Your World
Your world is as big as you make it.
I know, for I used to abide
In the narrowest nest in a corner,
My wings pressing close to my side.
But I sighted the distant horizon
Where the skyline encircled the sea
And I throbbed with a burning desire
To travel this immensity.
I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost reaches
With rapture, with power, with ease!
Johnson, Georgia D. "Your World." Poetry
Foundation. Poetry Foundation,
2001. Web. 06 Oct. 2014. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/246766
The rhyme scheme of this
poem is ABCBDEFEGHIH where the second line of each stanza rhymes with the
last line. This poem is about reaching your full potential. The first stanza
details how everyone recognizes the endless possibilities of life, but some
often are not ready to fulfill their potential. But then the next stanza moves
on to discuss that a time will come when everyone will be ready to take great
strides in life. And finally, the third stanza tells of how after reaching your
full potential you’ll feel free and empowered. In the first stanza the rhyming
words “abide” and “side” are masculine, while in the last stanza the rhyming
words “breeze” and “ease” are more feminine. This represents the entire shift
of the poem. At the beginning Johnson discusses how you could feel timid when
posed with so many options in life, but by the last stanza Johnson tells of the
empowerment of conquering your world. Also, in lines 6 and 8 “sea” and
“immensity” are more slant rhymes and this could be to emphasize them more.
Both words represent the vastness of life, there are really endless
possibilities for you to accomplish in your world. Also, Johnson wanted to highlight
this stanza because it basically says that everyone will get their moment to
discover who they are and what they want to do. And when you come across it,
you’ll have this fierce feeling and know that you must achieve your goals.
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