'Poetry Analysis of Ask Me Essay\r'

'In the verse form â€Å"Ask Me,” the poet, William Stafford, gives the ratifier a strong sense of imagery, it describes the river so vividly, so creatively. This poem is a rattling(prenominal) good poem, and is rattling very mysterious and a little sharpness almost questionable about the theme of the poem. fundamentally what I get from the poem is, the speaker is not ashamed of who he or she is and you bottom of the inning gestate them any questions about their past and they will fain repartee. It’s almost as if it is kind of interrogatory the speaker, like will or she actually answer the question? And the answer is most definitely yes.\r\nAs for the meaning, I am not too sure. I guess some poetry cannot always be explained so well tho that’s okey because I still enjoy reading it and difficult to figure out what it is about. But I can pretty much understand the gist of the poem. It is fair the last line that gets me, â€Å"What the river says, th at is what I say.” It’s stalk almost chilling to me to read that. Shivers seriously melt down my spine when I read that. So, from the poem, I basically get the vibe it is saying, the speaker has had a long life full of, love, hurt, pin, heartbreak etc, but ask him anything about his past or anything and he isn’t ashamed of it. He will proudly answer to anything and take responsibility for what he has caused and what he’s been through.\r\nI personally have attempt analyzing this poem for about a week now, and it has been so difficult for me to find the real meaning of this poem. And very difficult to try and understand the tone and mood. So, although I wasn’t able to find a hale bunch about the poem, I found it very interesting and enjoyed even looking up this poem further and reading about the author and what other people took from this poem. So overall, this poem is a very well written poem and the ideas are undated of what it could mean.\r\n '