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Tracy K Smith - Coggle Diagram
Tracy K Smith
its not
Caesura
Its not; that death was thinking of you or me
personification
death was simply thinking of what it owed him. His ride beyond the body. Its garments.
ride a nicer depiction of death as if there were a thrill to be had from it unlike other people why me
rhetorical question
so why do we insit he has vanished
extended metaphor for continuation of life
so why that he was swimming only through this life... gliding further into what life itself denies
happy imagery continuation of death
when I try I see the cloud of his hair in the distance like an eternity
religion
seek and ye shall find
joy
flashback
you are nine years old playing hospital with your sisters
repetition
the body is memory, appetite, cautious sick and tired, the bodys question
juxtaposition
these will be my medicine you say taking a handful of the raisins you love
Enjambment
a traffic of transparent tubes
rhetorical question
What do you believe in
contrasting imagery
dark chamber around a chord of light
The searchers
rhetorical question
what does living do to any of us
why do we insist our lives are ours
what else could it choose
personification
the land went on living
juxtaposition
juxtaposition of feeling
he wants to kill her for surviving
tough manly imagery
grabs her puts her on his saddle rides back
blunt impactful statements
metaphor for life uncertainty
why do we grip it hold onto it as if its the ribs of a horse could rise up on 2 legs and send us soaring
The Universe is a house party
rhetorical question
will our eyes crimp shut
impactive statements food for thought
of course its ours if anyones its ours
chaotic imagery
Postcards panties, bottles with lipstick on the rim
juxtaposition
drifting to edge of what doesn't end
bold opening statement
the universe is expanding
cosmic imagery
is it molten atomic a conflagration of suns
enjambment
quote to open her work
I want my poems to ask questions that don't have easy answers