Original poem reprinted online here: "Eve's Design" by Moira Linehan Originally read: March 25, 2013 More information about the Poet: Moira Linehan This poem is a pretty interesting narrative. The opening starts out with the background, "Then there's the Yemeni legend of Eve [...]" which shows the location of thought. Also, the opening line decentralizes a heavy religious context by focusing on the "legend" aspect rather than a purely reinterpretation stance or the speaker "attempts" to take her opinion or bias out of the poem and is instead writing "a tale?" But why rewrite a tale into a poem? I have some ideas, but ultimately, poetry is defined through audience discretion. From the beginning the narrative continues with Eve knitting a pattern on the snake's back, who is unfinished in the creation phase (well, this summary is not that great, since it's word for word on the page). I guess the poetic element comes wit...
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