English
Text One - Poem:
A Small Keen Wind Thomas Blackburn
My wife for six months now in sinister Tones has muttered incessantly about divorce, And, since of the woman I’m fond, this dark chatter Is painful as well as a bit monotonous. Still, marvel one must, when she fishes out of that trunk, Like rages, my shadier deeds for all to see With ‘This you did when you were sober, and that when drunk’, At the remarkable powers of memory. For although I wriggle like mad when she whistles up Some particularly nasty bit of handiwork, The dirty linen I simply cannot drop, Since ‘Thomas Blackburn’ is stitched by the laundry mark. So I gather my things and say, ‘Yes these are mine, Though some cleaner items are not upon your list’, Then walk with my bundle of rags to another room Since I will not play the role of delinquent ghost And be folded up by guilt in the crook of an arm. I saw tonight - walking to cool the mind A little moonshine on a garden wall And, as I brooded, felt a small, keen wind Stroll from the Arctic at its own sweet will.
In this poem, Thomas Blackburn states that relationships do have their ups and downs, but in the end, whatever the outcome, everything will be okay. Just like the quote “Everything will be okay in the end, if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” He describes how relationships, especially marriage, can be hard to experience at first. Living with a new person, in the same house, sleeping in the same bed and talk about kids. This can all be very stressful for newly wed couples. However, these are just a few of the many changes that married couple would experience while together. At first it is tough, but it gets easier along the way. The poet then shows how much and how far newly wed couples can bicker, however, the endings don’t always end horribly. Sometimes they end like how the poet portrayed them to end in this poem. However, this time, it seemed to be the poet incorporating himself in his own story. He portrayed himself as frustrated
A Small Keen Wind Thomas Blackburn
My wife for six months now in sinister Tones has muttered incessantly about divorce, And, since of the woman I’m fond, this dark chatter Is painful as well as a bit monotonous. Still, marvel one must, when she fishes out of that trunk, Like rages, my shadier deeds for all to see With ‘This you did when you were sober, and that when drunk’, At the remarkable powers of memory. For although I wriggle like mad when she whistles up Some particularly nasty bit of handiwork, The dirty linen I simply cannot drop, Since ‘Thomas Blackburn’ is stitched by the laundry mark. So I gather my things and say, ‘Yes these are mine, Though some cleaner items are not upon your list’, Then walk with my bundle of rags to another room Since I will not play the role of delinquent ghost And be folded up by guilt in the crook of an arm. I saw tonight - walking to cool the mind A little moonshine on a garden wall And, as I brooded, felt a small, keen wind Stroll from the Arctic at its own sweet will.
In this poem, Thomas Blackburn states that relationships do have their ups and downs, but in the end, whatever the outcome, everything will be okay. Just like the quote “Everything will be okay in the end, if it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” He describes how relationships, especially marriage, can be hard to experience at first. Living with a new person, in the same house, sleeping in the same bed and talk about kids. This can all be very stressful for newly wed couples. However, these are just a few of the many changes that married couple would experience while together. At first it is tough, but it gets easier along the way. The poet then shows how much and how far newly wed couples can bicker, however, the endings don’t always end horribly. Sometimes they end like how the poet portrayed them to end in this poem. However, this time, it seemed to be the poet incorporating himself in his own story. He portrayed himself as frustrated