Isaiah Meade, Moses Bassoo,Naquan Butler

1) What makes this a poem? If the line break were taken away and this were written in prose, would it cease to be a poem?

What makes this a poem is it’s obvious use of rhymes and it’s use of imagery to create a scene for us readers. If the line break were to be taken away I still feel like this could be a poem due to it’s rhymes.

2)What is something you learned from reading your section of the poem?

I learned that the author used the trees “Tilia Cordata” as a metaphor for her safe haven. It was her way of sheltering herself from the horrors of the world and the last couplets made this very evident.

3) What is this poem about? Why is it titled “Tilia Cordata”?

This poem is about a girl who finds peace in a special tree. This tree reminds her of home and by being home she is safe. This poem goes from peaceful imagery to dark imagery when it references the holocaust. The holocaust effected the author a lot. To the point where she stopped taking showers until she was 7. She then brings back the peaceful imagery when describing her linden tree that blooming in the very end and how she wishes to stay there longer. She wants to stay at peace for as long as possible. This peaceful place of hers still got affected by the holocaust and the experiences of her people now linger in her mind.

4) Among other things,this is a poem of place. What makes it so?

What makes this a poem of place is it’s use of imagery. We go from a safe haven (her home/tree references) to a dark time in history known as the holocaust. Then we are brought back to the linden tree. Imagery played a key role in this poem.

5) To acknowledge the holy temple’s destruction?

In a world this damaged, this out of proportion”
This couplet speaks of the damages in this world which are very revelavnt today. Which is retalable in today’s society because of the constant struggle of living.

6) What question(s) do you still have about your section?

No, we understood the poem for the most part.