For most people money is something that they spend their whole lives trying to get. Why? Because it is an object that is constantly needed to stay afloat in this world. Such a high value is placed on it. If someone has a lot of money they are great and successful but if they do not they are placed at the opposite side of the spectrum. It is no surprise that some become caught up in the whirlwind of greed and fixation associated with acquiring large amounts of money. Fortunately not everyone is stuck in that mindset and there are authors here to remind the reader that money, while important is not all it is cracked up to be. The poems, “Money” by Dana Gioia and “Guys Like That” by Joyce Sutphen serve as a reminder of that message. Though the
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In Gioia’s poem “Money” he uses stanzas to get his point across. Each verse tackles a different perspective on the topic of money. In stanza one he supplies many different slang terms for money. Cash and stash are placed strategically to rhyme with one another. For the second stanza different phrases are used to explain spending money. Chock it up and fork it over relates more to reluctant spenders however shell it out and watching it burn holes through pockets gives the imagery of someone who might have a problem spending. In the third stanza this has money symbolizing people and groups who have a lot of it. Gioia continues on in the 4th stanza to use action verbs with direct objects to represent people that save their money and how dependent we are to it. He uses metaphors to achieve this. “It greases the palm, feathers a nest, / holds heads above water, / makes both ends meet.” All of these in some way represent how money is either used as some type of bargaining chip or as a way to keep afloat financially. In the fifth stanza the author uses banking terms to explain the reproduction of money. The use of more eloquent vocabulary makes sense here because Gioia is probably alluding to that this is how a smart person makes their money. Finally in the sixth stanza he ends the poem on an extra sarcastic and somewhat bitter note and a final bit of wisdom. Gioia reminds us that even after all he has said, money will always talk just try and keep it out of your mouth, after all you do not know where it has
In Gioia’s poem “Money” he uses stanzas to get his point across. Each verse tackles a different perspective on the topic of money. In stanza one he supplies many different slang terms for money. Cash and stash are placed strategically to rhyme with one another. For the second stanza different phrases are used to explain spending money. Chock it up and fork it over relates more to reluctant spenders however shell it out and watching it burn holes through pockets gives the imagery of someone who might have a problem spending. In the third stanza this has money symbolizing people and groups who have a lot of it. Gioia continues on in the 4th stanza to use action verbs with direct objects to represent people that save their money and how dependent we are to it. He uses metaphors to achieve this. “It greases the palm, feathers a nest, / holds heads above water, / makes both ends meet.” All of these in some way represent how money is either used as some type of bargaining chip or as a way to keep afloat financially. In the fifth stanza the author uses banking terms to explain the reproduction of money. The use of more eloquent vocabulary makes sense here because Gioia is probably alluding to that this is how a smart person makes their money. Finally in the sixth stanza he ends the poem on an extra sarcastic and somewhat bitter note and a final bit of wisdom. Gioia reminds us that even after all he has said, money will always talk just try and keep it out of your mouth, after all you do not know where it has