Metaphysical Dog
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Metaphysical Dog Poems by Frank Bidart Metaphysical Dog Poems by Frank Bidart is a collected of poems that is published in 2013.It is a phenomenal work. It talks about "hunger for the absolute." you might think that the hunger is for life, food, sex, the things that you believe you need, but in this case is about hunger for the truth, knowledge, and to understand yourself better than anything. This book of poetry is a journey that you didn’t know that you wanted to take, yet you decided to take and you discovered a whole new world with meaningful clarity. It is also about how you should accept yourself and be true to who you are. You can lie to everyone, but don’t lie to yourself. The book of poetry is pure perfection. The way it is structured tell the story of time and patience. The poems were full of life. When you read the poems you can imagine everything so vividly. The poems really come to life with a bit of imagination. The author makes the poems come to life with eac...h descriptive words. As a book of poetry Metaphysical Dog Poems is both brilliant and hilarious. The title of the poem is both whimsical and amusing. It shows that the author has an incredible way with words and a sense of humor. The poem is both contemplative and self- discovery. For example, the narrator explained how the character found out that he was gay. He didn't want to tell his mother, knowing she would have blamed herself for him being different. The author had no filter when it comes to telling things how they are. He's straightforward when he need to be and a little ambiguous at time, which makes his poems the best form of art. Metaphysical Dog Poems is both enigmatic and descriptive. The narrator talks about how the character struggles and how he was able to overcome them. The book of poem is about struggles, death, sex, hunger, beauty, memories, and healing. The poem shows the conflict with vivid details that you could relate to. For example, the narrator talks about a character when he was a child struggling to understand the world. He was hunger for something that was a mystery to him. The book of poetry also talks about mourning. It gives unequivocal details how each of us mourn in our own ways. The poem is about loss, experience, and learning how things work. With the author’s explicit use of diction, structure, analogous, irony, and allegory, the poem transpires into an emblematic tale about life, struggle, loss, need, desire, religions, and art. Style and structure are the beginning of any literary work. For example, Bidart uses persona in a metaphorical way to describe the character’s way of expressing himself. It also uses word like “sea” and “drown” to generate a symbolic meaning to the poem. This way the word choice creates an enigmatic atmosphere and ambiguous questions that make you think a lot about the poem. The poem captures the essence of everyday life and it touches something inside of you. It makes you realize the important of family, life, and how struggle is a big part in life. It gives you comfort and memories whether good or bad. The poem is something you can relate to and it's more meaningful when you understand the tragic and how to overcome it. Metaphysical Dog Poems gives the poem a vibrant picture of what the poem will be about. It also gives you an understanding of what to expect. The imagery depicts a story of their own. The theme of the book of poetry is discovery and you can both see and visualize the meaning of the poem. I think anyone would enjoy reading Metaphysical Dog Poems. It will make them question everything that they think they know vs. what they know, and what they want to know. This book of poems will tell you that everything you know is nothing but an illusion. It will open your mind to a whole new world and take you in a ride that is unforgettable.
c_loke says:
I usually don't get poetry. I'm glad I got this.I read Frank Bidart's book of poems, "Metaphysical Dog: Poems" because it was selected by BookmenDC, a LGBT book group.The hour I spent with the book was wonderful. Bidart's voice is clear, sparse, and, focused.I suggest you find a hour, and, a quiet space, and, read the book.I like Kindle, for the ease of purchase, and, a built in dictionary.Ganymede is the title of one poem in the book. I had forgot his story. The Kindle dictionary reminded me that Ganymede was a beautiful Trojan boy, taken to Olympus, to be a cup bearer for the gods.MoreLess
Metaphysical Dog Poems by Frank Bidart Metaphysical Dog Poems by Frank Bidart is a collected of poems that is published in 2013.It is a phenomenal work. It talks about "hunger for the absolute." you might think that the hunger is for life, food, sex, the things that you believe you need, but in this case is about hunger for the truth, knowledge, and to understand yourself better than anything. This book of poetry is a journey that you didn’t know that you wanted to take, yet you decided to take and you discovered a whole new world with meaningful clarity. It is also about how you should accept yourself and be true to who you are. You can lie to everyone, but don’t lie to yourself. The book of poetry is pure perfection. The way it is structured tell the story of time and patience. The poems were full of life. When you read the poems you can imagine everything so vividly. The poems really come to life with a bit of imagination. The author makes the poems come to life with eac...h descriptive words. As a book of poetry Metaphysical Dog Poems is both brilliant and hilarious. The title of the poem is both whimsical and amusing. It shows that the author has an incredible way with words and a sense of humor. The poem is both contemplative and self- discovery. For example, the narrator explained how the character found out that he was gay. He didn't want to tell his mother, knowing she would have blamed herself for him being different. The author had no filter when it comes to telling things how they are. He's straightforward when he need to be and a little ambiguous at time, which makes his poems the best form of art. Metaphysical Dog Poems is both enigmatic and descriptive. The narrator talks about how the character struggles and how he was able to overcome them. The book of poem is about struggles, death, sex, hunger, beauty, memories, and healing. The poem shows the conflict with vivid details that you could relate to. For example, the narrator talks about a character when he was a child struggling to understand the world. He was hunger for something that was a mystery to him. The book of poetry also talks about mourning. It gives unequivocal details how each of us mourn in our own ways. The poem is about loss, experience, and learning how things work. With the author’s explicit use of diction, structure, analogous, irony, and allegory, the poem transpires into an emblematic tale about life, struggle, loss, need, desire, religions, and art. Style and structure are the beginning of any literary work. For example, Bidart uses persona in a metaphorical way to describe the character’s way of expressing himself. It also uses word like “sea” and “drown” to generate a symbolic meaning to the poem. This way the word choice creates an enigmatic atmosphere and ambiguous questions that make you think a lot about the poem. The poem captures the essence of everyday life and it touches something inside of you. It makes you realize the important of family, life, and how struggle is a big part in life. It gives you comfort and memories whether good or bad. The poem is something you can relate to and it's more meaningful when you understand the tragic and how to overcome it. Metaphysical Dog Poems gives the poem a vibrant picture of what the poem will be about. It also gives you an understanding of what to expect. The imagery depicts a story of their own. The theme of the book of poetry is discovery and you can both see and visualize the meaning of the poem. I think anyone would enjoy reading Metaphysical Dog Poems. It will make them question everything that they think they know vs. what they know, and what they want to know. This book of poems will tell you that everything you know is nothing but an illusion. It will open your mind to a whole new world and take you in a ride that is unforgettable.
c_loke says:
I usually don't get poetry. I'm glad I got this.I read Frank Bidart's book of poems, "Metaphysical Dog: Poems" because it was selected by BookmenDC, a LGBT book group.The hour I spent with the book was wonderful. Bidart's voice is clear, sparse, and, focused.I suggest you find a hour, and, a quiet space, and, read the book.I like Kindle, for the ease of purchase, and, a built in dictionary.Ganymede is the title of one poem in the book. I had forgot his story. The Kindle dictionary reminded me that Ganymede was a beautiful Trojan boy, taken to Olympus, to be a cup bearer for the gods.MoreLess
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