![]() This stanza is an example of an oxymoron. One of the literary images that was shown here in the poem was the stanza, All that I love? Why, yes but for the momentAnd for all time, both. This poem is about a love of a mother and this love is now being passed on or being handed over to her daughter. This poem talks about how one could have that ability seize such a huge thought and compact them down to something small to be able to hand them over to one person to another. ![]() At first, it will be hard understanding the poem as it is, but as one reads this poem further the more one would understand what this poem or what the poet is trying to convey to its readers. Till seashells are broken pieces From God’s own bright teeth, All life and love are real Things you can run and Breathless hand over To the merest childĪNALYSIS (1): The poem “Bonsai” by Edith Tiempo is basically a poem talking about love. It’s utter sublimation, A feat, this heart’s control Moment to moment To scale all love down To a cupped hand’s size. Something that folds and keeps easy, Son’s note, or Dad’s one gaudy tie, A roto picture of a young queen A blue Indian shawl, even A money bill. ![]() BONSAI EDITH TIEMPO POEM: All that I love I fold over once And once again And keep in a box Or a slit in a hollow post Or in my shoe All that I love? Why, yes but for the momentAnd for all time, both.
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