Carole King
Like some nightbird homeward winging
He seeks that shelteredness
Like the sailor's lost horizon
He needs some place to rest
The songs that he's been singing
No longer make much sense
And those strangers' cold perceptions
They've killed his confidence
This poem is about a soldier coming home to get that comfort he misses and some time off. He's been fighting so long that he no longer knows why or what he is fighting for. During the 1970s when this poem was written the Vietnam war was still in effect, the hippie movement was gaining popularity and they strongly emphasizes peace and happiness going against the war. This poem uses literary techniques like internal rhyme, simile in use of "like",literal meaning, tone, and narrative poetry describing this soldiers journey. The audience is the president, generals, and all soldiers. Carole King is trying to explain how the soldiers are tired of this long war that many American's did not support at the time. Soldiers were not coming back to America with warm welcomes from civilians but they yearned for the comfort of their famiies. The soldiers should see that the war does not make much sense anymore and that's why their confidence is down, they do not believe in the war they are fighting. This is an example of a critique of the soliders morale and attitudes during the Vietnam War. The line scheme is abcdabed.
He seeks that shelteredness
Like the sailor's lost horizon
He needs some place to rest
The songs that he's been singing
No longer make much sense
And those strangers' cold perceptions
They've killed his confidence
This poem is about a soldier coming home to get that comfort he misses and some time off. He's been fighting so long that he no longer knows why or what he is fighting for. During the 1970s when this poem was written the Vietnam war was still in effect, the hippie movement was gaining popularity and they strongly emphasizes peace and happiness going against the war. This poem uses literary techniques like internal rhyme, simile in use of "like",literal meaning, tone, and narrative poetry describing this soldiers journey. The audience is the president, generals, and all soldiers. Carole King is trying to explain how the soldiers are tired of this long war that many American's did not support at the time. Soldiers were not coming back to America with warm welcomes from civilians but they yearned for the comfort of their famiies. The soldiers should see that the war does not make much sense anymore and that's why their confidence is down, they do not believe in the war they are fighting. This is an example of a critique of the soliders morale and attitudes during the Vietnam War. The line scheme is abcdabed.
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