth
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