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Touch - Lewin Analysis
- Course
- English Home Language
- Institution
- 12th Grade
This is an in-depth analysis of Touch by Lewin.
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Touch: Analysis
- Speaker is talking about the brutality and torture he has experienced during
his time in prison
- Touch has been used as a weapon against him
- He expresses his longing and desperation for a gentle human touch and a
moment of connection (he has not experienced this in some time)
When I get out
I’m going to ask someone
to touch me
very gently please
and slowly,
touch me
I want
to learn again
how life feels.
I’ve not been touched
for seven years
for seven years
I’ve been untouched
out of touch
and I’ve learnt
to know now
the meaning of
untouchable.
Untouched- not quite
I can count the things
that have touched me
One: fists
At the beginning
fierce mad fists
beating beating
, till I remember
screaming
don’t touch me
please don’t touch me
Two:paws
The first four years of paws
every day
patting paws, searching
-arms up, shoes off
legs apart-
prodding paws,systematic
heavy, indifferent
probing away
all privacy.
I don’t want fists and paws
I want
to want to be touched
again
and to touch
I want to feel alive
again
I want to say
when I get out
Here I am
please touch me.
Structure:
- Simple rhythm
- Emphasisies desperation + simple fous on nature of touch
- No punctuation
- Enjambment
- Illustrates constant longing for human contact
- Makes reader aware of how long it has been without it
- Gives poem a sense of monotony (it echoes the poet’s feelings)
Overall Tone:
- Dignified request (he is not begging for an action that will restore his
humanity)
- Poignancy + vulnerability in his request
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