Posted by Sara on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:16pm.
What are Friends For-by rosellen brown
What are friends for, my mother asks.
A duty undone, visit missed,
casserole unbaked for sick Jane.
Someone has just made her bitter.
Nothing. They are for nothing, friends, I think. All they do in the end-they touch you. They fill you like music.
questions:
how does the mother's point of view of friendship differ from the daughter's?
I don't really understand half of the poem. I think that the mom is unable to get the actual picture. She is unable to get the point that friends are not "angels"; they are not supernatural beings, they are humans, and humans tend to make a lot of mistakes. Her daughter gets that point.
Am I correct on this one?
what poetic devices are in here?
-metaphors-compares friends to?
-simile-friens to music
Are there any other poetic devices in here?
which do you relate to better? stanza one or two.
I relate better to stanza two because I get how it describes music to friends. In the last stanza it's basically saying that as you listen to music; you begin to get the hang of it, and the music is memorized~it just stays in your mind and posesses your heart. In the same way friends appear, they build that relationship with you, and you are just unable to break it.
Am I correct? Any other views would be appreciated, thanks
- English-Friendship Poem - eva, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:24pm
actually i get stanza 2 but i relate more to stanza 1 because its more detailed of you wat i mean!
- English-Friendship Poem - Sara, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:41pm
sorry, but I do not get how you relate more to stanza than stanza 2.
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