Apostrophe

"And you, my father, there ont he sad height, curse, cless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray." -"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

      A good number of these poems go beyond sending a message to the reader and address a specific entity unknown to the reader. It is almost as if they were written solely for the counsel of a singular individual. For this reason, the poems display a degree of apostrophe. Noticing the adressee is easy, however; how it is used is the paramount objective. The emphasis of this chapter is the use of pattern or form. A form is a set of guidelines- it is a defined space within the author must work. The speaker is not as much bound by these walls however. Many of these poems deal with the great equalizer of death. Much like a form or pattern of poetry, death is a limitation. Human nature prompts man to avoid unpleasant events like death, and the speaker is some of these poems is attempting vicarious evasion of death through the individuals to which they are referring. Apostrophe in writing allows the speaker, or author, to act beyond the physical limitations by which he or she is bound. Death is also an apostrophe is some of the poems. A reader can see the effects of death but as for a face, we must refer to an absent individual with sueprnatural presence.