Spilled Sugar Poem

Has Poetry Fallen Off Its Pedestal? “I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss”(Rita Mae Brown). This quote relates to the similar theme of the poem “Spilled Sugar" by Thylias Moss and the song "Lone" by Tyler, the Creator. Even though the poem and song have very similar themes, "Lone" does a better job explaining that theme with poetic elements. The song "Lone" by Tyler, the Creator is more artistic and poetic than the poem “Spilled Sugar” by Thylias Moss because of the rhyme scheme, repetition and imagery "Lone" expresses. The theme in the poem and song are very similar, they both show the loss of a family member and how they are

“Neither he nor I will move from the shrine / of mothers photo. We begin to understand / the limits of love's power”(Moss lines 18-20). This shows that a family member is lost and how the family is still grieving about the loss. “She don't ever gotta struggle, not again / and I put that on my dead Grandmother's name, too soon”(Tyler, the Creator lines 5 and 6). This has a similar reasoning of writing this to the speaker who wrote "Spilled Sugar" because of the loss. The tone is also similar but "Lone" is more artistic when it shows the tone because of the multiple tones it uses. “God I wanna quit, but I can't, cause mother and sister can't pay the rent / 4 stories with storage, I'm 21 with a mortgage / And tourings' paying the bills, life is paying for thrills”(Tyler, the Creator lines 15-17). Not only does this show grief or sadness but it does demonstrate frustration and tells how the speaker is feeling in more detail. "Spilled Sugar" has the speaker talking like he is deflated or sad, no other emotion is really shown. “And as we do, / we have to redefine God; he is not love at all. / He is longing. / He is what he became those three days that one third of himself was

This is the case in the juxtaposition of “Lone” and “Spilled Sugar”. There is in fact imagery used in “Spilled Sugar” but it does not compare to what is being used in “Lone” by Tyler, the Creator. “Our conversations brief couldnt even make eye contact when we speak, lookin at her you could tell all she had was weak”(Tyler, the Creator lines 53-54). It really pulls the audience in and makes them think what that experience would be like, as opposed to “Spilled Sugar” which lacks proper imagery. “ the coffee giving no evidence that it has been sweetened and I will not taste it to find out, my father raised to my lips, the toast burnt”(Moss lines 16-18). Imagery is used but there is not enough to compare to “Lone” where it is used very effectively to describe the situation. In general songs today connect more with people than poems do, this is showed in the article Can Song Lyrics Ever Be Considered Poetry by explaining how Bob Dylan's songs mean just as much, if not more than poetry to people. “Dylan's lyrics - ambiguous, playful and allusive - lend themselves to furrowed-brow study in a way that the vast majority of poems words do not. Many music fans will be eternally grateful for that”(Wheeler paragraph 4). Overall, song lyrics in this case are better for imagery than in the poem “Spilled Sugar” because of the effectiveness they are used with. “Mom callin' and callin', I'm on my way to