Hindered By Parker

Issues which are considered to affect some or all members of the society either directly on indirectly is said to be social problems. It is fair to say that social problems are virtually inevitable. The various social problems present today vary from society to society, and as such, we cannot say that all societies face similar social issues. Parker and I decided to talk about some of the social issues that majorly happening in most part of the world in “Resume” and “Hindered” with each talking about suicide and pedophilia respectively. At first glance, both “Resume” and “Hindered” are totally different poems with each has its own unique style of constructing the message of the poem. The images of the two poems are so completely distinctive

Parker, in her “Resume” poem, discusses a serious issue regarding suicide. Almost every single line of the poem offers an idea for different ways to die. When it comes to wordplay, Parker does not mess around – there are not any extraneous simile or metaphors or any type of play with language. All of them are stack of images, with none of them being pleasant to us. Such options include razors, rivers, acids, pills guns, nooses, and gas. “Hindered” on the other hand, talks about the epidemic concern regarding pedophilia. It follows a story about a child named Mary who encounters a very generous man at the park. However, behind that munificence, he attempts to seek pleasure towards the child. Good girl Mary, who is smart enough to know what’s going on, gets her father who happens to be a police officer stops the man from doing any further harm – sexually, on that

This reasoning lies within rhyme scheme used on both poems. “Resume” uses the quatrains, or the ABAB rhyme scheme while “Hindered” features the AABB scheme. It's a pretty simplistic pattern – one that's commonly found in fifth-grade masterpieces and poems like "Roses are red/ violets are blue…" In other words, crafting a poem in one of those rhyme scheme makes the poem itself seem almost childlike. Parker seems deliberately simplistic with her style. By writing in two quatrains, she robs her subject matter of at least some of the seriousness that usually attends discussions of death and self-destruction. Suicide becomes a little more like a walk in the park. “Hindered” also shares the same trait, using very unsophisticated words to portray the innocence of a child. Only the word “molested” is probably the most revolting word choice to signify how disgusted the author is when talking about pedophilia (Nor Azman,