The Ultimate Puzzle

the poem:
life is a jigsaw puzzle
and ppl are the little pieces
all different colors
and all diff. shapes and sizes
sometimes you pick up a piece
and match it w/ another
and the colors blend perfectly
and they fit into each other
but in our case
the colors clashed
and the jagged little edges
just wont fit together
no matter how hard we push them
i guess we could have changed
but isnt it against the rules
to cut up the pieces
so that they fit together

my analysis:
To the Friend I Broke Up With (Pg. 92 Metaphor)
In the poem “To the Friend I Broke Up With” written by Lynne Ferguson, the speaker presents the relation and bond between people by providing examples with metaphors throughout the entire poem. Also, the speaker suggests that friendship and love between people cannot be forced. The poem comes to a close with the speaker’s personal experience of breaking up with a friend who he or she found incompatible to associate with due to external and internal differences.
The speaker utilizes a metaphor to ignite the poem with a mysterious tone with “Life is a jigsaw puzzle” (line 1). This metaphor not only serves as the central idea of the poem, it also aids the reader’s understanding of the poem and captures the audience’s attention. Reader’s will most likely question how life is a jigsaw puzzle and continue reading the poem. The speaker suggests that one is surrounded with many people of different qualities with metaphor “And people are the little pieces …And all different shapes and sizes” (lines 2-4). Further into the poem, the speaker paints an image into the reader’s minds with lines “Sometimes you pick up a piece…And they fit into each other” (lines 5-8), also to aid the readers to better understand the speaker’ personal experience and the main idea of the poem. In the second half of the poem, the speaker presents to the audience the story, “But in our case…so that they fit together” (lines 9-17). By solely telling the story, the speaker’s story is too weak to prove that one cannot be everybody’s friend. Giving life the quality of a jigsaw puzzle, however, solidifies the concept.
Clearly, the central message of the poem “To the Friend I broke Up With” is that one cannot befriend everyone because of the varying cultural and personal characteristics each individual possess. The speaker also implies that people are not willing to change so that they can overcome and tolerate the differences through lines “But isn’t it against the rules…so that they fit together” (lines 15-17). With a deeper look into the poem, one can infer that the speaker is also referring to social issues such as racism and the people’s intolerance towards those who are different. In conclusion, people should not break up with friends because of differences, but instead befriend others because of similarities.

wonderful. i completely agree.
nothing else to say… you sound reeeaaally smart too, which is always a plus! lol

have a good night!
lbee

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