Open letter that imitates or parodies a private letter
Author knows it’s addressed to the readers by “public”
To The Public
Addressed to;
Public’s viewpoint on poets (Common misconception) almost as if the poem is a letter.
Supports free
Rhetorical question; implied answer: change your opinion public!
Why hold that poets are so sensitive?
verse
insensitive steal Don’t stereotype poets.
A thickskinned grasping lot who filch and eavesdrop,“Steal people’s petty thoughts.”
Indicates a sense of sass/ overcritical emotions. Tone: light-hearted
Refrain
Who enjoy ourselves at other men’s expense, Their emotions
politicians Tone: straightforward →
Who, legislators or not, ourselves are lawless, Refers to poetic poets write for themselves,
Inclusive satisfaction licence. no to the public (IRONIC)
pronoun We do not need your indulgence, much less your pity; indicates new idea is starting .
doubts
With fewer qualms, we have rather more common sense Managed to free themselves from the norms of
Excluding The Public: trapped by society/ follows the government →
himself/poets Than your Common Man also of course more freedom, society & can now write whatever they want.
Positive (growth) JUXTAPOSITION- creates mood & heightens image
With our burglars’ and gunmen’s fingers, our green fingers.
Whether rude Negative →(destruction) Words the poet uses can hurt you, but also grow you into something
you read or So, crude though we are, we get to times and places →poetry is timeless stronger.
don’t
And, saving your presence or absence, will continue Enjambment: pouring out of emotions
Active
Throwing our dreams and guts in people’s faces.
JUXTAPOSITION Metaphor
Both strongly connotated Connotatively: steal people’s
emotions and capture in poetry.
writer says poets have no
compunction when invading another
person’s privacy like a burglar who
Last line effective diction? steals someone’s private property
Throwing = present participle,
aggressive definitive action
guts= mono-sibylic word, short and
sweet, guttural, sounds revolting
-Paradox
-Harsh words
TONE: Protected
or
Aggressive
Poem refers to stereotypes directed towards
poets. Poets can be described as social
commutators.
Author knows it’s addressed to the readers by “public”
To The Public
Addressed to;
Public’s viewpoint on poets (Common misconception) almost as if the poem is a letter.
Supports free
Rhetorical question; implied answer: change your opinion public!
Why hold that poets are so sensitive?
verse
insensitive steal Don’t stereotype poets.
A thickskinned grasping lot who filch and eavesdrop,“Steal people’s petty thoughts.”
Indicates a sense of sass/ overcritical emotions. Tone: light-hearted
Refrain
Who enjoy ourselves at other men’s expense, Their emotions
politicians Tone: straightforward →
Who, legislators or not, ourselves are lawless, Refers to poetic poets write for themselves,
Inclusive satisfaction licence. no to the public (IRONIC)
pronoun We do not need your indulgence, much less your pity; indicates new idea is starting .
doubts
With fewer qualms, we have rather more common sense Managed to free themselves from the norms of
Excluding The Public: trapped by society/ follows the government →
himself/poets Than your Common Man also of course more freedom, society & can now write whatever they want.
Positive (growth) JUXTAPOSITION- creates mood & heightens image
With our burglars’ and gunmen’s fingers, our green fingers.
Whether rude Negative →(destruction) Words the poet uses can hurt you, but also grow you into something
you read or So, crude though we are, we get to times and places →poetry is timeless stronger.
don’t
And, saving your presence or absence, will continue Enjambment: pouring out of emotions
Active
Throwing our dreams and guts in people’s faces.
JUXTAPOSITION Metaphor
Both strongly connotated Connotatively: steal people’s
emotions and capture in poetry.
writer says poets have no
compunction when invading another
person’s privacy like a burglar who
Last line effective diction? steals someone’s private property
Throwing = present participle,
aggressive definitive action
guts= mono-sibylic word, short and
sweet, guttural, sounds revolting
-Paradox
-Harsh words
TONE: Protected
or
Aggressive
Poem refers to stereotypes directed towards
poets. Poets can be described as social
commutators.
