Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Youn's poem seems to be conversing with a man with almost no life left. In lines 13-16, she asks the man "What do you want?/ A smile of sorts"(13-14), but this is not a tangible object, so the interrogator asks again, "No, what do you want?/ I want nothing" (15-16). He has become lifeless, the man being interrogated seems to have come to the conclusion of his fate, and, end to his life. But see, am I taking Youn's message to literally? The only metaphor I understand is when she asks the man, "What have you learned?"(9) and he replies with, "The sky forgives"(10), which to me seems like hes referring to the afterlife, almost like his second opportunity.
The poem not only has what you said Tori but the poem has a lot of repetition. The poem repeats a lot of words. For example, the poem repeats the word "what" eight times, five times the article "A", two times the word "No".
When I first read "March Of The Hanged Man", I automatically thought about war. Just from the title alone I felt as Youn was referring to the soldiers marching to their death, to their lost of sanity, to their lost of soul, but as I began to read the poem I i could tell it was more than that. it seemed to me that she was referring to a someone in the fourth stanza " the way the dead eyed Christ in piero's resurrection will march right over the sleeping soldiers. I believe that Youn was trying to express her thoughts and feeling about Jesus Christ in Piero's painting
I will agree with you. I also thought that the poem was talking about war, but after the discussion in class I then realize that the poem was talking about Christ.
I notice that the title of the poem is in past tense but the conversation between the two men sounds like is happening at the moment. Which make me think that the conversation happened before the man died and that's why the title is "Interrogation of the Hanged Man" in past tense.
In "March Of The Hanged Man", a victim of war accepts his fate when being interrogated by his enemies. When he states "The sky forgives" (Line 10), this shows that not only is the victim ready to meet God but he also is saying to his executioner that he will be forgiven for his actions after he hangs the victim. In lines 5-6, I also think the victim is saying that the road is himself and God is the rain cleansing away his past sins.
Youn's poem seems to be conversing with a man with almost no life left. In lines 13-16, she asks the man "What do you want?/ A smile of sorts"(13-14), but this is not a tangible object, so the interrogator asks again, "No, what do you want?/ I want nothing" (15-16). He has become lifeless, the man being interrogated seems to have come to the conclusion of his fate, and, end to his life. But see, am I taking Youn's message to literally? The only metaphor I understand is when she asks the man, "What have you learned?"(9) and he replies with, "The sky forgives"(10), which to me seems like hes referring to the afterlife, almost like his second opportunity.
ReplyDeleteThe poem not only has what you said Tori but the poem has a lot of repetition. The poem repeats a lot of words. For example, the poem repeats the word "what" eight times, five times the article "A", two times the word "No".
DeleteMarched of the hanged man.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read "March Of The Hanged Man", I automatically thought about war. Just from the title alone I felt as Youn was referring to the soldiers marching to their death, to their lost of sanity, to their lost of soul, but as I began to read the poem I i could tell it was more than that. it seemed to me that she was referring to a someone in the fourth stanza " the way the dead eyed Christ in piero's resurrection will march right over the sleeping soldiers. I believe that Youn was trying to express her thoughts and feeling about Jesus Christ in Piero's painting
I will agree with you. I also thought that the poem was talking about war, but after the discussion in class I then realize that the poem was talking about Christ.
DeleteI notice that the title of the poem is in past tense but the conversation between the two men sounds like is happening at the moment. Which make me think that the conversation happened before the man died and that's why the title is "Interrogation of the Hanged Man" in past tense.
DeleteIn "March Of The Hanged Man", a victim of war accepts his fate when being interrogated by his enemies. When he states "The sky forgives" (Line 10), this shows that not only is the victim ready to meet God but he also is saying to his executioner that he will be forgiven for his actions after he hangs the victim. In lines 5-6, I also think the victim is saying that the road is himself and God is the rain cleansing away his past sins.
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