Chainsaw Vs the Pampa
Grass
, about
This deals with the fundamental theme of man versus the environme
The chain-saw, a human invention and symbol of power and masculi
battles with the natural world. The pampas grass represents nature,
of course ultimately wins. There is very little doubt about this. A
proportion of readers will know that pampas grass is virtually ineradi
and no doubt the speaker does too despite the self-mocking attempt
so. Therefore the outcome is predetermined from just reading the tit
The battle is complex. The thrusting, posturing masculinity of powerf
machinery — of which the poet seems rather nervous — ultimately lo
while the pampas grass has feminine-sounding ‘feathers’ and ‘plume
But it has phallic-looking stems and a tough root; the source of its vi
The poem is distinctive in its tone, with largely, straightforward langu
humour and the implication that the fierce chain-saw is bound to los
the battle against nature
Grass
, about
This deals with the fundamental theme of man versus the environme
The chain-saw, a human invention and symbol of power and masculi
battles with the natural world. The pampas grass represents nature,
of course ultimately wins. There is very little doubt about this. A
proportion of readers will know that pampas grass is virtually ineradi
and no doubt the speaker does too despite the self-mocking attempt
so. Therefore the outcome is predetermined from just reading the tit
The battle is complex. The thrusting, posturing masculinity of powerf
machinery — of which the poet seems rather nervous — ultimately lo
while the pampas grass has feminine-sounding ‘feathers’ and ‘plume
But it has phallic-looking stems and a tough root; the source of its vi
The poem is distinctive in its tone, with largely, straightforward langu
humour and the implication that the fierce chain-saw is bound to los
the battle against nature
