Linen And Wool John B Lee Analysis

John B. Lee is a phenomenal author and poet. He was born in the year of 1951 in Branford, Ontario. John went to Ridge District high school where he began writing some of his very first poems and was titled to the RDHS Hall of excellence. He went to the University of Western Ontario where he won numerous awards in English. He also acquired the UWO (University of Western Ontario) Alumni Award of Merit for professional Achievement in 2010. John loves writing. He wrote several good poems but the one that really grasped our attention was Linen and Wool. We admire this poem because John used Deuteronomy 22:11(from the Holy Bible) as a reference for his poem. John wrote Linen and Wool in honor of the Israeli poet named Yehuda Amichai and the Palestinian poet named Mahmoud Darwish …show more content…
Retted means to moisten or saturate in order to soften and part the fibers by partial rotting. While carding wool is the process of brushing the wool fibers to manage them. Whilst the author addresses the process both garments undergo, he later says “of two voices…” which unveils that both garments could symbolize two different types of people. In addition, retting linen and carding wool could signify the diversity between two types of people or in other terms, what sets them apart. This clearly reveals that there is more to this poem than just linen and