Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Language Alive
Interpretation by the reader is the heart of understanding language. As a result, language is a slippery slope because every person will develop his or her own thesis about the particular work in question. When writing a poem, one must be specific enough to produce something that instigates memory or knowledgeable concepts of a reader or audience. Comparing language to a tree as Hass did, or wading in the water as Jones considered plausible, reserves the power of the words and makes it possible to come back again and again to read and experience and develop different thoughts connecting the the poem at ones different stages of life. Both poets touch upon the importance of considering other meanings others may find hidden in the theme of a poem. Symbolism must be used to create images that all people ritually understand.
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I agree with what you wrote Hannah. Particularly the part about how Hass and Jones compared language to trees or water and how that "reserves the power of words" therefore making them something that a person can connect with no matter how old they are. That actually was a really interesting perspective on the poems and the blog assignment. It is usually writing that uses more permanent, universally indentifiable language, whose meaning (the author's intended meaning) is not completely lost years down the road.
ReplyDeleteI like how you pointed out that the writer writes to express his/herself and sometimes to even relive a memory. Through their writing, they can help the reader to reminisce about this certain point in time and even feel how they were feeling through their writing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with tara's statement- a writer expresses himself and relives a memory through their writing, almost like a memoir
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