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HEAD, HEART AN EXPLICATION OF THE POEM

HYPERLINK https//genius.com/Lydia-davis-head-heart-annotated l note-4249226 Help, head. Help heart.

- Lydia Davis

The following paper presents the explication of a 2007s poem Head, Heart that was penned by Lydia Davis. Lydia Davis is a contemporary novelist, short story writer, and essayist, and is hailed for her unique flash fiction forte in mtier of literature. Most of the literary work of Davis is laconic yet laden with valid interpretation. Similarly, Head, Heart is a fictional, poetic expression that revolves around the dilemma that is inevitable between the battle of heart and mind. The poem dramatically elucidates the emotional trauma of heart that can be caused by losing a beloved at any point in an individuals life, while head conflicts the tinge of its gloominess.

The poem opens with the notion of personification it states, Heart weeps, Head tries to help heart (1-2) that highlights the primary disposition and their interconnectivity with each other. It asserts that Heart is the survivor who cries in agony meanwhile, Head attempts to play bravado by consoling the tragedy of Heart. Throughout the development of major characters of the poem, Davis incorporates the metaphor of two different entities one is wise and pragmatic, and the other one is overburdened due to sentiments. Subsequently, Davis writes that Heart is making a point in comforting Head that you will lose the ones you love, and they will all go (3). In due course, Heart employs the symbolism of something gigantic and significant like the earth that will be lost one day, and it says that even the earth will go someday (4). Head is a creature of the rationale, and therefore it contradicts with the emotional faade of Heart. Head believes that all substantial things are going to end one day, and hence it is useless to grief the lost ones.

Afterward, the poem depicts that heart feels better (5) after listening to the realistic approach of Head. However, compelled by its instinct Heart forgets the logic of Head and words of head do not remain long in the ears of heart (5). The lines suggest the universal phenomenon that Heart is never good in learning lessons and never heeds to the knowledge and falls prey to the disturbing traps every time. The line heart is so new to this (6) uses simile in demonstrating the nave and impractical aspect of Heart. Regardless of all the sagacity of Head, Heart refuses to cease its desire to get its loved ones back. Also, in this context, Heart even does not want to comprehend the intricate universal principle it implies that a Heart wants what it wants. In concluding lines, Davis emphasizes the idea of personification to a great extent and contemplates that Head is all Heart has (7). Moreover, it is affirmed that it is the core responsibility of Head to help the confused, dense, and dismal Heart, no matter what.

By analyzing the explication and figurative expressions of Head, Heart, it becomes evident that however, heart and head are two essential organs but yet they are in a constant state of conflict. Mr. Head thinks practically and knows the realistic side of life meanwhile, Mr. Heart only pivots love and suffers because of its self-imposed vulnerability. Through artistic implications of personification, simile, and symbolism, Davis elaborates a widespread occurrence in most minimalist and modernest way. Throughout the poetic expression, the narrator relays a vital and significant point by utilizing only a few uncomplicated words. Head, Heart is utterly accurate, brief yet profound and full of context depiction of innate conflicted connectivity that exists between heart and mind.

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Lydia Davis Head, Heart. Genius, HYPERLINK https//genius.com/Lydia-davis-head-heart- annotated https//genius.com/Lydia-davis-head-heart- annotated.

Lydia Davis. Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation,  https//www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lydia-davis.

Mays, Kelly J. The Norton Introduction to Literature. W. W. Norton Company, 2020.

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