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Analysis of "A Bewilderment" by Bianca Stone

Poem Found Here:  "A Bewilderment" by Bianca Stone This poem plays with images and memory, and the title of "A Bewilderment" fits the way on how the images are structured and shown.  But we start with a hyperbole first, "I have lost all luscious dreams / beyond all kingdoms of thought."  What's accomplished in the hyperbole is a set-up for the reader -- we're not in a narrative structure, but more of a lyrical one focusing on dreams and thoughts. "But then I feel happy thinking of you / the way we invite our love to the table / to eat what's left"  I like these lines since these lines are trying to bring in the conceptual -- the love of the "you" figure and bring it to something more, something concrete as the images continue on with the you. "I make a stream / connecting the baseball card in my wallet /  with the you in my mind."  I think these lines are essential in the poem.  Here is the display of the signifier...