Thursday, September 16, 2010

February

I can come up with quite a few assumptions about the speaker and/or the author of the poem. The speaker states that she likes to "watch hockey" and stay in her bed all day. One can infer that she is extremely lazy and it most likely winter makes her lazy. She also reveals that she "lusts for French Fries with a splash of vinegar," which also illustrates her laziness (couch potato). She compares cats to men, in a negative manner.. "some other tomcat, not yet a capon, has been spraying our front door, declaring war". I get the impression that she is angry at men, which leads to the assumption that she hates Valentine's Day. This could be why she hates February and cannot wait for the springtime to arrive. "Get rid of death. Celebrate increase. Make it be spring."

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