Comparing Giovanni's Poems, Good Books, And I Am Glass

In the poems “women” ,”Good books” and “I am glass” they all use strong imagery ,vivid words, personification and other figurative language to paint a picture on how the author was thinking when she wrote the poems. The way everything is explained shows a clear representation in your mind to understand what is being talked about. You can also tell that the author has a joy for writing because Giovanni writes there is a passion and her poems always have to be read between the lines. In “good books” the poem tells a story of a young child who talks about himself /herself wanting to be a book when there older and as the poem progresses the type of book that young child wants to be changes. In the beginning of the book the child wants to be a children’s book then an informational book and finally when the boy is old he wants to be the oldest book which contains the best story
ever told. In “I am glass” the poem tells a story about someone who is hurt and who doesn't stand up for them self and is used to being taken advantage of and is waiting for there day when “the sun shines”.
The last poem “women” is about a woman who had a man who wasn't there for her but then she realizes that she can be independent with out a man. In the poems “good books”, ‘I am glass” and “woman” they all use imagery. For example in “I am glass” they use words like “you can see through me, I am easily hurt” which gives me an image of someone who is in pain and in distress. Another example of imagery was in ‘good books” where is said “a blue sky with white fluffy clouds and lots of pretty flowers” which makes me think of a nice peaceful day in mid spring and the tone of the day would be calm. The final example of imagery was in “woman” they use words like “she tries to be a book but he wouldn't read” which gives me a image of a women trying to peruse something but needing guidance from her partner , but him not being there for her. There was a lot of figurative language in the three poems that I
choose. Some types of figurative language that was used were metaphors and personification. In “I am glass” there was multiple metaphors like “if you open me I am apart of a door”. The metaphors in the poem in this poem help express someone who is walked all over and someone who is easily hurt. In ‘women” they also use metaphors to show a women who is hurt that her partner doesn't have any interest in her anymore but that she can still be a happy independent woman without a man. One of the metaphors in the text is “she wanted to be a robin singing through the leaves but he refused to be her tree”. There weren't any similes and metaphors in “good books” but there were multiple personifications. One example of personification in the poem was “I will tell stories of little possums making friends.” Some other examples of personification is in “Women” when it says “she spun herself in a web and looking for a place to rest” which expresses that he wasn't there for her.