Mini-Paper A

In a Breath: http://carl-sandburg.com/in_a_breath.htm

1. Mentions women in their flimsy clothes two times.
2. Women catching the play of sun-fire on themselves repeats.
3. Life is going on outside of the movie, but in the movie the life of the shark ends.
4. The knife and daggers symbolize how life can simply be ended "in a breath."
5. The people outside living want to see this movie about the sea life and watch this shark get killed, this movie can be like a horror movie, such as Jaws.

This poem is about a normal day in the life of a town, it shows how life can go on while another life ends. It shows how humans can be killed or be the killers. This poem can also show how someone can overcome their fear because it takes a strong person to jump into the water and kill a shark on their own. In the end, the poem shows how life goes on for someone even when death occurs because if the death does not affect them in any way, they are not bothered.


Bath: http://carl-sandburg.com/bath.htm

1. Represents a man who once didn't care about life, but then does.
2. Through going to this concert he has a life changing moment and realizes there is more to life.
3. In the end he sees life differently from when he first walked in.
4. Becomes an optimist after being a pessimist in the beginning.
5. He recognizes life as nothing important because we all end up as bones with no flesh when we die.

This poem shows something can change someones life for the better, it shows how anyone can be helped if the right attention is given to them. This poem can also show how music can be a healer and helper for anyone, the lyrics that he heard at the concert must have touched him in some way. The poem can also represent how someone who wants to commit suicide ends up not killing themselves because of some sort of determent. Through the poem we see how all life no matter who's it is, ends up as bones with the flesh off of them. This is a poem about going through life and how things can change our lives significantly no matter who we are.