Thursday, May 19, 2011
Into death bravely by Jimmy Santiago Baca
I enjoyed reading the poem Into death bravely by Jimmy Santiago Baca. His interesting use of personification in this poem is what made it so interesting to read. He made the winter seem like a male solider going off to war with the land for example he described the snow as "his grate white shield". When the winter transitions to spring in the poem this is described in the last few lines of the poem when the solider "walks away slowly into death".
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Yes, and what might be the larger significance of this? See Stephen's blog in previous class blogs, and my comment.
ReplyDeletei.e.--winter, in an agrarian community/economy,is really a somewhat bold "aggressor,"in this sense...but accepts what defeats him (which is, in the metaphorical structure of the poem?)--and perhaps for that is respected....
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