4/6/2017 0 Comments Tuesday 9:00 amBY: DENVER BUTSONThe poem "Tuesday 9:00 AM," by Denver Butson takes an interesting perspective on reality. The title suggests an ordinary morning, but the scene set in the poem contradicts it. The poem represents everyone's internal struggles and the interaction between struggling people. It focuses on several characters who are struggling. They each try to help each other, but cannot because of their own struggles. This is depicted in the poem when Butson writes, "...[she tries] to stop her teeth from chattering to say something to the woman who is drowning but the woman who is freezing to death has trouble moving with blocks of ice on her feet" (Butson, lines 22-27). The woman tries to help another, but has trouble doing so. In reality, we all have our own struggles and try to help others when we can. But problems that we face can sometimes get in the way. When we are so focused on our own troubles, we sometimes forget about others' struggles. The water, ice, and fire in the poem represents the struggles. The poem consists of lines and four stanzas. The first four stanzas seem to take place from the bus driver's point of view. The last stanza may take place from an outside source who sees everything that is happening in the bus. God may be this outside source because he has an omniscient point of view in the poem. This point of view is depicted when Butson writes, "...[the driver] is tortured by visions and is wondering if the man who got off at the last stop was really being mauled to death by wild dogs" (Butson, lines 36-40). God knows the bus driver's thoughts and feelings. The author uses techniques, such as enjambment, where he continues a sentence beyond one line. The poem includes imagery to describe the characters. For example, Butson writes, "...she is drowning. Water is everywhere in her mouth and ears in her eyes. A stream of water runs steadily from her blouse" (Butson, lines 9-14). This quote describes the state of one of the characters.
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