Shane Koyczan's Poem 'To This Day'
To This Day
Shane Koyczan
“We grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us that we’d be lonely forever that we’d never meet someone to make us feel like the sun was something they built for us in their tool shed.” The poem ‘To this day’ written by Shane Koyczan revolves around his and others’ experience with bullying while growing up, it sheds light on the deeper and long-term effects of the worldwide epidemic and raises awareness to the ignorant bystanders and predators. Through his poem Koyczan also showed the impact of unsettled, unstable and unbalanced family lives. Overall, I think that Koyczan effectively used language techniques that enhanced the meaning of his well written poem, I also believe that the issues and personal …show more content…
I believe, that these were used to heighten the emotional intensity of the composition by creating a poignant atmosphere, furthermore, this led the reader to believe that the effects of bullying are much greater than what is seen, and through Koyczan’s poem we were able to look beyond the stereotypical outcomes: self-harming, depression, anxiety… of the life ending torment that is, rapidly and increasingly being experienced by many. In my opinion, the writer focused his poem on the growing issue of bullying because of its personal and societal relevance, this was clearly displayed during the start of the poem wherein he wrote “When I was a kid, I used to think that pork chops and karate chops were the same thing” this was effectively used to convince the reader that the writer is talking about a personal experience, as a result, readers felt more connected to the poem thus making it more relatable. Lastly, I think that using the issue of bullying as a predominant topic is really appropriate because it raises and helps the readers gain an insight on the …show more content…
It also produced valuable information on the effects of childhood experiences. In my opinion, this poem should be read by everyone because it sheds light on the many issues that our world faces. I also believe that through this poem we are able to understand people on a deeper level, it makes us rethink our actions and the way we interact with others. In addition, I highly reccomend this poem because of its purpose and effectiveness. It’s also been written with a variety of language techniques that would help everyone with their
Shane Koyczan
“We grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us that we’d be lonely forever that we’d never meet someone to make us feel like the sun was something they built for us in their tool shed.” The poem ‘To this day’ written by Shane Koyczan revolves around his and others’ experience with bullying while growing up, it sheds light on the deeper and long-term effects of the worldwide epidemic and raises awareness to the ignorant bystanders and predators. Through his poem Koyczan also showed the impact of unsettled, unstable and unbalanced family lives. Overall, I think that Koyczan effectively used language techniques that enhanced the meaning of his well written poem, I also believe that the issues and personal …show more content…
I believe, that these were used to heighten the emotional intensity of the composition by creating a poignant atmosphere, furthermore, this led the reader to believe that the effects of bullying are much greater than what is seen, and through Koyczan’s poem we were able to look beyond the stereotypical outcomes: self-harming, depression, anxiety… of the life ending torment that is, rapidly and increasingly being experienced by many. In my opinion, the writer focused his poem on the growing issue of bullying because of its personal and societal relevance, this was clearly displayed during the start of the poem wherein he wrote “When I was a kid, I used to think that pork chops and karate chops were the same thing” this was effectively used to convince the reader that the writer is talking about a personal experience, as a result, readers felt more connected to the poem thus making it more relatable. Lastly, I think that using the issue of bullying as a predominant topic is really appropriate because it raises and helps the readers gain an insight on the …show more content…
It also produced valuable information on the effects of childhood experiences. In my opinion, this poem should be read by everyone because it sheds light on the many issues that our world faces. I also believe that through this poem we are able to understand people on a deeper level, it makes us rethink our actions and the way we interact with others. In addition, I highly reccomend this poem because of its purpose and effectiveness. It’s also been written with a variety of language techniques that would help everyone with their