Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Week 4 post
This week, I decided to look into the magic of Simic's poetry. My favorite poem of Simic's is My Secret Identity Is because I think that it has a profound amount of magic in its ambiguity. The poem is a riddle, allowing for multiple interpretations. The fact that it ends with "the window is open," leaves much room for interpretation. I see it as someone leaving before they reveal their secret identity, but I can also see it as someone escaping the room after discovering their friend's secret identity. I feel that much of the magic of Simic's poetry is that he intends for the audience to take things literally. He uses the unexpected and unexplainable throughout his work. I feel that I can apply a lot of this strategy to my poetry. I have a hard time writing poetry that I feel does not make sense. I can try to use more imaginative associations and allow myself to be more "out there" than I have been in the past. This will most definitely make my work more innovative and will therefore allow me to grow as a writer.
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Hi Monica,
ReplyDeleteI feel as though there is an abundant amount of magic in ambiguity, and I think that is why we as a class were very attracted to this poem. Ambiguity allows for multiple layers of interpretation. We can interpret this poem on so many layers and none of them will be right or wrong, which I find frustrating in ambiguous poetry sometimes.
I interpreted the poem as 'the' room being a universal room. The particle he choose is important to my interpretation. Therefore, this universal room, shared by everyone, is vacant. As such, his secret identity is not within the threshold of our human capacity. The window is open to symbolize the evasiveness of our world.