dpoetry·Poetrybydhcmrlchtdj__ Randall Jarrell, "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"View original on lemmy.world18Comments4Reply
Coelacanth feddit.nu2Hide 2 repliesThe poem as a whole felt a little so-so to me, but that last line hits like a truck.3Reply
ddhcmrlchtdj__ replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyAgreed. Makes me wonder if that might’ve been the intention of the opening. The poem is held up by the shock of the last line.4Reply
Coelacanth replyfeddit.nuDefinitely smacks of a poem being engineered backwards from the conception of that one line, yes.3Reply
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The poem as a whole felt a little so-so to me, but that last line hits like a truck.
Agreed. Makes me wonder if that might’ve been the intention of the opening. The poem is held up by the shock of the last line.
Definitely smacks of a poem being engineered backwards from the conception of that one line, yes.
That hits HARD.