Friday, May 6, 2011

Conclusion

By examining works related to the subject matter, the author's life and analyses' of the poem.  I feel that over the past few weeks, a good amount of information has been provided and considering that this is a poem consisting of five lines of text, I was surprised by the amount.  In this blog, it was learned that two reviewers from The Explicator shared the notion that this poem had a horrendous vision of war, that Jarrell's work was motivated by not just his stint in the Air force but also his childhood and that he inspired a play based on his poem The Death Of The Ball Turret Gunner.  I hope this blog has been enjoyable and enlightening and if ever in the mood for poems that make you think, Randall Jarrell is highly recommend.