Wednesday, December 1, 2010
I thank you god
The first thing I noticed about this poem was how god wasn't capitalized. That has always been very strange to me since I grew up in a christian school and not capitalizing god was a sin. But the only thing capitalized in the title is I and god is capitalized in the poem so I don't think there was a special meaning of that. I like in the first stanza how "you" is all capitalized, putting emphasis on God. It goes into expressing the love and adornment of the world around him. He gets into great detail about the beauty of nature. The use of the word "which" in the last couple of lines in that stanza is peculiar. It is sort of grouping natural, infinite, and yes into one category. The next stanza is all put in parenthesis. It gives a side note feel or an inner thought look to it. The third stanza focuses on the human senses. It touches on the fact that some things seem unimaginable. The last stanza is put into parenthesis again. It gives me a sense of renewing or rebirth. "(now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened)."
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Not capitalizing is a e.e. cummings thing. :) I like your thoughts on this. Mostly, I like that you were thinking!
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