"Photograph from September 11" by Szymborska
After I read Szymborska’s poem “Photograph from September 11,” I browsed some photos of 911 days ago, and specially searched for the photograph as what the Szymborska describes. Then I was surprised how simple the way that Szymborska uses. She just simply contextualizes the scene at the moment without any explains to the image. I call this kind of rhetorical device “白描” in Chinese, which means “line-drawing.” Now I know it could be called more professional and academic—ekphrasis. And according to the evaluation criteria of a ekphrasis poem, I know this poem “Photograph from September 11” is a good one with concise words but thought provoking.
After I read Szymborska’s poem “Photograph from September 11,” I browsed some photos of 911 days ago, and specially searched for the photograph as what the Szymborska describes. Then I was surprised how simple the way that Szymborska uses. She just simply contextualizes the scene at the moment without any explains to the image. I call this kind of rhetorical device “白描” in Chinese, which means “line-drawing.” Now I know it could be called more professional and academic—ekphrasis. And according to the evaluation criteria of a ekphrasis poem, I know this poem “Photograph from September 11” is a good one with concise words but thought provoking.
By the way, I was also surprised by the point raised by Evan’s group. They pointed out that the shape of the poem is in tower model. We can discover it when see it in distance. They explained that the first line break means the top of the Twin Towers or the floor where the persons jumped from, and the second line break stands for the ground, which consistent with the text of the poem. It was really a smart point.
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