LITERATURE

COMPONENT
POEM: SAD I AMS
 SYNOPSIS
THE PERSONA SAYS THAT HE IS COMPARABLE TO
THINGS THAT ARE UNWANTED LIKE GARBAGE THAT IS
THROWN OUT FROM HOMES, LIKE THE METAL RING
FROM A DRINK CAN, FOOD SCRAPINGS AND BITS AND
PIECES FROM OLD TOYS.
STATIONERY OF INFERIOR QUALITY LIKE ENVELOPES
WITH NO GUM. SELLOTAPE THAT ONE CANNOT PEEL
OFF, A STAPLELESS STAPLER, A BROKEN BULLDOG CLIP,
LIQUID PAPER THAT DOES NOT WORK OR AN UNSENT
LETTER ARE USELESS TO ANYONE.
THE PERSONA FEELS UNWANTED
HE IS ALSO LONELY LIKE AN UNKEMPT GARDEN
 LITERAL MEANINGS
THE PERSONA SAYS HE IS COMPARABLE TO DISPOSABLE
HOUSEHOLD THINGS AND FOOD.
RING FROM AN EMPTY DRINK CAN
FOOD SCRAPPINGS
SOME THINGS HAVE NO VALUE IF THEYRE NOT WORKABLE
OR IN THEIR ORIGINAL STATE.
AN ENVELOPE WITH NO GUM
THE PERSONA FEELS NEGLECTED.
BALD TYRE, NEGLECTED GARDEN
BASICALLY, HE FEELS REJECTED, USELESS, NOT CARED FOR
AND HAS NO PLACE WITHIN THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY.
THE PERSONA COULD BE AN ORPHANAGE.
 FIGURATIVE MEANING
WITHIN A FAMILY, AT A WORK PLACE, AND EVEN
IN A SOCIETY, A PERSON MAY FEEL UNWANTED
AND UNNEEDED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE FEELS THAT ONE IS DISPOSABLE IF ONE
FEELS LIKE AN UNLOVED MEMBER OF A FAMILY
OR AN UNPRODUCTIVE WORKER IN A
WORKPLACE OR AN ORPHAN IN AN ORPHANAGE.
A PERSON WHO IS NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE
GROWTH OF A FAMILY OR SOCIETY MAY FEEL
UNWANTED.
 LITERARY DEVICES : SYMBOL
scrappings from an unwashed porridge pan is
symbolic of something left behind and utterly
useless.
the selloptape where you cant find the end
is symbolic of the feelings of frustration.
 LITERARY DEVICE : REPETITION
Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line or
stanza is a basic unifying device in all poetry.
The words I am is repeated to give emphasis to the
personas strongs feelings of sadness
The words no one is repeated in lines 5, 7 and 9 in
stanza four
Pun a pun is a form of word play that suggests two or
more meanings.
the sparking plugno sign of spark is a play pn the
mood spark.