I SPILLED MY THOUGHTS AND THEN MY SOUL
I spilled my thoughts and then my soul
On the
Atlantic Ocean
Today
The Atlantic Ocean
Washed my thoughts
Away first
Then Afterwards
The Atlantic Ocean washed my thoughts
Away
In this poem, the short and detached form creates a sense of sporadic and quick thoughts. The narrator says that he "spilled my thoughts and then my soul" into the Ocean, but then continues to say that the Ocean "washed my thoughts away." However, that same line of "The Atlantic Ocean washed my thoughts away" is repeated twice, almost as if the narrator blindly repeats it because he has no train of thought after the ocean had washed it away. Also, the style of writing plays a large role in the presenting the message of the poem. The poem consists of many 1 to 3 word lines, which stress the idea of the narrator's thoughts being very jumbled up and detached. This message is received because in a normal poem the lines would be very smooth and flowing, not almost randomly placed on separate lines. Both of these tools that the writer uses in this poem are effective in creating a sense of the ocean being a giant vacuum that will suck up and wash away anything left astray.
On the
Atlantic Ocean
Today
The Atlantic Ocean
Washed my thoughts
Away first
Then Afterwards
The Atlantic Ocean washed my thoughts
Away
In this poem, the short and detached form creates a sense of sporadic and quick thoughts. The narrator says that he "spilled my thoughts and then my soul" into the Ocean, but then continues to say that the Ocean "washed my thoughts away." However, that same line of "The Atlantic Ocean washed my thoughts away" is repeated twice, almost as if the narrator blindly repeats it because he has no train of thought after the ocean had washed it away. Also, the style of writing plays a large role in the presenting the message of the poem. The poem consists of many 1 to 3 word lines, which stress the idea of the narrator's thoughts being very jumbled up and detached. This message is received because in a normal poem the lines would be very smooth and flowing, not almost randomly placed on separate lines. Both of these tools that the writer uses in this poem are effective in creating a sense of the ocean being a giant vacuum that will suck up and wash away anything left astray.
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