Posted: April 1st, 2015

Poem Analysis

Poem Analysis

Order Description

An Analysis of TJ Jarrett’s “Methods and Materials” is required. Attached is the poem.

DO NOT WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
This is just an outline.

But please discuss the meaning of the poem, imagery, tone, symbolism, figurative language, word choice, etc.

It is also important to talk about the structure and please go through the meaning line by line. If you treat this as an outline, the page limit should suffice.

The meaning should be very thorough and this comes out of TJ Jarrett’s anthology, Ain’t No Grave, so do some research of the anthology to help you do an analysis of this.

Here is a link about the anthology. It will give you some background to do an analysis on the poem: https://therumpus.net/2014/03/aint-no-grave-by-tj-jarrett/

Methods and Materials

Logistical concerns: Define your role.
Who to carry the rope, who to carry

the kerosene. Matters of real estate.
Consider the subject-its mass,

acceleration. Distance needed
to fall. Consideration: tensile

strength and gauge are
diminished by knotting. Rope

breaks most often at the point
where it has been turned back upon

itself, the point of its most acute
introspection. With regard to

containment and transport of
kerosene. Caution: fuel can be

contained; but not the fire.
It is known to travel

a swift, straight line between
one body and another.