They May Love All That He Has Chosen And Hate All That He Had Rejected (page 48)
This poem is one of the several that I sort of knew what was going on, and one I thought was quite unusual. The tone of this poem has changed over every part - from indifferent and cold to understanding. The part "In Which the Dead Send Postcards to Their Assailants from America's Most Celebrated Landmarks" was very interesting. In those letters the dead wrote in peace and humble. I could sense that Smith was suggesting seeing the tragedies from both the dead and their assailants' perspectives, so that we could turn our rage and hatred to a mutual understanding, but that's all I could grasp.
I don't know if it was because of the language (there were a lot of words I have not seen before,) or some other reasons, I had a hard time understanding the poems inking on the pages. So I just captured the parts that were within my ability, and enjoyed the melody of the poetry as a whole (I used an audible book as a means of help, and surprisingly it was read by Tracy K. Smith! Her voice was so comforting, and reminded me of days in a fall or winter). Anyway, I am looking forward to our class next week and listening to everyone's experience of reading this poetry!
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