Feelings
Art can give meaning. It can make us feel something within us that we did not know was possible. It also can make us think of what we can do to make others be able to feel this way as well. Yusef Kumunyakaa’s poem, “Facing It” has us feel something for the war and how it is like for some veterans afterwards. The art of this poem had many critics commenting on it and seeing the value of which this poem has on many things in our own lives such as mistakes, memories, and imperfection.
The poem “Facing It” brought in a memory that the poet had had back in the Vietnam War. It stated, “I see the booby trap’s white flash.” Chris Semansky catches this and writes in his article that “this inescapable relationship between memory and
Art can give meaning. It can make us feel something within us that we did not know was possible. It also can make us think of what we can do to make others be able to feel this way as well. Yusef Kumunyakaa’s poem, “Facing It” has us feel something for the war and how it is like for some veterans afterwards. The art of this poem had many critics commenting on it and seeing the value of which this poem has on many things in our own lives such as mistakes, memories, and imperfection.
The poem “Facing It” brought in a memory that the poet had had back in the Vietnam War. It stated, “I see the booby trap’s white flash.” Chris Semansky catches this and writes in his article that “this inescapable relationship between memory and