Blog #9

I think that John Asbury mixes a technical poem, in his case it was a sestina, with cartoon characters to add a sense of humor to the poem. To be honest, I did not understand the poem's meaning, even after reading it several times and listening to the audio. I understand the concept of how pleasant the country is, but I do not understand why the characters are cartoons. I do believe it was to add a sense of humor but to me it was confusing. My favorite line in the poem is "Rupturing the arpeggio of our years" because arpeggios are familiar to me from marching band. It was an interesting image to think about, such as the years going up a scale, which is what an arpeggio is. This was not my favorite poem to read in this class. I found it confusing, somewhat unnecessarily graphic in the last stanza. It seemed to have no plot, just Popeye in the country eating spinach with his friends with a looming thunder around them.