Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu

Wallace Stevens poem titled Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu

1. he uses internal rhyme scheme and rhythm to mesmerize the reader into a melodic state
1. he does not use end rhymes, so the poem has a musical flow to it with the internal rhymes.
   
1. For example:
1. That would be waving and that would be crying/ crying and shouting and meaning farewell.
2. The internal rhyme scheme accompanied by repetition help to convey the message and overall theme of the poem.
   
1. The theme of the poem is the final farewells and goodbyes that everyone has or will encounter on their journey through life. It teaches us to live life to the fullest because it is not guaranteed for a certain amount of time
2. The internal rhyme scheme continues in the second stanza when he says: "In a world without heaven to follow, the stops/ would be endings, more poignant than partings, profounder.
3. In line 6 he uses illiteration with the words poignant, partings, and profounder to relay the idea that goodbyes are the last time you will see someone and there is no heaven or other life after this one is over. The endings become that much harder on your emotions because not matter what happens the persons life is over for good.
4. Ironically, the title is not mentioned anywhere throughout the poem, but it helps to create the overall structure of the poem when it uses the repetition of the word Adieu.
5. The poem deals with and talks about living and coping with death and the idea that when this life is over there is no spirit in the sky that will take you to a better world. The world goes black.
1. He mentions that many people must deal with this alone and deal with the emotions that surround death when he says: To sip/ one's cup and never to say a word
6. The loss of a love one to another world creates feelings that encompass an individual; Wallace Stevens puts those feelings into a poem.
   

Most of information I presented, except for several definitions of words I got from www.dictionary.com, I used my own analysis techniques to come up with. I used different terms that Mr. Sexson has referred to in class such as illiteration, rhyme scheme, and repetition to decipher what I thought the meaning of the poem was.