And It's Tuesday Again

Though I may be blind, I vaguely seee the connection between the readings for Tuesday’s class, especially between “Dear Boy George”, “Lullaby”, “The Snow Man”, and “Between”. Firstly, the way “Dear Boy George” is constructed, to me, reads like a poem however is not in a poetic format. I am distraught as to why the poet did this. Also, as I put myself into the story of “Dear Boy George” I believe it would be very strange to be George and having someone write a small excerpt on how they want to spend time with you eating pineapple and piercing your ears. It seems as if the girl who wrote this does not have one clear message for George, but like she just wants to fill the void of communication with anything to get attention from George. I believe that as George, I would be freaked out by this piece.
As for the “Lullaby” poem, this is a very settling and calming piece with a distinct reason for every sentence. “Lullaby” seems to me to be about the point of living as a mortal and loving as a mortal but yet taking in and never forgetting every minute of true love. “The Snow Man” is also a very settling poem as it quite descriptive of one specific moment in time. In “Lullaby” Auden writes, “Not a whisper, not a thought, not a kiss nor look be lost”, this to me is the poet telling the reader to take in every moment that you experience with love and never forget it. “The Snow Man” seems to be a short poem that is describing a specific moment that Auden is referring to.
However between all the poems read for this class, “Between” was the most confusing to me. Without Jess’s blog of how she figured out the poem, this would still look like a jumbled mess to me (SO THANKS JESS!) But as I read what Jess wrote, it now is clearer of what the poet is writing about however I do not understand the reasoning for the ‘betweens’ Mullen uses. Why did Mullen choose to use these comparisons?
I guess that is a question I will have to have answered in class…
So until then…good night and good luck.
-Hadley