This poem was quite interesting and confusing, yet very intriguing and makes me want to have a class discussion to discover what some of these phrases mean to the author now. It opens my eyes to literature and language and how speaking English has changed even greatly in the last decade or so. It seems as if the author did not originally speak English and must have learned it over time since she talks about the difficulties of the diction and natural accent involved when speaking English. Most people would not think twice about a southern accent or how there are two different meanings/spellings for the word some/sum. The first couple lines talk about how difficult English is to learn. The next couple talk about how English language has evolved over time into what it is today. The last couple lines talk about the unhappiness and boringness the author is becoming after getting used to the evolutions of English over time. THis creates the poem's argument that the English language needs to be updated, evolve, and given some interest to keep speakers happy and fresh. Overall this poem was greatly interesting and i would enjoy to read other works by this author.
The anglo saxon reference is an allusion
Alliteration throughout such as beach blanket, bible belt, fetuses floating, fragmented fandango
Diction when saying New Joisey and howaya
"yearning for James Dead to jump my curb" maybe means that he wants a spark like james dead to come and interest things back into the learning of language
"fetuses floating on billboards" ????? WHAT THE HECK maybe using hyperbole to describe the nonsense written on billboards nowadays and how it should be classified as not english but inappropriate
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