I need help coming up with a strong theme for my English class on the poem Blessing by Dharker:
The skin cracks like a pod.
There never is enough water.
Imagine the drip of it,
the small splash, echo
in a tin mug,
the voice of a kindly god.
Sometimes, the sudden rush
of fortune. The municipal pipe bursts,
silver crashes to the ground
and the flow has found
a roar of tongues. From the huts,
a congregation : every man woman
child for streets around
butts in, with pots,
brass, copper, aluminium,
plastic buckets,
frantic hands,
and naked children
screaming in the liquid sun,
their highlights polished to perfection,
flashing light,
as the blessing sings
over their small bones.
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What have you thought of already?
People living in poverty often find the necessities of life a blessing due to their suffering...
but I can't think of what to add for an extension
but I can't think of what to add for an extension
poemanalysis.com/imtiaz-dharker/blessing/
Read carefully. The blessing isn’t just having necessities. It’s focusing on the necessity (the blessing) of water.
Read carefully. The blessing isn’t just having necessities. It’s focusing on the necessity (the blessing) of water.
I get that but I don't know how to word it
Did you read the website I gave you above? There are plenty of ideas in there, plus you can also go to Google and search for poem Blessing by Dharker. There are some good analyses there.
But really, I think you can take your original sentence, but make it focus on the necessity of clean water. Isn't clean water the most basic of all the basic necessities?
But really, I think you can take your original sentence, but make it focus on the necessity of clean water. Isn't clean water the most basic of all the basic necessities?
Okay thanks
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