The definition of importance is the state or fact of being of great significance or value. The level of importance for anything truly depends on one’s opinion. Wistawa Szymborska believes everything has importance and value. In her poem, “No Title Required,” she focuses on the little observations she comes upon and hears about. Details as small as a tree or silence, or even ants in the grass, that she adds make this poem very interesting and unique. The setting, tone, and point of view stand out as key components to fulfill the audience on Szymborska’s thoughts and beliefs. In the poem, “No Title Required,” Szymborska uses narration to construct a thought provoking theme about importance.
Society tends to overlook the speciality of nature. …show more content…
There are many elements of punctuation like caesura, enjambment, and end-stopped line to make it seem more narrative like, yet it stills gives off a non formal feeling. Punctuation allows the audience to pause or breathe and analyze what they are reading. An example of caesura is, “And yet I’m sitting here by this river, that’s a fact” (line 9). The comma in the middle emphasizes the point that the narrator is making. She is sitting by the river, and that may seem unimportant but Szymborska wants the reader to notice that she is sitting by a river because she will probably elaborate on that later in the poem. Enjambment is found in lines 10 and 11 where she states, “And since I’m here / I must have come from somewhere.” Szymborska most likely broke up that statement to emphasize the importance of coming from somewhere. Part of the significance or gaining of importance for something comes from where they began. Everyone starts somewhere, and that somewhere should be important to them. That is the same for these objects that Szymborska is pointing out. There are clouds, rivers, trees, and sunny mornings all around us. But many of us probably do not take the time to realize how long they have been there, or think about how important they are to enriching our lives. An example of end-stopped line is the last line when Szymborska is concluding her main message of the poem. “When I see such things, I’m no longer sure that what’s important is more important than what’s not.” Ending the poem with a period emphasizes the end and more importantly, makes that last statement stand out. This last sentence is where the audience should notice the narration of the poem, and where the theme of importance is most noticeable. Szymborska uses “I” and “I’m” to make it more personal. She also words the summary of the poem so perfectly by adding what is unimportant is actually important. The last
Society tends to overlook the speciality of nature. …show more content…
There are many elements of punctuation like caesura, enjambment, and end-stopped line to make it seem more narrative like, yet it stills gives off a non formal feeling. Punctuation allows the audience to pause or breathe and analyze what they are reading. An example of caesura is, “And yet I’m sitting here by this river, that’s a fact” (line 9). The comma in the middle emphasizes the point that the narrator is making. She is sitting by the river, and that may seem unimportant but Szymborska wants the reader to notice that she is sitting by a river because she will probably elaborate on that later in the poem. Enjambment is found in lines 10 and 11 where she states, “And since I’m here / I must have come from somewhere.” Szymborska most likely broke up that statement to emphasize the importance of coming from somewhere. Part of the significance or gaining of importance for something comes from where they began. Everyone starts somewhere, and that somewhere should be important to them. That is the same for these objects that Szymborska is pointing out. There are clouds, rivers, trees, and sunny mornings all around us. But many of us probably do not take the time to realize how long they have been there, or think about how important they are to enriching our lives. An example of end-stopped line is the last line when Szymborska is concluding her main message of the poem. “When I see such things, I’m no longer sure that what’s important is more important than what’s not.” Ending the poem with a period emphasizes the end and more importantly, makes that last statement stand out. This last sentence is where the audience should notice the narration of the poem, and where the theme of importance is most noticeable. Szymborska uses “I” and “I’m” to make it more personal. She also words the summary of the poem so perfectly by adding what is unimportant is actually important. The last