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Conflicts within self
In the poem, Singapore, there are many instances that show that the author has a lot of conflicts going on. The person that the author of the poem is referring to also has a lot of things going on within. The woman who is employed as a casual worker at the airport has a lot of things going on because she has to use the rag to be able to clean. The author feels that this should not be work that is done by the women but again she feels that there is nothing that the woman can do about it. Though it is not good for a woman to do such a job, it is not possible because she has to get a job that she can do to get income. The author talks about the fact that it is important for any person in a poem to be in nice places yet the author goes ahead to talk about a person who seems to be suffering. The author believes that a poem should be about good experiences and not suffering as depicted by the words in the poem. By saying that a person wants to stand in a good place in a poem, the author believes that the poem goes contrary to the normal. The normal depicts a person who is not standing in a good place. The person has to do odd jobs to be able to get income yet she should be standing in a good place because this is a poem.
Talking from the perspective of the woman, it is also evident that she has some level of conflict going on within her. One would expect that with her beauty, she would be doing a better job than the one she is currently doing. In the poem, the woman turns to look at the author and the author finds it hard to answer the facial expression that she has. The beauty and the embarrassment are contradicting. It shows some level of conflict within the person. The woman is depicted as not to be happy with the kind of job that she is doing. The fact that she is beautiful and embarrassed when she views shows that she is not contented with the kind of work she is doing. This also depicts to a great extent the fact that she has conflict going on within her. The author states that every person wants to be in a good place in a poem but looking at the woman and the kind of labor that she doing, it also shows conflicting ideas within the poem. The author wanted to show that it is important for a person to be happy yet the author still has to go ahead and present the situation of the woman. Beauty is associated with happiness and confidence but looking at the facial expression of the woman, it is possible to note that there is a great level of conflict in the manner in which she is doing things.
At the end o the poem, the author goes ahead to look at the world and logic in general. At the start, the author states that every person in the world wants to be in a good place but it is not always the case for many people. People end up places that have never wished to be in and as a result they have a lot of conflict going on. The truth is that there are many people who wish to be in good places but then it is not possible to have it because they world does not offer such a place. The poem has depicted the level of conflict that many people have all over the world.
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Singapore by Mary Oliver
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