"On A Sunny Evening"
On a purple, sun-shot evening
Under wide-flowering chestnut trees
Upon the threshold full of dust
Yesterday, today, and the days are all like these.
Trees flower forth their beauty,
Lovely, too, their very wood all gnarled and old
That I am half afraid to peer
Into thier crowns of green and gold.
The sun has made a veil of gold
So lovely that my body aches.
Above, the heavens shriek with blue
Convinced, I've smiled by some mistake.
The world's abloom and seems to smile.
I want to fly, but where, how high?
If in barbed wire things can bloom
Why couldn't I? I will not die!
Under wide-flowering chestnut trees
Upon the threshold full of dust
Yesterday, today, and the days are all like these.
Trees flower forth their beauty,
Lovely, too, their very wood all gnarled and old
That I am half afraid to peer
Into thier crowns of green and gold.
The sun has made a veil of gold
So lovely that my body aches.
Above, the heavens shriek with blue
Convinced, I've smiled by some mistake.
The world's abloom and seems to smile.
I want to fly, but where, how high?
If in barbed wire things can bloom
Why couldn't I? I will not die!
P.S. I see how the MLA citation, oddly, did not make it to the blog. I will try and fix this as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteThis butterfly is really well constructed ! It was a great idea to put the tree in the middle and put barbed wire on top of it. One thing that I got out of this was that this butterfly was really doing good with visuals because most people are visual learners . The only thing that was confusing to me was the skulls and the tombstones because I have the same poem and the tone of this poem is overall very happy so you could've explained that more but very good butterfly overall
ReplyDeleteHey Melanie, I just wanted to say that you did a very marvelous job. I could tell that you put your heart and soul to this butterfly. What really stood out to me was with the barbed wire. Also, one thing that I got made me understand better was that you made it to 3d and so all people could unspderstand it better. I also agree with Juan, I'm confused with the skulls because in the peom it didn't talk about any negative sayings or any skulls. All in all, you did a excellent work and hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteMelanie, your butterfly is excellent! It definitely captures the aspects of the poem (the bright life being encompassed by the jaws of death). I especially like how the Nazis and the Jews and imminent destruction have seemed to recede, leaving only this sunny evening in focus, as it was in the poem. Your tags and analyses are well-written, and I have no mistakes or errors to point out. Excellent work, Melanie!
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