Viewing my poem from the perspective of an analysis, I found numerous literary devices and SOAPStone techniques to be reflected upon within the entirety of my poem. The primary subject of my poem was one that’s often seen as broad and unspecified — death, and life after death. I realized that numerous other poems such as “Famous Death Poem” by  Henry Scott-Holland had previously exemplified the challenges one may face after death, though I had difficulty finding poems that showed the grace and serenity one may discover; which was a prime factor as to why this was my topic of choice. I generally wouldn’t write about a topic such as death as I find it much easier to write about topics that I have experience with or can relate to, but I found this to be an eminent chance to expand on how I write and explore an entirely different theme of writing that I have not previously been exposed to.

The occasion within my poem fluctuates between the real world and what’s seen as the heaven, though not too many other elements such as time or date are mentioned. In hopes of allowing the audience to see the true occasion of my poem, I began my important stanzas with an indication as to where that part of the story took place. One example of this seen within my poem is in stanza 5, where I begin my stanza by saying “a new found world for those defeat,” before beginning to talk about the peaceful side of death. This stanza in particular used a high amount of imagery and connotation to provide a positive and peaceful feeling to the audience, which can be seen with words such as “bright,” “harmonic,” and “calm.” Similar to the art of insinuation — the study of how you can secretly plant thoughts and opinions into other’s minds (
How to Plant an Idea in Someone's Mind (Art of Insinuation) Afterschool Psychology) — I recently watched a Ted Talk that showed examples as to how these thoughts are continuously planned in our minds by advertisers and media alike. I attempted to use techniques similar to these — generally known as the 5 Types Propaganda (Types of Propaganda - MarketingWit) — to plant a calm and positive sensation into my audience’s mind. This was done so my final stanza, would have a much more powerful effect as it went from talking about positivity and serenity, to death and decomposition. The context of my poem stayed unidentified for a majority of my poem as the topic and point of view stayed the same with little context being revealed. Death is generally seen and associated with attributes of sadness and negativity, though I found the theme of my poem to focus on the positivity, something that is rarely associated with the topic.
While writing my poem, I found it difficult to establish one specific audience that further-suited the poem, as there’s two topics that are very contradictory; death and peace. I originally anticipated for the story to be read by an audience that enjoyed a more sad and dim form of poetry, and now that I’ve actually analyzed my poem, I believe this was the correct audience that this could be suited for. A study from SAMARITANS showing common myths and facts about suicide, shows that one primary reason people commit suicide is due to the fact that “they do not want to live the life they have.” It isn’t that they want to die, it’s that they believe their life has decreased in worth to a point where it seems that kill themselves is the best option, as they won’t have to deal with their life; having the afterlife (if they believe) essentially acting as a second chance for them. I find there to be a strong correlation between this factual information and the theme of my poem, as it indicates that things may seem awful and “dark” (as seen within stanza 1, line 2 of my poem) though the afterlife, or the “new found world” (stanza 5, line 1) will be full of peace and tranquility. My poem was not directly written as an experience of someone commiting suicide and entering the afterlife, though rather the broad topic of someone dying and entering the afterlife. Although not done intentionally, I believe having this broad detail allows the audience to interpret how “they” (as referred to within stanza 1) may have died. Overall, I found the audience of my story to be suited for those who may have faced challenges in life or are depressed, though people of any audience may enjoy it if they can relate to the theme.
My poem did not have any direct purpose when it comes to inform or persuading the audience, though rather just to share an experience of thoughts that many may have previously seen or will see in the future — depression, and the thoughts that come with it. As previously mentioned, this is not a topic that I would generally write about, so one primary purpose as to why my topic was chosen was due to me wanting to attempt to extend my writing. I would generally write about topics that I enjoy or know a decent amount about, though this poem was something totally different. Despite me having little understanding about certain aspects of the topic and how to format them within my poem, I do admit that writing about a topic that I wouldn’t normally, was very fun as I managed to express my thoughts in a way that I interpreted the topic. As previously mentioned, death is a very difficult topic to talk about as so little is known about it, which was one major reason as to why I actually decided to use this within my poem. Having so little known about it allowed me to be able to interpret the topic the way I wanted to, and allowed me to express my thoughts on the topic in a way that made sense. In the case of my poem, I found that it would make more sense to discuss the topic in a faintly timeline view of things; having the beginning assert that someone died, my body stanzas conclude that peace was met after they died, and my final stanza act as a look back to when they died. The final line of my last stanza, “As their bodies decompose,” ended up acting as a reminder that the timeline was still occurring, as they continued to decompose. I found that the primary purpose of my poem was to show how events would progress throughout time, and how negative events in and after life may be looked at from a different perspective — in this case a positive perspective of a negative topic.
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