Marsh Languages
After TPCASTTing the poem, "Marsh Languages" by Margaret Atwood, it is evident that the theme of human use of language causing the degeneration of human culture surfaces throughout the entire poem. The tone of the speaker is extremely tense and gloomy. This is the result of the use of diction in the poem. Words like “dark”, “silenced”, “falling”, “cave”, “bone”, “core” dying”, “ceased to exist”, “forgotten”, “no more longing”, “eaten”, etc, make it impossible for the readers to feel the seriousness of the message. The poem enlightened what is happening to my world and the world around me. In the past and still now, I thought words are just words. Even though I knew that words can really hurt, I thought that was just the way it was; words are there for various purposes: to praise someone, to hurt someone, to communicate. Reading the poem, “Marsh Languages” it made me realize that it is not the way it is; humans are exploiting what is beautiful and sublime. It doesn’t have to be the way it is now. Today, we use language to hurt people, to prove a selfish point, and to degrade one another. It has come to a point where language is merely a tool (a weapon) to satisfy oneself; such "marsh languages" breakdown each other, thus creating regression within our society.
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Yoorina, I love the image you included with this post. It's a perfect fit for your thoughts about "Marsh Languages". I like that you feel language doesn't have to be used a weapon, that there is still a possibility we can value what is beautiful and true in what we express. That is a very optimistic and hopeful thought.
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