I chose Ode to Neptune for the same reason that I chose every poem I write these about, it was short. Coincidentally, I also chose to write about a poem from Phillis Wheatley for the same reason I choose every one of these poets, her name makes me giggle. To start off my analysis, I would like to begin by saying that I have no idea what she was saying with this poem. I am assuming it had something to do with Neptune and what I’m guessing is some kind of weird obsession she has for it like Judd Nelson with flaring his nostrils, or Mathew McConaughey with having his shirt off, or James Earl Jones with playing voiceover roles, or even _______________________ with _____________________ (I’m leaving you blanks to put in someone who fits this description in your opinion (which makes this what I am assuming is the first ever interactive poetry response/blog post!)). Anyways, that is about all that I got out of this poem.
For the rest of this poetry response/blog post I have decided to say one word or phrase and then type the first word or phrase that comes to mind that has some kind of connection to it, and somehow end up going from Phillis Wheatley to…. well, wherever I feel like stopping. Let us begin. Phillis Wheatley, wheat, bread, muffin, banana-nut, banana, fruit, pineapple, perfectly harmonized flavors, perfectly harmonized voices, Boys II Men, Boyz N Da Hood, Robin Hood, Kevin Costner, cost, money, the root of all evil, UT fans, UT football players, prison, Alcatraz, The Rock, Sean Connery, James Bond, Roger Moore, Mr. Moore, trigonometry, big words, Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake (yes, that’s an actual lake), Canada, French people, hairy, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Ford Explorer, Dora the Explorer, “Swiper, no swiping”, stealing, pick- pocketing, me, awesome, Legos, small yellow people, “dwarf” with liver disease, and I think I will end it there. So, to recap, I went from Phillis Wheatley, to Boys II Men, to “dwarves” with liver disease. Now, in the immortal words of one of those Looney-Toon characters, “That’s all folks!”
