Author's Note: Throughout the reading, doors have been a reoccuring motif in the lives of Mr. Utterson, Doctor Jekyll, and all of the people that they seem to encounter. The doors and keys that are continually brought up, I feel have the capability to dictate the confinement of their souls and their incapability to free themselves and their ways of thinking. Whether Jekyll and Hyde be the same person or not, each project the opposite of eachothers personalities, which the other may wish to portray, but is unable to do because they keep it trapped behind "doors" or the social baracades that keep them from doing so. My goal in this piece was to write a rhyming poem in the closed format because I felt that this would be the best way to get my point across. The author of this story continually uses dangling modifiers so in recognition of that, I included them as well.
The door
Open are its arms, its cold embrace
Welcoming the passersby, a smile on its face
Contrived by man, stringent in its making
Endless opportunities, not mine for the taking
One door opens, another door shuts
Forming a ruthful evilness, returning in my gut
Dreaming as one, doing as another
A mask of my uncertainty, a mind protecting cover
The door, the door,
To keep one out, or let one in?
Guarding my evils, guarding my sins
Confining my spirit, unleashing my soul
Forcing myself slowly to be free and let go
Filtering my thoughts, my emotions, my mind
A dual personality, no more; I’m alive
Reaching for the key, to unlock my soul
Breaking free from the door, I am able to let go.
Wow, this poem was excellent, Taylor! I loved everything about it--the rhyming, the flawless flow, and the great diction! I honestly have nothing that you could change from the actual poem, but maybe in the author's note you could add lines of inspiration, or something along those lines. Even without those, your poem was amazing and the force behind it was powerful and very relevant to the book--great job!
ReplyDeleteThis was so cool I must say. I really love how you took such a simple object, a door, and made it into something so complex and deep. I thought that was really cool. My only critique would be in the author's note include the quotes or quotes you were inspired by. Other than that though this is a great poem that I see your voice in and also see powerful diction within it.
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