May Swenson

In May Swenson’s poem “The Centaur,” she talks about a little girl that uses her enormous mind to imagine herself transforming into a horse. The girl is in a whole new world of her imagination as she rides through the hills of her backyard. Swenson allows readers to take part in the transformation from human to horse that the adolescent girl described undergoes, thus emphasizing the importance of childhood and imagination on the woman's identity and how strong and intelligent they could be. In the

influence, change one’s opinion and raise questions with only the choice of words? May Swenson, one of the most recognized and creative poets out there, uses her word choice and crafts humorous, vivid imagery, and startling details into her poetry. Swenson’s poetry is filled with living words with fresh ways of describing her emotions or beliefs, and held together by a subtle but strong philosophical thread. Swenson packs a punch in her poetry that's never watered down, never less than rigorous and

motivation finds them. In a world of narcissism, May Swenson keeps her observations keen. In her poem, “Water Picture”, she takes a unique perspective on the world around her. She perceives the world upside down through the pond water in the park. Every image she depicts is viewed as a reflection in the water, and each image is telling a story. Without each image described, one would be unable to analyze the poem from the mere title. The reader may perceive this piece of work as the twisted perception

A WoMAN’s World The poem “Women” by May Swenson creatively exhibits the struggle most women have with objectification by men throughout their lives. Swenson writes how women “should be” certain “things” which depict for readers the voices that women hear from others. It also depicts how women are made to feel as “things” or objects. The poem often compares women to the pedestals or wooden rocking horses to represent that women are toys and objects for men which is the major theme of this poem

Within May Swenson’s “The Centaur,” she talks about a little girl that uses her enormous mind to imagine herself transforming into a horse. The girl is in a whole new world of her imagination as she rides through the hills of her backyard. Swenson allows readers to take part in the transformation from human to horse that the adolescent girl described undergoes, thus emphasizing the importance of childhood and imagination on the woman identity and how strong and intelligent they could be. In the

Imagination is used to back away from reality and enter a new world. Most children use their imagination for this reason, they turn into animals to lose control of themselves and become someone else. The girl in the poem,“The Centaur,” by May Swenson, the imaginary horse was used to both replace her brother and remember him. She uses her imagination to reminisce and cope with her loss. The gendered pronouns were used to refer to her brother along with metaphor and zoomorphism that helped contribute

It is unavoidable to doubt one’s ability to succeed in a world filled with so many options to fail. From the time the main character of “The Centaur” by May Swenson was ten years old, he became enthused by adventure. He was invested himself in all that could be in the world despite obstacles. Swenson utilizes language, imagery, structure, and point of view to illustrate the main character’s thought process as he explores his mental capacity and physical being. Tying in the mystical background

Imagination is so complex and powerful. It makes the impossible possible. In the poem “The Centaur” by May Swenson, the author reveals the power of imagination through a flashback from a ten year old girl. In the flashback the girl creates her horse out of a tree limb using her brother’s knife, and she uses his belt as a rein. She then, torts up the grass bank path, becoming one with the horse (10-20). Feeling free as she lets her imagination go wild. In this poem, the author conveys uniqueness

easier to wanna distance yourself and use your imagination and pretend that you’re in a world where everything seems to be alright. Whereas in reality, it’s not. But it’s nice to pretend that everything is alright with the world. In The Centaur by May Swenson, a young girl uses her imagination to cope with and possibly overcome loss. In the poem, there are many references to the young girl having a brother. For instance, line 10 states, “But when, with my brother’s jack-knife…” That’s saying that she

Explication of May Swenson’s “Question” May Swenson’s “Question” deals with examining oneself. We can see this poem from a woman’s perspective or the speaker. It is a poem of question, where a woman engulfs herself with questions but incomplete answers, like what will her future be. The poem is relating towards lovers, perhaps a man and a woman, husband and wife; where the woman is in a state of mind of what is to be of her when her husband dies. The poem shouts the conflict, attachment. As we