Blog Post

Blog Post topic: Choose a few lines that stand out to you in the poem, and explain how the author makes them stand out, why you are interested in that section and what it makes you think about, and how it connects to the overall meaning of the poem.

Lines:

“Look for small revelations all day.”

The author makes this line stand out because it is the only one line stanza in the whole poem, which catches your eye and ear when you read it out loud. It also is a main theme in the whole piece is about finding little things in your daily routine and improving your quality of life, so this line really encompeses the whole poem. This line also really shows an idea of Carpe Diem, or Seize the Day, this is important not only because it is the title but because the whole poem follows a very flowing and free idea. THis line also is is one that come towards the beginning, and feels like a climax.

This line is also really good at demonstration what will come of the rest of the poem. Also this line is one of hr only lines without carrying to the next, this is important especially because it is the only line by itself through the whole poem.

Most of the stanzas are focused on a theme where this line is focused on the whole thing rather than a small portion of the poem. THis is also the first line before the author begins to talk about the how to seize the day. It is really an introductory piece that still carries a lot of meaning with the rest of the poem. It also can be added to the end of every other stanza which makes it very versatile, which is interesting because most of the stanzas could stand alone, where this line not only stands by itself but is easily adaptable to fit into every other stanza there.

This line is also interesting because it is one of the handful that the whole line is the sentences, often there is the stop of a sentence in the middle or not at all in a line so this one really being a whole sentence on one line is very different and draws your attention.