Numb By Lizi Walbo Analysis

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As conceited as it sounds, “Numb”, written by me and Lizzy Galbo, has become a favorite of mine. I don’t think that it’s necessarily the best poem ever created, but I can’t help but smile whenever I read it or even think about it despite the somewhat depressing content. I’ve always thought of poetry as a stream of thought that evokes emotion and that often creates a beautiful image with different figures of speech. Although not all the images should be taken literally, “Numb” does have a narration that describes the scene as well as the emotions of the character in the scene, all wrapped together to create haunting imagery and evoke feelings of sorrow from the reader with the assistance of figures of speech, such as personification. While some people may read the words “the rage met by love and a lick of shame” and find them striking, which they, of course, are as Arundhati Roy puts words together in an extremely moving way, I can not help but reminisce to the day when I sat in English class writing the poem with Lizzy and saying “I don’t think this makes sense here” and then proceeding to put the phrase in …show more content…

Everytime I read or think about this poem, my mood is immediately improved as I think of my partner in crime, the Elio to my Oliver, the love of my life, Lizzy Galbo. This poem has become a symbol of me and Lizzy’s ever growing friendship, as I feel like it truly flourished while working on “Numb” together. I think of the clutching-my-stomach, tears-in-my-eyes laughter during our in depth discussion of how we wanted to present the poem to the class, which included the idea to physically bring in a mahogany rocking chair as well as to creepily rock simultaneously while standing up if a rocking chair was

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