Formal Analysis of Poem"My Ex-Husband" by Gabriel Spera

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Poetry demands many things of a reader , one of which is in depth analysis and interpretation . This is primarily the reason why many people shun away from poetry because of the difficulty in comprehension This is also the same reason why poetry is considered to be the most elite of the literary forms . However , the key to understanding and appreciating poetry is in a

more critical consideration of its formalist components . These formalist components enable a reader or a critique to get into the mind of the poet and understand the poet 's intentions and sympathize with the emotions contained in the poem . In Gabrielle Spera 's `My Ex Husband ' the formalist elements of poetry take a front seat in conveying the appropriate messages to the reader . The poem is a soliloquy of person recalling what had transpired between her and her husband just few moments before she goes out to a date . Simply put , the speaker in the poem is apparently talking about the photograph of her husband to an unnamed gentleman who had come to her house to pick her up as they both go on a date . Spera 's poem uses the indifferent tone of the speaker , a figurative tool known as hyperbole , and verbal irony to convey the kind of , as well as the intensity of the...