Messages In Peter Spiro's 'Cause And Effect'

Peter Spiro, a poet, makes some very interesting connections between realities of people's lives and the paths that those realities cause them to live in his poem "Cause and effect." I strongly believe the reason behind the making of this Spiro poem is he is trying to get across the idea that realities like having meager income and going to sub par schools can be major contributing factors to why people go to jail and end up wasting their lives. I believe the messages of this poem are every bit as relevant today as when this poem was written. I agree with the essential messages that this poem is trying to convey but disagree with the notion that the pattern illustrated is the life cycle for every poor kid who goes to public school. Spiro is tactical with his choice of literary methods for portraying his messages in this poem. The poem "Cause and Effect" has some interesting ideas to share with us that seem to be very relevant in today's world. Spiro starts his poem of with the lines "Cause you are poor/you got to public school",(1-2) and he ends the main verse of his poem with the …show more content…
Thus i had similar first life experiances as the person illustrated in Spiro's poem but my life tragectary hasn't gone in nearly the same path thus far. This and knowledge of the lives of many of my peers who did not end up in the jail system leads me to the conclusion that although this life path is the reality of many poor kids who get a public school it does not accurately depict the life of every poor kid who goes to public school. Spiro uses some really engaging writting techniques to get the reader fully enthralled and engaged with his