Cut n' Pase
Poetry - 161 Q3
Oh this piece is close and dear to my heart. It deals with society’s expectations of woman and how this is an obstacle if most, if not all have to face. I was inspired to write this piece by a song called Mrs. Potato Head by Melanie Martinez. Here she uses an effortless yet ironic tone to deal with the dead sent beauty standards that are in place. The video to this song broke my heart because it follows a young girl who has fallen in love, they get married and she gets a bunch of plastic surgery to making him happy. Then after a couple of years he leaves her for someone else. I tried to replicate her lightweight tone with an ironic twist in my piece.
The evolution of this piece was incredible. I started off writing a poem, super simple with no strict structure, but it wasn’t working for me because it wasn’t transmitting the message I wanted it to. So I tried playing with rhymes to making more playful. The after I’d revised it I brought it to class for peer editing. Regina and me were voted best in our group so we shared our pieces with the class. The class really helped me polish the piece by rearranging some of the stanzas and eliminating the less impactful. Thanks to all of their imput, I was able to create a piece that really inspired me.
My main goal for this piece was for it to transcend the message that no one should change themselves in order to suit a certain mold or fit into society’s expectations. I feel like I was able to achieve this through the help of my peers. “So go ahead, / And cut n’ paste. / Don’t ignore what’s said, / Instead, / Become a thermonuclear warhead.” I feel like this is one of my strongest lines because it contrast two ideas that are completely different. But, “Chill, frill, kneel / Get blue eyes / With a pill.” this line lacks specificity but it fits in with the flow of the poem.