The Sloth

Sek gravid of Hungary International School English Work no. 1 Poetry analysis Song yuan Shan 15. 01. 10 The poetry analysis of The Sloth by Theodore Roethke The title of the rime the sloth tells us that the meter is probably about the animal, that lives in South America. Its probably a poem for kids to read. In the jump stanza the poet is talking about slowness. If you ask him something it takes him a year to realize that hed been asked something. Next it says that totally he does is hang on a tree upside down. Then it says that no matter you treat him smug or insult him, he doesnt care. He will still continue doing what he did before.In the last stanza hes sleeping again swaying by his toes and just wont bother to answer your question. But you just know that he knows he knows. Every poem has other meaning beyond the literal one. In this poem the poet writes he for an animal and not it, so real hes not really talking about animals. Hes referring to lazy humans. passim the w hole poem the poet was describing a lazy person. Theyre self-satisfied, thats why they never change their behavior. maven way of achieving the qualities and making the words poetic is through poetic devices. Its the technique or scheme a poet uses.It can help the poet or writer in developing cogent, e. g. the figures of speech. The poet was criticizing lazy people exactly he didnt write it so obviously. He used metaphor. The poet also gives human characteristics to the sloth which is personification. For subject he says, he thinks. He thinks about it for a Year. The poet is exaggerating here, which is a hyperbole. He also uses capital letters. This makes a rhythm, patterns of sound. In addition the word EX-as-per-at-ing is divided into syllables to emphasize the word and call special charge to it. All lines rhyme in the poem.The sound of the last part of the word is identical in from each one stanza, so its a perfect rhyme. The tone of the poem could have been mean but he made it funny and friendly. The poet compared the lazy people to the lazy animals. The image I got after reading it a couple of times, is a stinky person watching TV on the couch while intoxication coke and eating popcorn. They wont even do the basic things for living or to snag clean. Theyre too lazy to do anything. Theyre happy with the way they are. So the theme of the poem is laziness. Bibliography http//ezinearticles. com/? Poetic-Devices-in-Poetry&id=110584 Total number of words 438