In this poem there is a metaphor, repetition, rhyme scheme and personification. The metaphor is “the desert wan an hourglass”, the repetition is “we have made this, we have made this”, the rhyme scheme was “it will stand today, but went in anyway”, and the personification is “the scandalous sun”. The repetition added emphasis to what the writer was trying to show with the poem. Also the personification helped prove a point of how extreme it was out in the desert.
Key Question #23
Depression Is When
depression is when you hate everyone around depression is when you don't want to make a sound depression is when all you want to do is cry depression is when you feel like you’re dying inside depression is when your thoughts wonder all the time depression is when you can't sleep even though you’re tired depression is when you don't want to go on depression is when you can't stop shaking outside depression is when you hide who you are depression is when you put on a mask to hide what you feel depression is when you feel weak all the time depression is when you give in to everything around depression is when you don't care what happens anymore
depression is just another day in my life
Tashi Coote The poem above is quite clear of what it is about the poem is called Depression Is When. The poem speaks to me personally due the struggles I have had with depression. Throughout the entire poem the writer is using the repetitive figurative device to start each line “depression is when”. She attempts to make it more personable by adding “you” to each line. She also used rhyme scheme for the first two lines “depression is when you hate everything around, depression is when you don’t want to make a sound”. The theme of this poem is depression as clearly stated in the title and in each line. But it isn’t just about depression, it is also about the effects depression inflicts on a person feeling the symptoms. Also she is very blunt and forward about the feelings she is trying to portray. When reading through the poem one either image themselves feeling the same as its describing or image someone else feeling depressed and seeing them break down. Also it makes oneself feel bad for the writer of the poem for the fact that one may believe that she is depressed.
Key Question #24
"Demons"
"when the days are cold" - things are depressing
"the cards all fold" - everyone has given up
"the saints we see are all made of gold" - all the “good” people just care about money
"when your dreams all fail" - life is getting hard and things aren't happening for people
"and the ones we hail are the worst of all" - the people who have the most influence are the people are are the worst influences
"the bloods fun stale" - nobody has passion anymore
"I wanna hide the truth, I wanna shelter you" - he wants to hide the world from someone he loves
"but with the beast inside, there's nowhere we can hide" - the things that make man fallen are inside of him, so he could cut her off completely from bad people and she would still have a beast inside her
"no matter what we breed, we still are made of greed" - no matter what man is always going to be greedy
"this is my kingdom come" - this is my reality, and this is as good as it's getting
"when you feel my heat look into my eyes, it's where my demons hide" - I may seem like a better person on the outside, but in reality I'm just as bad as everyone else on the inside, I've got problems too
"don't get too close, it's dark inside" - I am evil on the inside
"when the curtain call is the last of all" - now you see who the people really are
"when the lights fade out all the sinners crawl" - when no one sees, the bad people are on their hands and knees
"so they dug your grave" - everyone is just waiting for you to fall too, because they know you will
"and the masquerade" -
