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 Original analysis here:  https://ddcpoetry.blogspot.com/2013/02/analysis-of-elegy-by-jose-maria-hinojosa.html Another self-conscious post by me. Anyways, Looking over the poem again the rhetorical questions about failing to get to a destination: "Alone I sailed, / Where will I arrive?  "If the hot air balloon were lost, / on what land would it fall?"   "If the ship were to wreck, / it would sink in what waters?" there's a sense of place, especially with the line "what waters?" Should that matter when someone is going through a traumatic disaster?  But this is all metaphorical.  The important part is at the end "Alone I started / No one knows why. / But, I, yes I, Know!" The exclamation at the end refocuses the poem to the resolve and the purpose of the speaker, regardless of possible metaphorical disasters happen and places to be.  It's the spirit of adventure and a tongue in cheek feel to the "possible elegy." It's be...

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Possible Elegy" by José María Hinojosa Originally read: December 2, 2012 More information about the Poet: José María Hinojosa So one (of my many) weakness I have as a writer/reader and as a human being is to over complicate things. That's why I try to stick to 15 minutes when I write something down.  The longer I take, the more I doubt what I write --- it's too easy to understand or I should refine my word choices, and then, after many hours, my mind (and real life) becomes a drama fest filled with tears, existentialist depression, and wanderings. [yes I did edit this again after posting it -- it's not perfect!] I want to focus on the last comment I wrote: "Yet this line somewhat bothers me 'No one knows why' What does the 'why' refer to?  The speaker started, what waters you'll drown, what land you'll fall -- If I read this line as an existential statement, then the next line, 'but, I, yes I,...