Synopsis
(1990s) Slam poetry was a movement that was, in a way, a return to oral tradition, with performances being more important than it had recently. It was socially charged (political and racial issues were subjects) and engaging, meaning they ensured people listened. (ideally.) As live performances were the focus, so became the poetry slams across America. They were poetic competitions were poets must mesmerize the audiences, who were the judges. Hip-hop and slam poetry shared a close relationship, with a hip-hop culture equivalent being seen in rap battles, cyphers, freestyles, and the concept of a mixtape. Alot the works in during this age weren't written down or even rehearsed before time. This movement was a reminder that the message is nothing without its delivery. Even today, spoken word has increased in popularity and more frequently, it seems, there are public performances.
Poem Analysis Interpretation: "WORRY WEEDS" by Marie Josephine Smith
WORRY WEEDS is a poem whose subject is definitively suggested by its title. The speaker is anxious and worrisome. The title is significant also in that it presents, firstly, the idea of Weeds.(Also the capitalization of the title emphasizes the idea of anxiety.) Weeds rapidly multiply and overtake other vegetation. So, Worry Weeds must refer to how the speaker's anxiety spreads and overtakes her thoughts. Following this (1st stanza) the speaker says she wants to leave their worries like a cobweb in their blameless room. When the speaker says this it refers to the assumed occurrence of a cobweb: A spider made a web and leaves it behind. Similarly, the speaker wishes to leave their worries in the blameless room. Blameless in this context essentially means, unrelated. The speaker considers the room to be untied to the worries. In the following two lines the speakers says, in summary, that they cannot escape the worries because they are mentally situated. The speaker feels that the mind is inescapable, and thus, the worries are too. In progression, the speaker goes on to talk about a possible solution. Described is the creation of an isolated area of her brain, in which she may store her anxieties and past traumas; That they may no longer bother her. The speaker notes this is not a simple or easy undertaking. Finally, and most profoundly, the speaker says "It is harder to live than it is to die" The quote means that life is a continuous hardship since it is filled with difficulties. While death, is freedom from any hardships and so it is easier since dying is a single action as opposed to many hardships.
Poem Analysis Literary Device Identification
WORRY WEEDS employs a few instances of comparison and symbolism. "Like a broken cobweb" is a simile that refers to the abandonment of a web by a spider just as she wishes to do with her worries. "..My head is my own house.." is a metaphor that means her mind is imposing and isn't possible to flee from, she inhabits it like a house. WEEDS symbolize the parallel characteristics of it in anxiety. Both WEEDS and anxiety both are able to rapidly spread and take over things in the same space as them, with a WEED being in actual space and anxiety being in figurative space. WORRY WEEDS may be considered the same symbol but, a titled version.
(1990s) Slam poetry was a movement that was, in a way, a return to oral tradition, with performances being more important than it had recently. It was socially charged (political and racial issues were subjects) and engaging, meaning they ensured people listened. (ideally.) As live performances were the focus, so became the poetry slams across America. They were poetic competitions were poets must mesmerize the audiences, who were the judges. Hip-hop and slam poetry shared a close relationship, with a hip-hop culture equivalent being seen in rap battles, cyphers, freestyles, and the concept of a mixtape. Alot the works in during this age weren't written down or even rehearsed before time. This movement was a reminder that the message is nothing without its delivery. Even today, spoken word has increased in popularity and more frequently, it seems, there are public performances.
Poem Analysis Interpretation: "WORRY WEEDS" by Marie Josephine Smith
WORRY WEEDS is a poem whose subject is definitively suggested by its title. The speaker is anxious and worrisome. The title is significant also in that it presents, firstly, the idea of Weeds.(Also the capitalization of the title emphasizes the idea of anxiety.) Weeds rapidly multiply and overtake other vegetation. So, Worry Weeds must refer to how the speaker's anxiety spreads and overtakes her thoughts. Following this (1st stanza) the speaker says she wants to leave their worries like a cobweb in their blameless room. When the speaker says this it refers to the assumed occurrence of a cobweb: A spider made a web and leaves it behind. Similarly, the speaker wishes to leave their worries in the blameless room. Blameless in this context essentially means, unrelated. The speaker considers the room to be untied to the worries. In the following two lines the speakers says, in summary, that they cannot escape the worries because they are mentally situated. The speaker feels that the mind is inescapable, and thus, the worries are too. In progression, the speaker goes on to talk about a possible solution. Described is the creation of an isolated area of her brain, in which she may store her anxieties and past traumas; That they may no longer bother her. The speaker notes this is not a simple or easy undertaking. Finally, and most profoundly, the speaker says "It is harder to live than it is to die" The quote means that life is a continuous hardship since it is filled with difficulties. While death, is freedom from any hardships and so it is easier since dying is a single action as opposed to many hardships.
Poem Analysis Literary Device Identification
WORRY WEEDS employs a few instances of comparison and symbolism. "Like a broken cobweb" is a simile that refers to the abandonment of a web by a spider just as she wishes to do with her worries. "..My head is my own house.." is a metaphor that means her mind is imposing and isn't possible to flee from, she inhabits it like a house. WEEDS symbolize the parallel characteristics of it in anxiety. Both WEEDS and anxiety both are able to rapidly spread and take over things in the same space as them, with a WEED being in actual space and anxiety being in figurative space. WORRY WEEDS may be considered the same symbol but, a titled version.