Koch's delicate, yet playful language displays his unswerving love for his object of affection. The speaker employs rather childish diction and metaphors to allude to his love. The speaker shows an incomprehensible affinity for the one he loves. Koch's mid-leveled diction exhibits his true passion for his special someone.
The affection that the author has is displayed brilliantly with lines of interesting imagery. My favorite line has to be "I am crazier than shirttails/ In the wind, when you're near." It gives you a true sense of how much he loves the person he was thinking of. Some lines make you think, such as a kid searching for a goat. Makes me imagine a curious and excited kid running around a zoo looking for a goat because it is his favorite animal.
In “To You” by Kenneth Koch the crazy yet memorizing diction describes how the speaker loves a person. “I love you as a sheriff search for a walnut that will solve a murder case unsolved for years,” opens up the poem on a strange note. Why is he comparing his love like that? Maybe it alludes to the fact aht he has found his missing piece which is her. “I am bicycling across an Africa of green and white fields Always, to be near you, even in my heart,” illustrates that he cannot be far away from her and he will do anything to be near her. This poem shows what someone will do for the person they love and the crazy comparisons people can come up with.
The oddly twisted humor of Koch comes through this poem with the use of silly comparisons. "I love you as a sheriff searches for a walnut," creates an introduction that causes the reader to question what the topic of the work is. But an underlying idea of searching comes through the middle lines of "bicycling across Africa" and journeys from "Hartford to Miami" display the true love that the narrator has for his subject. Love is also compared to shirt tails and closeness, developing a true sense of love and devotion. This is a crazy piece that demonstrates what length people will go to for love.
Koch's delicate, yet playful language displays his unswerving love for his object of affection. The speaker employs rather childish diction and metaphors to allude to his love. The speaker shows an incomprehensible affinity for the one he loves. Koch's mid-leveled diction exhibits his true passion for his special someone.
ReplyDeleteThe affection that the author has is displayed brilliantly with lines of interesting imagery. My favorite line has to be "I am crazier than shirttails/ In the wind, when you're near." It gives you a true sense of how much he loves the person he was thinking of. Some lines make you think, such as a kid searching for a goat. Makes me imagine a curious and excited kid running around a zoo looking for a goat because it is his favorite animal.
ReplyDeleteIn “To You” by Kenneth Koch the crazy yet memorizing diction describes how the speaker loves a person. “I love you as a sheriff search for a walnut that will solve a murder case unsolved for years,” opens up the poem on a strange note. Why is he comparing his love like that? Maybe it alludes to the fact aht he has found his missing piece which is her. “I am bicycling across an Africa of green and white fields Always, to be near you, even in my heart,” illustrates that he cannot be far away from her and he will do anything to be near her. This poem shows what someone will do for the person they love and the crazy comparisons people can come up with.
ReplyDeleteThe oddly twisted humor of Koch comes through this poem with the use of silly comparisons. "I love you as a sheriff searches for a walnut," creates an introduction that causes the reader to question what the topic of the work is. But an underlying idea of searching comes through the middle lines of "bicycling across Africa" and journeys from "Hartford to Miami" display the true love that the narrator has for his subject. Love is also compared to shirt tails and closeness, developing a true sense of love and devotion. This is a crazy piece that demonstrates what length people will go to for love.
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