Form reflects content in this poem as these lines, "The patterns of our lives / Repeat themselves," state the theme, so the lines about the hands, the cities, and the coffee cup appear at the beginning and then reappear at the end. Also, the two-line stanzas seem appropriate for a poem that contains New Hampshire snow and Mexican flowers, a sparse and deliberate structure for a very cool poem.
I read a lot of poetry, and lately have written a lot, and nothing has said more poignantly what I keep trying to say about the one man. Absolutely beautiful, and as universal as poetry is meant to be.
Form reflects content in this poem as these lines, "The patterns of our lives / Repeat themselves," state the theme, so the lines about the hands, the cities, and the coffee cup appear at the beginning and then reappear at the end. Also, the two-line stanzas seem appropriate for a poem that contains New Hampshire snow and Mexican flowers, a sparse and deliberate structure for a very cool poem.
I read a lot of poetry, and lately have written a lot, and nothing has said more poignantly what I keep trying to say about the one man. Absolutely beautiful, and as universal as poetry is meant to be.