Question

How does this poem represent a modern version of the blazon?

Answer 1

@Ultrilliam
This belongs in English..
Also, what is the poem?

Answer 2

—after Breton

My love with his hair of nightingales
With his chest of pigeon flutter, of gray doves preening themselves at dawn
With his shoulders of tender balconies half in shadow, half in sun
My love with his long-boned thighs the map of Paris of my tongue
With his ink-stained tongue, his tongue the tip
of a steeple plunged into milky sky
My love with his wishing teeth
With his fingers of nervous whispering, his fingers of a boy
whose toys were cheap and broken easily
My love with his silent thumbs
With his eyes of a window smudged of a train that passes in the night
With his nape of an empty rain coat
hung by the collar, sweetly bowed
My love with his laughter of an empty stairwell, rain all afternoon
With his mouth the deepest flower to which
I have ever put my mouth

Source: Woloch, Cecilia. “Blazon.” Blogalicious. Diane Lockward, 17 Jan. 2010. Web. 17 May 2011.



How does this poem represent a modern version of the blazon?

A. The poet selects less expected features and comparisons.
B. The poet uses the conventions of the blazon structure.
C. The poet uses parody and omission to emphasize her love.
D. The poet uses rhyme and iambic pentameter to exaggerate the subject’s beauty.

Answer 3

Wasn't thinking & forgot to change it to English.

Answer 4

She is describing his beauty, his body. normally it would be about a woman. i suppose maybe thats what makes it modern is the fact that this poem is about a man. Blazon poetry commonly makes use of both simile and metaphor to draw comparisons between body parts and beautiful objects

Answer 5

Oh, thanks

Answer 6

No problem, also, welcome to QuestionCove

Answer 7

Thanks

Answer 8

No problem =)