People use Facebook in many ways such as promoting their businesses, finding new friends or reconnecting with old ones. In the poem, Facebook Sonnet, the author talks from a negative point of view on social media, especially Facebook. He makes the point that Facebook has a significant effect on people's life, and he uses the theme, symbolism, and imagery to prove it.
It is evident that the theme of this poem is that Facebook is a way to hold on to the past. In lines 1-2, he says "Welcome to the endless high-school reunion." Facebook is a perpetual high school reunion because they are always there. Alexie starts the poem with the truth about Facebook nowadays; it is widely used to reconnect with high school friends. In a high school reunion, you see …show more content…
The 'Altar of loneliness' symbolize that even though you are connected with your friends, you are going to feel lonely as a result of comparing yourself to them. In lines 7, Alexie says “Let’s exhume, resume, and extend childhood." This line symbolizes that people want to go back to their infancy. We want to be able to treat life as a video game that you can resume and extend whenever you like. Facebook is a way of holding on to your past years; therefore, it can affect how you see your future. Alexie uses a vast amount of imagery in this poem which makes it more humorous. In lines 2-3, he says, “Welcome to past friends and lovers, however, kind or cruel." In Facebook, we follow our friends, ex-boyfriends, and bullies so he is embracing them in this line. We might not talk to them, but we are still following them. Also in the last two lines, he says, “Let’s sign up, sign in, and confess here at the altar of loneliness." This line makes us imagine when we sigh up and sign in for Facebook which we might confess our feelings about a subject or a person, but we cannot say it in
It is evident that the theme of this poem is that Facebook is a way to hold on to the past. In lines 1-2, he says "Welcome to the endless high-school reunion." Facebook is a perpetual high school reunion because they are always there. Alexie starts the poem with the truth about Facebook nowadays; it is widely used to reconnect with high school friends. In a high school reunion, you see …show more content…
The 'Altar of loneliness' symbolize that even though you are connected with your friends, you are going to feel lonely as a result of comparing yourself to them. In lines 7, Alexie says “Let’s exhume, resume, and extend childhood." This line symbolizes that people want to go back to their infancy. We want to be able to treat life as a video game that you can resume and extend whenever you like. Facebook is a way of holding on to your past years; therefore, it can affect how you see your future. Alexie uses a vast amount of imagery in this poem which makes it more humorous. In lines 2-3, he says, “Welcome to past friends and lovers, however, kind or cruel." In Facebook, we follow our friends, ex-boyfriends, and bullies so he is embracing them in this line. We might not talk to them, but we are still following them. Also in the last two lines, he says, “Let’s sign up, sign in, and confess here at the altar of loneliness." This line makes us imagine when we sigh up and sign in for Facebook which we might confess our feelings about a subject or a person, but we cannot say it in