The poem "Getting Through", by Deborah Pope, uses the techniques of similes, personification, and structure to discuss the continuous struggle of love and rejection. The narrator cannot help the feeling of love, and she understands that it may not be right for her to continue to feel this way because it is hopeless. Similes are used to convey this endless feeling, such as, "a chicken too stupid to tell its head is gone" and "or a phone ringing and ringing". The images of a chicken running around and around and the telephone incessantly ringing show how the narrator believes this feeling of love is never ending. The lines "in the house they have all moved away from, through rooms where dust is a deepening skin" compares the relationship to an empty house and dust. This shows how the narrator understands how the love is hopeless. The narrator's heart and words are personified in the lines, "my heart blundering on, a muscle spilling out what is no longer wanted, and my words hurtling past". Through personifying the heart and words, it tells how the narrator will not stop feeling the love that is too strong to suppress, even if it leads to rejection. The structure of the poem also contributes to the idea of the continuous feeling of love. The poem is one long sentence, without punctuation aside from commas.The poem is continuous, just like the narrator's emotions.
I loved reading this poem. I thought it was easy to read and interpret because many people have experienced the feeling of passion and rejection, even if it does not pertain to love. The similes clearly portrayed the narrator's frustrated yet accepting feelings toward love. My favorite line is "like some last speaker of a beautiful language no one else can hear."
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