Wallflowers (Poetry Blog #4)

I absolutely loved this poem even though it was so simple and just about words. I loved the personification and comparisons; it was very creative.

I know it is annoying to use large words from the thesaurus that no one really understands, but I thought that since the poem was about using words that a rarely used at all, it was a perfect opportunity to use them throughout my blog. I also know that some of these words are not that rare, but if they are, sorry if it is a little challenging to understand.(:

When I read the title I had no idea the poem was going to be about actual words...I surmised it to be about actual people who were wallflowers, people who did not fit in.

In the first stanza of the poem I apperceived it to describe a rare word used as a comparison to someone who is misanthropic or like a stray dog who does not have a home. It was funny how amorous the stanza was and it made the poem have more fathomage and engrossment.

I think the second stanza helps focus on the main idea of the poem and what is really apropos.

In the third stanza, "hollow-eyed orphans in Dickensian bedrooms..." was something I didn't know, but I looked up information about it and I think that and I came to a asperous conclusion: "hollow-eyed orphans" because Dickens used to write about orphans in his works (i.e. Oliver Twist) and "in Dickensian bedrooms" because it was poverty-stricken and there was lack of love. After that line it says "longing for someone...'you're the one'" just clarifies my conclusion...orphans longing for a home.

The fourth stanza is a juxtaposition of an actual person who is a "wallflower."

The fifth stanza really affixes the previous stanzas into pulchritudinous comparisons. "the Ellis Island of diction" meaning introducing the words to the English language and "all those words without a home...live in my poem," alluding to the previous stanza about Dickens.

I thought this poem was really convivial to blog about.

By the way,

Gegenshein- counterglow: a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun

Zoanthropy- a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.

(One was undefinable by dictionary.com)