Pity,+William+Mills

In //Pity// the form of the poem is free verse since the poem doesn't rhyme. There are no stanzas in this poem, but there are 18 lines that are no longer than 6 words each line.There is little sound in the poem but when the line talks about "Blood Bright on my fingers." There is a little alliteration in the first two words. There are no metaphors or similies in this poem. There is also no onomatopoeia. The imagery in his poem describes the movement of the catfish as "twisting".The blood on the narrators fingers is also described as bright. The mood in this poem is a little nervous since the girl in the poem is not approving of the way the way the narrator is preparing the catfish. The meaning of this story was to show how there is sometimes a better way of doing things. The meaning could also mean "if you ask one question it leads to another" as somewhat stated in this poem. I liked this poem alot since it is wierd. I do not like reading any ordinary poem and this is no ordinary poem.-jonny33

In //Pity// there is a simile on the 13th line "Looks like torture". This simile is comparing the killing of the fish like torture, by the way the fish had been twisting.-Kp

//Pity// is a free Verse poem. It doesn't have any rhyming. The poem has 18 lines that have no spaces between them, meaning this poem has no stanzas. -mm

I think the title, //Pity,// came about, because the person who is the asking questions has pity for the catfish that is being slaughtered.This poem is weird to me, because it doesn't really give away the meaning. You can't just say, the meaning of this poem is when a catfish is being killed. Some don't always agree. That's only part of it.There's a meaning to the questions that are being asked by the women, and the reponses that she is given.-star-tionna94

The tone of this poem is attitude. There is also imagery in the 9th line,"Blood bright on my fingers". You can imagine the sight of that bright blood on the person's fingers.-DenziMonkey

I THINK that the theme or meaning of this poem is that sometimes you shouldn't ask too many questions. The truth of things is sometimes hard to handle. OR ignorance is bliss. In other words, sometimes it's better to not know everything. -Dh

Hmm, what else could I, or anyone, possibly write about this tiny, ill-punctuated, no-use-of-quotation-marked, free-versed, single-similed, no-metaphored, interestingly formed poem? I have no idea. -PhranticHarmony14