Walking To Martha's Vineyard Wright Analysis

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In the book, Walking to Martha’s Vineyard, Wright conveyed his walk with God throughout his poems. Majority of the poems in the book make some reference to religion, or the title of the poem is something religious. Wright may have been struggling with his religion and this book was him making peace with himself and God.
The book is organized very simple and plain. Wright portrays this journey with his religion by making various references to God, light, etc. He then will contrast those images with darker ones to convey his trials. He often uses a few lines to explain his ideas, many of these poems are short in length. In his simplest poems, you can see the plainness of Wright’s style, while also seeing the struggle that is going on inside him.
Some of the strengths in the book are the imagery that Wright uses. For example, in the poem Octaves, Wright says, “We were, about useful as a hammer and nail made of gold (Wright,1, p.6).” Wright is using the example of
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That is what this book was about, the walk through the vineyard may be a metaphor for his walk with God. In the poems, it was a constant inner struggle for him to decide should he hold on to his religious beliefs or should he let them go. I think towards the end of the book he was still going back and forth, but he seems more stable in the space. He is okay that he is questioning this relationship because he is still holding on to his faith.
In conclusion, in Walking to Martha’s Vineyard by Franz Wright was a book of poetry that convey Wright’s constant conversation or back and forth with God. Throughout the book, he makes various references to God- like things. He uses bold imagery to grab the reader and bring them into his inner struggle. He used simple lines and easy tone to bring depth to a serious battle that many people face with religion. All in all, Wright wrote a complex piece of poetry that is easily

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