I chose the poem "Under the Vulture-tree" by David Bottoms. I really feel strongly about this poem and really can connect with it. I have always been a really strong beleiver in the less liked, more misunderstood animals. Vultures are an animal that people are naturally frightened of and just don't tend to like. I know they are doing the enviroment a favor by eating dead animals. Like the last line says, "with mercy enough to consume us all and give us wings", by consuming us when we die, the vultures let us give our nutrients back to the earth.
I hope to try and make the poem show that the vultures aren't animals to be disliked or feared. Although the author uses adjectives to describe the vultures like "wrinked, fleshy, raw" he is trying to convey that true beauty lies within the intensions of them. It can also conect to humans. Many people draw conclusions of a person based on physical impressions. They don't try to see what the person is really like and see how they can be a really nice person on the inside with the best of intensions. I will use my voice in a way that turns those ugly adjectives into a way that will make people think about how the author chose those words specificaly. Maybe people will think of the misunderstood in a different way.
Alena
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