Response to "Disenchanted"

“Disenchanted” does a splendid job of personifying Poetry. Not only is Poetry capitalized (as to make it a proper noun, therefore personifying it), but also is given verbs to personify the word. For example, Poetry doesn’t literally drop or loom. Also, I like the pessimistic tone of the poem. Normally people portray poetry as this great writing form. Here, the poet talks about the dark side of poetry and how it can, in fact, turn on you. I understood the idea of frustration really well by the stubbornness of the ink to leave the pen; however, failure travels up the pen to the writer. This view of poetry seems more realistic than usual descriptions. For the reader, it is easy to understand the failures and frustrations of trying to write poetry. Also, the description of the color of a sun setting over the horizon is very vivid imagery. I really don’t fully understand the “drops its spell” line. Perhaps the poet could go more into depth about the spell or what it accomplishes to make the wastebasket spill over. Again, as the reader, I am left asking “What?” I also did not understand the use of the word “unmagic.” Was it to convey how rugged poetry can be sometimes? I know the usual idea of poetry is that it is magical, perhaps this word was used to upset those usual ideas.