Essay About Way Poetry And Object Of Suspicion

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Analyze the message of the poem and write about how
effectively the poet delivers the message.
The message of “This poem” is to offer critique of the
way poetry is treated with caution and not properly
interpreted. Hence, it has lost its meaningfulness and
cannot deliver its message to people who are not fully
appreciative of the emotional immediancy of poetry. From
the first line, “it should not be left within the reach of
children,” we can see that poetry should not be taken
lightly, and that poetry can cause changes in people. In
the third and fourth line, “…who might swallow it whole,
with possibly undesirable side effects,” we can tell that
people may not analyze poetry for hidden, deeper
meanings. Instead, they may take the poem at face
value, which may cause them to miss out on things or
cause a change in them.
In the fifth and sixth line, poetry is metaphorized as a
object of suspicion, like a ticking bomb, not to be handled
lightly. Instead of interpreting the poem by yourself, the
poem instructs you to hand