A Tear Fell
By Marge Tindal
I shed a tear today
Silently, I felt it fall
You caught it
shared it
held it
felt it
then
suddenly
it wasn't
so big
after all
In the poem A Tear Fell, by Marge Tindal, personification is used to compare a teardrop to pain. A Tear Fell is a short poem that simply explains what a true friendship should be like. Marge Tindal uses first person to describe her tear, “I shed a tear today,/Silently, I felt it fall” (1-2). This line basically describes the teardrop through the way it felt. After that, Tindal tells how the friend helped the situation, “You caught it,/shared it,/held it,/felt it” (3-6). Now we become familiar with how a friend should react to someone else’s pain. In the last few lines the author learns, “it wasn’t,/so big,/after all” (9-11). This presents the idea that after tears are released so is the pain. Through Tindal’s comparison she shows that tears can minimize the amount of pain.
I found this poem compelling because of its deep meaning. I really felt connected because I have many good friends, so this poem is relevant to my life at times. I thought she used short simple words that made this poem meaningful. Her set up also made the poem very different from the others I read. Her comparison of tears to pain made it seem as if she had experienced this before. Marge Tindal really showed how a simple tear could make your problem seem that much smaller. Overall, I really enjoyed this short but sweet poem!
6 comments:
Steph~
I am pleased to see your interpretation of my poem, 'A Tear Fell' .. you are mostly right on your examination of the reasons for this poem~
The conclusion would however be,
that when we SHARE our tears with a friend ... the sorrow is diluted~
Thank you for using my poem for your blog~
Your friends can reach me at noles1@totcon.com
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~
I agree, this poem is short and sweet and gets the meaning across well. this poem emphisizes the need of friendship, and explains how you need to share you feelings. you analysis of the poem is really good and i agree thatthis is an enjoyable peom!
Steph,
How wonderful that the author found your blog post and commented on it! The internet is truly a revolutionary and effective form of communication.
When I read the poem I felt that the point was that by being there for our friends, things are not as hard for them. That's a really neat poem, and it's cool that your author commented on it. Nice job!
I really like the poem you chose for this assignment. It was really nice to read a short one, and like you said, it does have deep meaning. I think it's cool that you found a poem that is so short but has so much feeling and emotion in it.
The poem is powerful and concise. It really sets the point of how sorrow can be less painful when there are others to share it with. Awesome stuff.
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