Poem Analysis: 'The Other Side Of The Screen'

In such a technology-obsessed society, social media is everywhere, across all age groups and different backgrounds. Millions of comments and posts are created each day, which advertise personal details, such as a photo of yourself, or a message about your life. However, with each post comes a risk, which is that people around you may judge you or say something negative about what you show or say. In my poem titled, “The Other Side of the Screen”, the story of a girl being tormented by a male peer on a form of social media is told. After being slandered many times, the girl ends her life. Moreover, my poem explores the theme that you should always think before posting or saying something about someone, because you never know how they will react through the use of word connotations, a defined structure, repetition, and additional poetic devices. I …show more content…
As stated above, in lines 24 through 26, black symbolizes not only the sadness of the girl, but her death. Rather than just explicitly stating that she died, I decided to use symbolism because it provides a clear picture of a funeral. Another example of symbolism in the text would be the “umbrellas” mentioned (line 24). When I think of group of umbrellas, I think of a rainy, dreary day, and I also think of a funeral. By talking about the funeral, the readers are hearing about the effects of cyber bullying and how it affects the people around the victim, too. In addition to symbolism, I added metaphor into the poem. The line, “She signed out,” is comparing her death to signing out of a social media account (line 27). When we die, we sign out of our lives, similar to how you would sign off of a social media account after being finished using it. This allows for a connection of social media and our lives, so how cyber bullying would affect