Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Gramercy Park
I've been teaching this book for years. This poem, of the four of these, has generally been my least favorite. But I think I got a breakthrough after rereading it this term. I was never entirely sure how she juxtaposes Iraq to Gramercy Park (other than rich neighborhood, war-torn country). But now I'm starting to get it. For instance, I wasn't sure about the "two keys" in the final stanza before. But I did some reading on Wikipedia and really all the info you need is right there. It's one of only two privately owned parks in NYC. You have to have a key to get in. So all these rich people w/ their doormen have two keys, one for the apt./building and one for the park. I'm still not sure about the ice balls (I'm pretty sure that ice has never been a weapon in Iraq in any period).
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at first very difficult to understand because it was difficult to see the correlation between the references the author made and why. but after a brief discussion and overview of the poem I could then began to draw someone conclusions. such as the relations between the flower and bomb shells. although still vague I enjoyed this piece because it was different from the rest.
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