I have decided to analyze Motel Pool by: P.K Page. This poem relates to me the best because the topic is about summer and paints a picture about the season through the use of words. This poems imagery, metaphors etc. successful create and illustrate an interesting story for this poem.
The author’s choice of words is interesting when describing the image of summer. This sentence “The plump good-natured children play in the blue pool: roll and plop, plop and roll;” sticks to me the most with imagery. It points out that kids are like plump shaped; meaning the kids have a rounded form assuming that they are out of shape since she is referring to them “as otters”. In an overall look at this poem it has strong words that helps me paint a picture; another example of that would be “Not beautiful, but suddenly limned with light; their elliptical wet flesh in a flash reflects it” this sentence uses words like, “limned” (depiction) of the light helps to see the “elliptical” (round) wet “flesh”, assuming its mentioning the obese kids earlier having fun in the summer weather. And finally the last sentence in the poem relating to summer: “and it greens the green grass, greens the hanging leaf; greens Adam and Eden, greens little Eve.” Mentioning green grass and the Adam and Eden reference creates and depicts a beautiful vivid picture about the feel. The poem does a good job of creating imagery, metaphors, etc. to help create a stunning poem about summer.