jeanlean Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Does anyone take SL English Lit?? Could someone help me with the poem's explanation???I take SL! Is this the poem about the mummy and the museum? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nandhinishanmuga Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Jeanlean, Yeah! That was the poem.. Did you try that? Could you please explain that briefly for me please?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nandhinishanmuga Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 The title of the poem was The Mummy by Betsy Struthers. The poem could be found here: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/struthers/poem5.htmUnfortunately, i could not find an explanation to it on any webpages i googled. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananalufu Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 I do SL english and I did the poem... it was pretty easy to understand but i thought that it didn't really have a deeper meaning?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlean Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 The title of the poem was The Mummy by Betsy Struthers. The poem could be found here: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/struthers/poem5.htmUnfortunately, i could not find an explanation to it on any webpages i googled. Sorry for the late reply! Yeah I haven't been able to find the intended meaning of the poem online either. However, my interpretation was that the things in the museum (armours, dinosaurs, etc) represents the different aspects of life. For example, I thought the dinosaurs and armours are symbols of violence (both natural and man-made). Then I interpreted the 'diorama' as not only a "model of three-dimensional figures" for the purpose of entertainment but as a model of the conflicts we have with each other (verbal/physical disputes). I also remember something about the eerie echoes of electronic sound or something like that and I thought that could have been a reference to our over-dependency on technology (and the conflicts that can arise from that e.g. bullying on social-networking sites, etc). The fact that they are described as echoes gives it a rather hypnotising and vague tone, which could mean that technology can cloud our judgment. There's also something about animal skins on the wall, which can be linked to how "cruel" life can be. So in the first stanza, you have all the trials and tribulations of life. The speaker appears to be rather disinterested in all this (in the museum) because he's had enough and he's fed up, hence it could be said that he's tired of how cruel/stressful life can be.On the other hand, the Mummy not only symbolises death but eternal peace and rest, etc. Therefore because it is such a positive/attractive alternative to what life has to offer (violence, conflict, drama, cruelty), the speaker is more attracted and fascinated by "The Mummy". ...but that's just my interpretation of it, the author could have intended it to be something completely different! For example, my friend said that The Mummy used to be human, hence the speaker could relate to it more Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nandhinishanmuga Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I do SL english and I did the poem... it was pretty easy to understand but i thought that it didn't really have a deeper meaning?? Agreed!! easy to understand but it did not have a concrete topic to discuss about. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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