Rebellion

Everyone rebels against someone or something some point of their life. Some rebellions could be more intense than others. For example in William Carlos Williams' poem, "This is Just to Say," he talks about stealing plums that weren't his. The narrator then apologizes for eating the plums because he couldn't resist how good they were. The interesting part of the poem is that the plums represent something more serious than just a plum. It represents all the joys in his life and the icebox the plums were in, in the poem, actually represents the world around him. It seems that he has done certain things in his life that he shouldn't have but couldn't resist because at the moment it seemed so good. Another example of rebellion is in Lucille Clifton's poem, "Homage to my hips." In this poem she speaks about her hips and how they are going to go where ever they want and do whatever they want. It seems that her hips represent her pride and dignity and also rebelling against men. This could be because an ex may have treated her bad and she is stating she is only going to go ahead in life and no one or no man will stop her or hold her back. Both of these poems represent a certain rebellion.