Poem Analysis: Dilemma At Noon
The second poem I revised also had a change to the title, but the change was minor. The formerly named “Dilemma at 12:30” is now “Dilemma at Noon”. The title was changed to simplify and clarify the time of day it refers to. For this poem, I decided to use tercets (and couplets, in a way) to give the poem a quirky meter which made it more fun and entertaining to read. The first two lines of every stanza were focused on external observations, and the last line of every stanza was an italicized, internal thought from the narrator. The stanzas were written in this fashion such so that the poem could be read multiple ways and be just as funny and entertaining however it is read. For example, if the reader wanted to skip over the italicized lines,