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Kidnap Poem

CN

Cheryl Ng

Transcript

Kidnap Poem

ever been kidnapped

by a poet

if i were a poet

i'd kidnap you

put you in my phrases

and meter you to jones beach

or maybe coney island

or maybe just to my house

lyric you in lilacs

dash you in the rain

alliterate the beach

to complement my sea

play the lyre for you

ode you with my love song

anything to win you

wrap you in the red Black green

show you off to mama

yeah if i were

a poet i'd kid

nap you

  • a playful take on kidnapping, meaning to kidnap the lover's imagination.
  • The speaker uses the word 'kidnap' as in to use her lover and put him into her poems.
  • "Put you in my phrases"
  • Romantic and silly
  • The speaker uses the word 'kidnap' to express that she wants incorporate him in her poems.
  • The grammar and structure of the poem makes it humourous. This makes the poem informal which sets a witty tone.
  • A person aspiring to be a poet who wants to express their love through writing poetry about their lover.
  • Uses the term "kidnap" to describe how she incorporates him in her poems.
  • The speaker states, "Put you in my phrases"
  • The aspiring poet's lover, because the speaker is talking in first person and declares his love.
  • "Ode you with my love song, anything to win you"
  • "Play the lyre for you"
  • "Wrap you in the red Black green".
  • More likely, the three colors are the pan-African colors shared by the nations of Africa along with many Carribean nations.
  • The whole poem is a metaphor itself because when the speaker states, "If I were I poet, I'd kidnap you".
  • "Dash you in the rain" depicts a visual imagery.

Visual Imagery

Persona

By: Nikki Giovanni published in 1970

Kidnap Poem

By: Nikki Giovanni published in 1970

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Theme

Declaration of love

  • The speaker is a poet who wishes to write her lover into her work, her essence, and thus bind them together.
  • "Put you in my phrases...lyric you in lilacs...alliterate the beach"

Audience

Playful kidnapping

Tone and Mood

Meaningful in Life

  • Gives a perspective on things
  • Shows ways to express love
  • "Lyric you in lilacs/ dash you int the rain"
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