“ It would be neat, if with the New Year” by Jimmy Baca is a short poem, which holds a deep significance about the past and future, about things that have been parts of our ordinary life. In the poem, the speaker desires a fresh start in his life, but in the end he soon realizes that he can never throw away his past to move on completely. With the skillful uses of symbolism, metaphor, imagery, and narrative poetry, the author successfully leads the mystery and depth of the poem to the readers.
To begin with, Baca purposely creates a diversion in the title and the first two sentences to surprise the reader later in the poem. As first, he believes that moving on is the right thing, “It would be neat if with the New Year” (line 1), which shows …show more content…
“My leathery loneliness an old pair of work boots”, the author purposely uses his old pairs of boots, which is the main object to symbolize for his main idea. He relates his personal experience with his old boots, which has gone with him through all of the tough time in life. Instead of telling the reader its meaning obviously, the author makes the readers to keep thinking more and more about this interesting symbolism. Baca also uses repetition “ My loneliness” (line 2), and “My leathery loneliness” (line 3) to emphasize for the main symbolism, his old work boots. This pair of boots is the object that remains by his side and contains many happy memories. By the use of narration, Baca has vividly portrayed the images of the speaker’s memories about his old boots. He mentions how much he loves his boots and appreciates them as the part of his life, “But my happiness depends so much on wearing those boots” (line 9). Moreover, the boots also represent for his journey of life, “ my boots are scuffed, tooth- marked, worn- soled” (line 18). The “scuffed”, “ tooth-marked” and “ worn- soled” describe the marks of time in the speaker’s life. This boots have followed him through his journey of life. “ I smile at my boots, understanding every note of his voice” Baca purposely uses personalization and give a soul to the pairs of boots. He cherishes the boots as a soul mate, an important friend in his life. To sum up, Baca uses this pair of boots to symbolize for the journey, the precious memories in his
To begin with, Baca purposely creates a diversion in the title and the first two sentences to surprise the reader later in the poem. As first, he believes that moving on is the right thing, “It would be neat if with the New Year” (line 1), which shows …show more content…
“My leathery loneliness an old pair of work boots”, the author purposely uses his old pairs of boots, which is the main object to symbolize for his main idea. He relates his personal experience with his old boots, which has gone with him through all of the tough time in life. Instead of telling the reader its meaning obviously, the author makes the readers to keep thinking more and more about this interesting symbolism. Baca also uses repetition “ My loneliness” (line 2), and “My leathery loneliness” (line 3) to emphasize for the main symbolism, his old work boots. This pair of boots is the object that remains by his side and contains many happy memories. By the use of narration, Baca has vividly portrayed the images of the speaker’s memories about his old boots. He mentions how much he loves his boots and appreciates them as the part of his life, “But my happiness depends so much on wearing those boots” (line 9). Moreover, the boots also represent for his journey of life, “ my boots are scuffed, tooth- marked, worn- soled” (line 18). The “scuffed”, “ tooth-marked” and “ worn- soled” describe the marks of time in the speaker’s life. This boots have followed him through his journey of life. “ I smile at my boots, understanding every note of his voice” Baca purposely uses personalization and give a soul to the pairs of boots. He cherishes the boots as a soul mate, an important friend in his life. To sum up, Baca uses this pair of boots to symbolize for the journey, the precious memories in his