To This Day Mih Koyczan Analysis

Shane Koyczan is a Canadian writer and poet that has made many amazing spoken word poems. He was born on May 22nd, 1976 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; and is currently a member of the spoken word poem group, Tons of Fun University. After high school Koyczan attended college at Okanagan University, Canada, where he studied creative writing. But, following the suggestion of his writing professor, he began to study poetry instead. Now 41, Shane Koyczan has become an amazing poet, author, and word artist who creates powerful poems that address bullying and death. Using powerful figurative language, deep connotations, and rich imagery, Koyczan has really been able to make his poems come alive, and it’s truly mind-blowing. The first reason Shane Koyczan’s poems seem so real is his heavy use of powerful figurative language. He incorporates similes and metaphors perfectly into his poems, helping everyone to really understand and …show more content…
Think of his poem “To This Day,” where Shane writes about bullying and how it affects a lot of kids. One quote from the poem is, “And if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself / Get a better mirror / Look a little closer / Stare a little longer / Because there’s something inside you / That made you keep trying / Despite everyone who told you to quit.” This is a very deep and powerful part of the poem, because it’s about a lot more than just a mirror. It has more to do with believing in oneself, than just looking into a mirror. Believing that everyone is beautiful in their own way, because everyone has something, but sometimes it’s necessary to look from another angle in order to see this. “You built a cast around your broken heart / And signed it yourself / You signed it / ‘They were wrong,’” because they were wrong, they are wrong, everyone has something inside them, and Koyczan's poems help people to see what that thing