Darkness a Bird of Darkness a Bird of PreyPrey

Presentation by Cory JarredPresentation by Cory Jarred

TitleTitle

The title is Darkness a Bird of The title is Darkness a Bird of Prey. I think that the title is Prey. I think that the title is referring to death, because referring to death, because darkness and death are usually darkness and death are usually associated.associated.

ParaphraseParaphrase

In the poem, the writer ask what In the poem, the writer ask what happened to his life before, and happened to his life before, and talks about what led up to talks about what led up to him/her getting AIDS and then him/her getting AIDS and then ends on a metaphor involving a ends on a metaphor involving a door.door.

ConnotationConnotation

Metaphor – Most of the poem is a Metaphor – Most of the poem is a metaphor. Example(s): “The hundred metaphor. Example(s): “The hundred knocks on the door / To my thirties-knocks on the door / To my thirties-old life / And th’impatient question “Is old life / And th’impatient question “Is anyone there?”” anyone there?””

Assonance – Shudder, utter, and Assonance – Shudder, utter, and mutter in the last two lines “No mutter in the last two lines “No strength to shudder, to utter, to / strength to shudder, to utter, to / Scream YES of painfully mutter “Go Scream YES of painfully mutter “Go Away”.Away”.

Connotation Pt. 2Connotation Pt. 2

Allusion – “”Get thee behind Allusion – “”Get thee behind me”?” is an allusion to The me”?” is an allusion to The Bible.Bible.

AttitudeAttitude

The speaker’s attitude is The speaker’s attitude is basically very depressed, as basically very depressed, as most dying people’s are.most dying people’s are.

ShiftsShifts

There were no shifts in the There were no shifts in the poem really. It stayed sad the poem really. It stayed sad the whole way through.whole way through.

Title(again)Title(again)

After reading the poem, what I After reading the poem, what I said about the title still seems said about the title still seems right to me.right to me.

ThemeTheme

I think the theme is to not go I think the theme is to not go and do stupid things when and do stupid things when you’re younger. you’re younger.