If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,
a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies
seemed so etched in sunlight
that you felt like taking
a hammer to the glass paperweight
on the living room end table,
releasing the inhabitants
from their snow-covered cottage
so they could walk out,
holding hands and squinting
into this larger dome of blue and white,
well, today is just that kind of day.
"Today" by Billy Collins uses content and enthusiastic language to allude to the perfect weather of that day. The "spring day" was "so perfect" that it was impossible not to go outside and enjoy the weather. I can get that feeling on some summer days. I look outside and see the birds and sun shinning and i just get the urge to run outside and play basketball all day under the suns rays. The "warm intimate breeze" can persuade anyone to enjoy the outdoors. The weather has such a strong effect over our emotions and feelings, that's why so many people live in southern California.
ReplyDeleteThe energetic and simple diction the poem "Today" by Billy Collins creates a felling of a perfect spring day. The poem starts off by tlling what a "so Perfect," dau it was and how "warm intermittent breeze," made you want ot onpen all the windows to let the breeze come through. Then the speaker states that the person should break a snowglobe/paperweight and "releasing the inhabitants from their snow-covered cottage so they could walk out." This expresses everyones desire to enjoy the nice warm air after a long winter inside. This poem is a very good poem with a lot of visual imagery that alludes to a perfect spring day.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is great for a nice spring day! Filled with detailed imagery and colorful adjectives, "Today" takes a normal day and makes it into something one would be excited about. The visual, "the garden bursting with peonies seemed so etched in sunlight" creates a playful look at a perfectly painted scene. The upbeat and relaxed tone of this poem makes anyone want to take a load off under that "dome of blue and white."
ReplyDeleteThe poem illustrates the wonderful spring day which the speaker is encountering. It is filled with imagery and does not appear to have a higher meaning than an appreciation of good weather and the marvels of spring. He appears to not experience this satisfaction alone and wants to break the canary of of his cage or hammer open the paper wait that does the snow falling when mixed so other can experience the wonderful weather to. The poem has great imagery and probably make most of the people in our school jealous after the thunderstorms we have been facing.
ReplyDeleteI like this poem very much (even picked it for my anthology about weather). A major aspect of this poem is the need of the author to be free from winter. A perfect spring day comes along and the author wants to "rip" the door of the canary cage off. Several realistic images through the poem help the reader understand the wonders of the spring day. The "warm intermittent breeze" and the "cool brick paths" are simple images in the poem.
ReplyDeleteThe vibrant images in Billy Collins' "Today" convey the speaker's springtime euphoria sparked by a perfect day. What makes this day so perfect is a combination of "a warm intermittent breeze," a "garden bursting with peonies," and a "dome of blue and white." With flowers blooming and the wind and clouds so serene, it seems anyone would be happy. The speaker even wants to "unlatch the door to the canary's cage, / indeed, rip the little door from its jamb," and he expresses a similar desire to break open the snow globe and rescue the figurines inside. Even though these captives are not actual people, the speaker still wants to share with them the joy of this perfect spring day. Maybe happiness really is contagious... or maybe cabin fever got to him first.
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ReplyDeletewhat is the mf ummm figures of speech and ummm,mood of the poem? thx bruh
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