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Charlie Smith's "Beds"
Analytical Essay # 63744
Charlie Smith's "Beds"
Examines how Charlie Smith constructs a poem from a Whitman-esque catalog of beds he has known.
1,521 words (approx. 6.1 pages) |
3 sources |
MLA | 2005
Paper Summary:
In his poem, "Beds", Charlie Smith charts his journey through addiction, through a catalog or 'heaping figure' of beds he has known throughout his life. The paper examines this technique and the importance of metaphor as tool for raking through challenging subject matter.From the Paper:
"Whatever one chooses to call the technique, Smith's handling of it is masterly. He takes an everyday object and uses it as a vehicle through which to explore a situation and its accompanying emotions. He continually implodes the object through constant re-inspection, "heaping" one kind of bed upon the other, exhausts it, turning it over and over, examining it ever closer until it ceases to be merely a bed and becomes a metaphor for each step of his journey. Smith's catalog of beds are the landmarks of his recovery."More papers on Charlie Smith's "Beds":
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Charlie Smith's "Beds" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Charlie-Smith's-Beds/63744
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"Charlie Smith's "Beds"" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Charlie-Smith's-Beds/63744>
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