06-10-2015, 10:37 AM
I thought the spacing of your poem was interesting; at first, I didn't really understand it because I didn't really know how to read it... It eventually grew on me but I'm not sure for what reason... Maybe because of the novelty?
I liked the part about smoking... How people didn't think that you'd harm yourself. It almost resonates with the point of getting drunk and (possibly to fondling) in bed because you don't really think about it - just like how you don't intentionally think to harm yourself with cigarettes - it's a harmful side effect.
The way that I interpreted this poem ( I don't know too much about the itty gritty details of writing good poetry with the rhythm and the metrics and stuff, but I care more about trying to understand the poet and the purpose of the poem) is that you feel guilt about certain events (ie. About smoking, about having drunk/sexual encounters) that you thought were unlike your original self, hence, the title of your poem, Never Have I Ever. However, you couldn't help yourself to think about it as you gave yourself that moment to be where you're not supposed to be (out of class) to do what you're not supposed to do (smoke behind school) which can prompt you to remember, and think, about what you didn't imagine yourself to do in the first place. But you did. And now it's a matter of acceptance. You can put that one finger down in that game of Never Have I Ever...
I liked the part about smoking... How people didn't think that you'd harm yourself. It almost resonates with the point of getting drunk and (possibly to fondling) in bed because you don't really think about it - just like how you don't intentionally think to harm yourself with cigarettes - it's a harmful side effect.
The way that I interpreted this poem ( I don't know too much about the itty gritty details of writing good poetry with the rhythm and the metrics and stuff, but I care more about trying to understand the poet and the purpose of the poem) is that you feel guilt about certain events (ie. About smoking, about having drunk/sexual encounters) that you thought were unlike your original self, hence, the title of your poem, Never Have I Ever. However, you couldn't help yourself to think about it as you gave yourself that moment to be where you're not supposed to be (out of class) to do what you're not supposed to do (smoke behind school) which can prompt you to remember, and think, about what you didn't imagine yourself to do in the first place. But you did. And now it's a matter of acceptance. You can put that one finger down in that game of Never Have I Ever...