Poetry Analysis Essay

ENC 1101: Poetry Analysis – Essay #3

Using the TP-CASST method of poetry analysis, describe the possible meanings and relationships of the words, images, and other literary devices that make up the poem below. Remember, in an analysis or explication you do not re-tell the story. Instead, break down the poem into sections while looking at the development of a single theme throughout the entire poem. Also, please note that you must include textual reference to specific evidence in the poem to support each claim that you make. Your reader must be able to understand exactly what your premise or thesis is. Your paper should be approximately 750 words long and is due November 28, 2018, for Ref. #4965 (MW class) and November 29, 2018 for Ref. #4602, #4601, #4562, & #4570 (TR classes).

“Hello Bones” by Robert DeMaria

Hello Bones!

I hear you rattling down there

Inside my fat flesh.

Just do you job and shut up.

I don’t have to be constantly reminded

That you support me,

That your joints ache,

That your marrow is overworked.

Don’t talk to me about early retirement.

What the hell do you think I am, anyhow,

A federal penitentiary?

I’m only human. I need you.

Where would I be without you?

I’d fall apart.

I’d collapse like an empty coat

Dropped in a heap on the floor.

And then what?

Then what?

Source:

DeMaria, Robert. “Hello Bones.” The College Handbook of Creative Writing. 3rd ed., Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2014, p. 110.