Vinnie Kim
I just wanna start off by saying, this poem is off the chain. “Like This” by Rumi is one of the only poems that I can genuinely say I enjoyed while reading. Rumi has such a beautiful way of using figurative language to give more meaning and emotional weight to his words. The English language, in my opinion, is so bland and words don’t carry that much emotion/weight. Especially with modern trends and whatever, even the phrase “I love you” has lost it’s meaning.
The poem depicts a picture of two people almost describing their love for one another, saying our love is perfect/ideal. “When lovers moan, they’re telling our story. Like this.” They’re telling OUR story. Sex now-a-days is something that happens 24/7 everywhere. Everyone to even teenagers are having sex. But everyone forgets that the original meaning and purpose of sex was to make love. Two people coming together and embracing one another to the fullest extent. The author is almost trying to draw the picture of what true love looks/feels like. As you read each line, the “like this” draws you in, almost pulls you.
Rumi also uses figurative language to say that true is love is so irresistible, even more infatuating than religion. “If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead, don’t try to explain the miracle. Kiss me on the lips. Like this. Like this.” Rumi is almost saying that this ideal relationship is more important than religion. He’s almost saying, push religion to the side, this love is more beautiful.
Love between two people is such a beautiful thing and people, because of society and the way the world works now, often forget that. This poem not only depicted the love between two people, but serves as a reminder of what love could be, maybe even should be.
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Sep 26, 2019 @ 21:14:51
Vinnie, great job on forming your interpretation of the poem, I would suggest mentioning how the figurative language helped convey the poem.
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Sep 27, 2019 @ 22:10:55
Vinnie, getting a chance to ready your blog post was amazing, you were able to grab the poem and call it yours as you were explaining its message. I like the way you used hour evidences in order to support what you felt the poem meant. A suggestion I have is to mention what devices the poet used in order to shape the piece.
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Sep 27, 2019 @ 23:47:40
Vinnie, I love your enthusiasm in the post it actually shows how interested you were in reading the poem. I also like how you’re explaining the figurative language used throughout the poem. One thing you could’ve worked on is answering the second question about culture. Other than that I enjoyed reading your interpretation of the poem.
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