Wednesday, September 14, 2011

February - Is there a literary term for completely disgusting and unnecessary?

"Some other tomcat, / not yet a capon, has been spraying our front door, / declaring war." (Lines 11-13)

      Okay, ew. This is gross. I've decided to respond to question #8: discuss the tone, but all I can think about is how absolutely vile this poem is. The tone is, first and foremost, negative. The speaker does not like February one bit. This is apparently the month when all the cats pee on his door, and spring could not be more desirable. This must be one cooped up cat with serious dietary issues. The speaker colors his words with a tone of disgust and desire for a different season. However, I can't help but wonder if the cat's name is February. He just hates the cat, not the month. I doubt this is true. I found irony in the speaker's words about February because that is the month that represents love and Valentine's Day, and all the speaker can do is hate on these blasted cats. The only reference anywhere close to Valentine's Day is the word pink, and that is not associated with anything beautiful or loving. Rather, it is the description for a cat's "pink bumhole." Yuck.

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