Sunday, September 16, 2012
Turtle Island poems and themes
In the few poems that I recently read, I noticed that Snyder focuses on the parts of the Earth that have already quickly gone to waste. Land, trees and animals will be here one minute and the next they are completely gone. He continuously blames this on the greed of humans and their thoughtlessness. Gary Snyder wants to highlight the destruction that has already happened in order for humans to build parking lots and random, unimportant "necessities." He understands the rapid rate the Earth is running out of resources and how plants and animals are being removed from their natural homes. Snyder's tactic is to emphasize the destruction that has already happened through his poetry.
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Your post relates to mine. I focused specifically on one of his poems about the destruction of trees. I came to the conclusion also that his goal was to emphasize or make known the horrible things that are happening to our Earth, through these poems. He seems to understand and to notice what most of civilization doesn't or chooses to ignore.
ReplyDeleteThis post comments on the general feel of Snyder's poems pretty well, but try to break the poems down more in depth next time. That being said, your writing addresses Snyder's ideas well.
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