Danielle Mullins
H English 12-4
11/12/15
“All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”
While first reading Richard Brautigan’s “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” readers may not see between the lines, but when the underlying message is coherent, Brautigan’s abstract work, and the events that shaped his life illustrate the poem. The message of Brautigan’s poetry will captivate the reader and allow better understanding of Brautigan’s life and reasoning. Richard Bruatigan was a master of poetry, words, and life. Brautigan was known to be seen walking the Berkley streets in the late 1960s. Brautigan’s work is the connection between the two decades- the late 1950s, and 1960s; intertwining the modern period into post-modern …show more content…
In 1972 Brautigan adjourned from public attention ambling on to live in a small cabin in Bolihas, California. In the eight years that followed after Brautigan’s withdraw, he rarely accepted invitations to lecture, and uniformly declined to be interviewed. In late 1976 Brautigan made his first trip to Japan; there he met his second wife, Akiko Yoshimura. Brautigan and Yoshimura married in 1978, and after two short years of marriage divorced due to the failure of their once bonded marriage. Leading on to the decline of his career, friends of Brautigan noticed a significant change in happiness, comparing him to “a baby throw out of bath water.” In October 1984, Brautigan’s lifeless body was uncovered in his Montana Cabin, dead from suicide. Brautigan’s Father was unaware of Brautigan’s existence until after his death (Poets.org, 2) (Lock, 1). “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” is a poem that some reader say has two different meanings. Brautigan uses different literary devices to show how he feels about technology in everyday life and tries to give people the view point he …show more content…
This was ironic because most people thought in his writing he was upset at how the world was being taken over by machines. No one ever knew if his poem was portrayed that way because of the melancholy view of America at this time, or if that is actually how Brautigan felt. In reality Brautigan was just trying to be as optimistic as possible to try to draw readers into understanding why he wanted this technology integration. This poem, if read how Brautigan intended, rings with unalloyed enthusiasm. This poem isn’t as maladroit as many readers ironically read into it as. Brautigan was optimistic because he believed technology was life-affirming rather than life-denying (poetryfoundation.org, 2) (Seligo,
H English 12-4
11/12/15
“All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”
While first reading Richard Brautigan’s “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” readers may not see between the lines, but when the underlying message is coherent, Brautigan’s abstract work, and the events that shaped his life illustrate the poem. The message of Brautigan’s poetry will captivate the reader and allow better understanding of Brautigan’s life and reasoning. Richard Bruatigan was a master of poetry, words, and life. Brautigan was known to be seen walking the Berkley streets in the late 1960s. Brautigan’s work is the connection between the two decades- the late 1950s, and 1960s; intertwining the modern period into post-modern …show more content…
In 1972 Brautigan adjourned from public attention ambling on to live in a small cabin in Bolihas, California. In the eight years that followed after Brautigan’s withdraw, he rarely accepted invitations to lecture, and uniformly declined to be interviewed. In late 1976 Brautigan made his first trip to Japan; there he met his second wife, Akiko Yoshimura. Brautigan and Yoshimura married in 1978, and after two short years of marriage divorced due to the failure of their once bonded marriage. Leading on to the decline of his career, friends of Brautigan noticed a significant change in happiness, comparing him to “a baby throw out of bath water.” In October 1984, Brautigan’s lifeless body was uncovered in his Montana Cabin, dead from suicide. Brautigan’s Father was unaware of Brautigan’s existence until after his death (Poets.org, 2) (Lock, 1). “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” is a poem that some reader say has two different meanings. Brautigan uses different literary devices to show how he feels about technology in everyday life and tries to give people the view point he …show more content…
This was ironic because most people thought in his writing he was upset at how the world was being taken over by machines. No one ever knew if his poem was portrayed that way because of the melancholy view of America at this time, or if that is actually how Brautigan felt. In reality Brautigan was just trying to be as optimistic as possible to try to draw readers into understanding why he wanted this technology integration. This poem, if read how Brautigan intended, rings with unalloyed enthusiasm. This poem isn’t as maladroit as many readers ironically read into it as. Brautigan was optimistic because he believed technology was life-affirming rather than life-denying (poetryfoundation.org, 2) (Seligo,