During the class discussion on "Lobsters" there was one thing that strikes me as interesting. Quite frankly I was puzzled that the author would bring up such gruesome details in the poem. This was brought up about halfway through the discussion and I found it particularly confusing. Why would an author want to traumatize his readers with such horrid accusations? At first I thought it totally spoiled the poem for me. I don't mind reading a poem that makes me think on the actions of humans, but to make it sound so horribly disgusting was almost too much.
After the discussion I realized that the author was trying to catch my attention, which was done so without my noticing. Embarrassing slightly, but I suppose it then gave me another point of view on the poem. Also, the descriptions show a strong connection between the lobsters and people. One example of that would be "...cadaver green." the specks on the lobsters before they are cooked are dead people green. Disgusting but it creates quite a strong connection. Another connecting spot would be the pot of water, a killing machine for the lobsters even though water is their natural environment. How sick is that? Yet again the pot is related to the Earth and the lobsters are the people. From this I got that if you don't pay attention to the environment you're in, you may just find yourself in a pot of boiling water (not literally though).
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