English

poetry analysis
once the annotations are complete, it’s time to write the analysis. an analysis consists of facts and commentaries. it is not a summary, a listing of facts, or random, unsubstantiated conjecture. use the following outline to you:
i. topic sentence stating the title of the poem, the author, and the poem’s theme.
a. evidence #1: identify an important line, poetic device, rhyme scheme, etc.
1. analysis/interpretation #1: explain how the evidence supports the designated theme.
2. analysis/interpretation #2: explain how the evidence supports the designated theme.
b. evidence #2: identify an important line, poetic devices, rhyme scheme.
1. analysis/interpretation #1: explain how the evidence supports the designated theme.
2. analysis/interpretation #2: explain how the evidence supports the designated theme.
c. concluding sentence
guilt
we would fish,
and we would enjoy it.
that's what my mother said.
i had never fished before,
so i called you.
at the pier we baited our hooks –
slipped barbs into rancid shrimp.
the shining silver pierced one side
and emerged,
glistening, on the other.
then we cast.
yours landed far away
near one of the fishing boats,
but mine landed close –
too close perhaps –
to the solitary black cormorant
who clumsily flapped away
and screamed at me in its foreign tongue.
then came reluctant waiting.
finally, i felt a sharp tug
and i saw it –
the blue-white streak
cut through the brine
like harnessed lightning.
a mackerel.
the monofilament stretched taut.
slowly i reeled it in.
as it lay there,
staining the dock crimson,
you killed it.
“just a fish,” you claimed.
but when it was cooked
for our dinner
i tasted
guilt.
--jed chambers

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