February

This poem was . . . well it was different. I’m not exactly sure how I’m supposed to relate to this like the book says I should be able to but regardless it is a very strange poem. I feel like the speaker in this poem is speaking to people, possibly more specifically people in the U.S. It seems this way because a lot of the things that she more or less says through the allusions and metaphors she uses are many of the bad stereotypes of Americans. The speaker at first definitely seems to be a very negative and pessimistic person but near the end she begins to be more optimistic and seems to attempt to invoke change. This shift seems to be the point that the speaker is trying to make through her intricate web of allusions and symbolism.