Original poem reprinted online here: Advent by Rae Armantrout Originally read: December 1, 2012 More information about the Poet: Rae Armantrout So the last comment I wrote cut off at the end, "This poem packs a lot of 'choose your own' dichotomey [sic] choice meanings in such a short poem and yet is really clever." I don't know what this sentence means either. Anyway, the usage of sequence is interesting in this poem -- most of my notes try to figure out how sequence works effectively in the poem. First, the idea of Advent, being a religious season of waiting for Jesus to arrive, starts off the poem. Then the continuous images of threes (which is parallel to the holy trinity [or that's where my mind goes because of religious reasons]). Stanza One: mother, baby, sheep Stanza Two: sky, god, girl Stanza Three: thing (close to nothing), fatherless (not really a noun, but stands alone for attention), everything So this poem hinges on the direct statement in st...
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