Almost every person in America has known a person with cancer or has even undergone it themselves. For me, it was my grandmother. I experienced watching a woman I looked up to was deteriorating in health. While I was too young to fully understand the effects it held on my family, I could detect how everyone was acting differently. Thankfully, my grandmother survived, and she shares her story of survival to this day. Furthermore, According to The National Cancer Institute, “In 2016, an estimated 1,685,210 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 people will die from the disease.” With such a high statistic of people facing this deadly disease, it's no wonder it has made its own prominent path in the world of art. The poem “Tired” by Anele Rubin captures the emotions of a woman experiencing cancer throughout the final stages of her life.
First, The narrator tells her story of a woman battling cancer. In part one, the narrator describes the external feelings of her illness. She begins the poem with lines that show the reader just how she is fighting. The narrator says,
“I am tired of the Merck Manual the Journal of the American Medical Association
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Initially, in part one, the narrator sticks with the medical aspect of her problems. She repeats, “I am tired” (Rubin 1, 16, 23, 27). Through this repetition, the narrator is emphasizing to the reader how she is inexplicably tired. The details are elaborated throughout the poem, but overall, part one is simply about how finished she is with doing everything possible action she can to prevent her body from its inevitable conclusion. There are two other instances where repetition is utilized. The narrator says “swelling” (Rubin 10, 11) as well as “swelling” (33-34). The multiple instances of repetition are employed to show to the plainness of her life. To her, it consists only of her medical
First, The narrator tells her story of a woman battling cancer. In part one, the narrator describes the external feelings of her illness. She begins the poem with lines that show the reader just how she is fighting. The narrator says,
“I am tired of the Merck Manual the Journal of the American Medical Association
Johns Hopkins …show more content…
Initially, in part one, the narrator sticks with the medical aspect of her problems. She repeats, “I am tired” (Rubin 1, 16, 23, 27). Through this repetition, the narrator is emphasizing to the reader how she is inexplicably tired. The details are elaborated throughout the poem, but overall, part one is simply about how finished she is with doing everything possible action she can to prevent her body from its inevitable conclusion. There are two other instances where repetition is utilized. The narrator says “swelling” (Rubin 10, 11) as well as “swelling” (33-34). The multiple instances of repetition are employed to show to the plainness of her life. To her, it consists only of her medical