9 Elements of Poetry

The poem I choose awhile ago was "I Cry" by Tupac Shakur.  It meant a lot to me and I thought it brought a different side to the rapper Tupac.  

• The first element from the poem is dramatic situation.  The speaker of the poem is the rapper 2pac and from the poem we can tell he is a sad guy who often is upset.  We can tell from his circumstances that the people around him don't care enough about him to help him with his depression. 
• The structure of the poem is it is one stanza but has three last little lines by themselves. All the lines in the poem relate to the fact that he is depressed but has to hid that from the people around him.  Each line is a complete thought that continues off of the last one.  There is only repetition in the lines with "I Cry" in them and the poem has a rhyming scheme to it. 
• The theme of the poem is that most people do have as sensitive side to them.  Tupac was supposed to be this bad guy who is tough and doesn't let anything get to him. When really he was more vulnerable then almost everyone gave him credit.  He even had to act like this tough guy in front of the people around him because they didn't care about his soft side.  The theme is don't judge a book by it's cover. 
• The grammar the author uses is proper but the lines are fragments.  The author doesn't continue off of these fragments so his thoughts are complete to the audience.  There is a lot of meaning to his words that go beyond the literal meanings of the words. 
• I think that this poem does have a lot of literal and figurative language.  When he repeats "I cry but only when I'm alone," he is literally meaning that the only time when he does get to cry and let his emotions out is when he is by himself.  The figurative language he uses is like, "they flow with life but take no form," by that he is talking about his tears and how they don't really show up but they flow throughout his daily life. 
• The important words of the poem are, "I Cry", "only when I'm alone", and "I would cry among my treasure friend." These are the most important words because the author is letting us know that he does in fact cry but he only does this when he is alone.  If he did have a friend that cared then he would spill his emotions to that person, but since he doesn't he has to hide those feelings.
• The tone of this poem is sad and gloomy.  He wants the audience to know that there is this side to him that is depressed and is going through tough times in life, but really has no one to turn to and help him out. 
• There are some literary techniques like metaphors and a hyperbole.  His metaphors compare his tears to the way people perceive him.  He says that his tears are bitter and warm, and this may be because he doesn't want to have these emotions to keep his tough guy image but it does feel good to let them out when he can.  He exaggerates the fact that his crying takes form and is with him all the time. 
• The procedure of the poem is there is a distinct flow to it, that is easy for the reader to comprehend what his message his.  There is also a rhythm to it and that also helps to the reader.  The rhyme is ever two lines are grouped together throughout. 
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