https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/57378#poem
The poem, "Alms for the Beekeeper" by John Ashbery, begins with the line "He makes better errors that way." This seemingly random start to the poem sets up the description of a lawyer in a later part of the poem. However, the next line jumps to describing a breakfast of the family of that lawyer. The description of this breakfast and the passing of what seems like honey based on the title. Ashbery uses this to present the man as a lawyer, and describes him as languid. He shows how being languid is helpful because it "beat out other options"
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Megan S. WV
1/11/2017 08:35:44 am
Bryce, I liked that your analysis points out the shift in the poem, but I'd like to know more about what you think about it? You caught on to the deeper meaning of the poem, but I'm also curious how you came to this conclusion.
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