The Rebel Essay.

When reading this poem by Mari Evans call “The Rebel”, there lied three reasons as to why I liked it. Length played a major role in my fascination with this poem. Secondly, death was involved and lastly, I liked the structure of the poem. I will be discussing these three reasons more briefly. Feel free to read along if interested.
First of all, I find the length of a poem very important when choosing one to read, I really wouldn’t want to bore myself. When taking my first glance at this poem, I realized that this poem happened to be extremely short. Exactly twenty-seven words existed in this poem and it had no more the four words to a line, “curiosity” being one of the biggest words. This poem was equivalent to two sentences. My love for how Mari Evans used little sentences appeared to be amazing. The phrase “When I die…” makes the reader want to read more.
Another reason why I was drawn to this poem was because I liked the fact that it had something to do with death. Something about death seems to be fascinating. The first sentence I read head the word “die” it. After seeing that, from that point on I knew it would be interesting. The rebel talks about having a big funeral. I loved the sort of mystery feeling that the rebel had, kind of like he was wondering who would attend his funeral and how it would turn out. I figured this out when reading this quote, “I’m sure I will have a big funeral.” Feeling as though the rebel had some sort of curiosity to how his funeral would turn out, made me want to continue to read.
Lastly, the structure of this poem was incredible. So many questions and ideas popped into my head when looking at the structure. Well, I wondered if the skinny structure of the poem could resemble the rebel’s casket. Really enjoyed the fact that the poem contained no real sentences. One quote said, “Curiosity seekers…coming to see if I am really dead…” Mari Evans sort of replaces periods to end a sentence with continuous dots to make the reader’s mind ponder.
Overall, I loved this poem because it was short, I mean I grew up kind of lazy. My fascination with death made me understand the rebel’s point of view. But the structure of the poem topped it all off.