Sunday, April 17, 2011

note passed to superman

After reading this poem i believe that i have found a lot with in the poem but i do not know if I'm over thinking it. This poem is just one simple stanza and consists of 18 lines. It seems to me that this poem is talking about another person who she views as the super hero superman. The poet describes that the only way clifton would recognize is if he was dressed in his blue suit, and even though others may want to listen to the stories this super man figure will not. I like the reference to the kryptonite because that was super mans weakness and it shows he has over come it in this big city. At the end she is just saying that the super hero does not have to worry about her even though the planet she is living in is strang, so maybe she is trying to say it is not the people that are making the planet a bad place maybe it is the planet that is making the people bad. I also noticed that there is a few biblical references and it made me think maybe this super hero is God and the kryptonite is the sins we are committing but it is the influences that make us bad but he over comes it and forgives us!

1 comment:

  1. I think you totally get this poem. I agree with many of your assertions. Good!

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