2nd half of City Eclogue....Still Lost

After reading the second half of City Eclogue, I am still completely confused on what to think. The poems still seem like the author just wrote some random words, put in random spacing, and decided to call it a book of poems. The class discussion that we had on Tuesday did help me a little bit with reading the poems but I'm still pretty lost with this whole poetry thing.

One poem that I sort of understood was on pg 121-122 called Escape Training: Instructor's Flying Rappel. This poem was actually pretty easy for me to read and understand. I think that since it was written almost like a story it helped me to be able to comprehend it. The poem did have some spacing throughout it that helped make the poem more dramatic; for example, when it says "you run out of breath     you run." Due to the spacing it causes you to see how dramatic that line can be. It really helps you to visualize running out of breath.

This poem used a lot of imagery. I could picture the majority of the poem in my mind, just like if you were to watch a movie. I could see someone preparing to jump off the cliff; taking the first step, then another, and finally taking the plunge off the face of the cliff. The line "ninety feet below it takes seconds the rope sings" helped me to picture how little time it takes to actually reach the bottom. I could also visualize the rope "singing" as it was being stretched out to the bottom.

Overall, I know that I'm still pretty lost when it comes to poetry but this one poem helped me to see that I'm slowly starting to understand poetry.