Fairy Tale Logic
What is a poem? Does it ryhme? Does It flow? Does it even have to make sense to the reader? Perhaps it is just a conglomerate of extensive literature to express the feeling of the other or the speaker in the poem. Is a poem supposed to make a difference or is it just something that may give you a good feeling on a bad day? IS a poem real or is it just another fairy tale that leads readers to think that there is hope and not just reality?
In the poem Fairy-tale Logic by A.E. Stallings, he is elaberating on what a fairy tale is. He adds in his first line that,"Fairy Tales are full of immpossible tasks". What does that mean? Is he sayin gthat fairy tales are immpossible, or simply that the task at hand apppears to be immpossible. When some one ask you to complete an impossible task, do they really want you to complete or just simply give your best effort? In this poem he uses great examples of immpossible tasks. Most of the tasks he uses are almost some what a scene that wse have seen in a fiction movie. As in the movies he state in line fourteen tha no matter the task," the will to do whatever must be done". What is he saying? He is saying no matter how extreme the task you must be willing to go to the extreme. He uses example in his last line," Marry a monster. Hand over your first born son." . A task as extreme of handing over your first born son is crazy, but in the event your in a situation that may somewhat of a fairy tale or what just seems immpossible, Do you quit, or do whatever it take no matter how extreme to get through the situation?
I believe this poem is a great thought of what life may be. Being a father sometimes i find myself reasoning with right and wrong, good and bad. How do you explain this world that becomes more and more immpossible every day to your children. In this poem it is almost like finding answers not through fairy tales but like fairy tales. That no matter or bad it get or how immpossible it seems you just have to fight back with the same extreme attitude. Like A.E. said in his tenth line you have to fight magic with magic.
Hi Johnson,
ReplyDeleteI found that a bunch of people in this class chose to read the same poem about fairy tales and what they have to offer, or what they are lacking. I like how you define what is "impossible" and how the meaning can change depending on what you are talking about. I also like how you compared being a father to doing impossible things. I'm sure at times things seem very overwhelming and stressful when trying to raise a human to be a good person despite the world we live in. Great job Johnson.
I really enjoyed your description and take on this poem because I had an entirely different idea about it when I read it. I felt like the poem was incredibly sarcastic. As I read the poem it seemed to me the author was portraying how ridiculous an unbelievable fair tales are. Then with the last line I just felt the sarcasm just about smack me in the face when he said "Marry a monster hand over your first born son." I do like, however, that a lot of other people had much different feelings about this poem. Maybe I'm just more pessimistic than most?
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