DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:  Analysis of "Ibex Have Evolved for Life at the Top" by Lisa Olstein Originally read: July 15, 2013 More information about the Poet: Lisa Olstein So this is an Ibex: Past me wrote an encompassing idea of the poem: "Transition to choices to simulate Darwinism."  Well, I don't know what past me meant.  But I do know that there's a scientific feel to the poem because of the cumulative deconstruction of definitions in the majority of the stanzas. And even though the poem is a single stanza, there are three parts to this poem: 1) cumulative deconstruction of definition 2) the illusion of choice through the usage of "if", and 3) Choices laid out in the form of rhetorical questions. Part 1: Cumulative Deconstruction of Definition The title serves more as a tone setter.  The poem starts out with an interesting statement in which there's a more likely chance that the speaker will look at how the Ibex has evolved for ...