River. Digital image. Pinterest.com. N.p., 24 Mar. 2015. Web. 29 Sept. 2015. <https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512917845037805773/>.
"I Feel Like A
River" by Kendra Tyler
Sometime I feel like
a river
Calm and peaceful
going with the flows of life
Full of beautiful and
mysterious things
Very complex waiting
for discovery
From others and
myself
Sometimes I feel live
a river
Polluted, angry,
raging, uncaring
And unfeeling I feel
like
Drowning myself! I
feel like rising up
I am a tide of
emotions, when I feel like a river
When I feel like a
river
I want you to come in
and explore
Something's my scare
you
Some may delight and
mystify you
But I need you to
keep fishing
When I feel like a
river
Hunter, Kendra Tyler
- Poem. "I Feel Like A River Poem." Poemhunter.com. N.p., 23 July
2012. Web. 29 Sept. 2015. <http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-feel-like-a-river/>.
"I
Feel Like A River" by Kendra Tyler is a very insightful poem. The theme of
the poem is chaos and order. Like many people, the author's life seems to go
through "rollercoasters," or ups and downs. The key is to find the
perfect balance between chaos and order. This is one of few poems in the
anthology where there is a conflict. The author is suffering from an internal
conflict, or a man vs. himself. Tyler obviously has a missing piece in her
life, perhaps a person. "When I feel like a river I want you to
come in and explore Something's my scare you Some may delight and
mystify you But I need you to keep fishing When I feel like a
river" (Tyler). Her tone is a bit
impotent. The way she so helplessly yearns for stability is so very distinct.
The first stanza of the poem consists of the high end of the "rollercoaster,"
where the author has found peace. The rest of the poem represents the lower
portion of the "rollercoaster," or the chaos part.
"I Feel Like A River" is
one big extended metaphor comparing the author to a river. The texts walks the
reader through the stages of how the author feels in terms of a river. "
Sometimes I feel like a river Calm and peaceful going with the flows of life
Full of beautiful and mysterious things" (Tyler). In the third stanza, Tyler employs juxtaposition.
"Something's my scare you Some may delight and mystify you" (Tyler).
The purpose of this is to create a sort of suspense within the poem. The two
statements being contrasted are supposed to make the reader feel intrigued. This
is a unique poem in the collection because it relates water to a problem on a
more personal level.
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