I'm the Slime by Frank Zappa
The poem "I'm the Slime" is a lyric poem that has a repetitive rhyme
scheme that is present in most poems. The author is obviously trying
to get the reader to figure out what the poem means. Questions will
come up such as "What is the Slime?" or "What the point of this poem?"
The point of any poem is up to how the reader interprets it. "The
Slime" is basically describing itself to the reader in order to get
the reader thinking and making inferences on what "The Slime" is.
There are three inferences that I have about this poem. 1. That this
is about the American government and how they use television to get
people to do things that would benefit them and their causes. 2. That
the poem is about how a certain television program or channel that is
imperatively influencing the people. 3. The poem is most likely
(according to my analysis) about commercials and advertisements that
appear on television. "The Slime" as I interpret it is a tool of the
industry and of the government to control the way we talk, act, dress,
and basically our whole culture. Obviously "the slime" knows that the
viewers will accept or potentially accept and apply everything that
"it'" approaches us with. " I am the slime that oozing' from your T.V
set", this quote verifies points numbers 2 and 3. "I am the tool of
the Government and industry too" is the quote that loosely validates
point number 1. " I'm the best you can get" is the quote that shows
that "the slime" is trying to convince the reader that "it" is
inevitable (inescapable). The commercials and advertisements that are
present in today's media are mostly used to convince a viewer that the
item or product, that is presented, is of the best quality. " I am
gross and perverted, I'm obsessed 'n deranged" shows that "the slime"
would basically go to almost any extent to convince the viewers to
accept whatever "its" presenting to them.
These are all examples of questions he asked and wondered.
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reacts to the crosser. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker’s first impression of the swamp
Questions to Think About - The following questions should be answered in your journals. The purpose of these questions is to help you understand the meaning of what you are reading. Read the questions before you begin to read and think about them while you are reading.
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