The Beats generation is a group of writers interested in changing consciousness and defying conventional writing. The battle against social conformity and literary tradition was central to the work of the Beats. In the 1940's beat poetry evolved in the New York City and San Francisco became the heart of movement in the 1950's. Ferlinghetti founded the bookstore City Lights, which is an important landmark of Beat generation history.
Love Song
by:Mary Carolyn Davies
There is a strong wall about me to protect me:
It is built of the words you have said to me.
There are swords about me to keep me safe:
They are the kisses of your lips.
Before me goes a shield to guard me from harm:
It is the shadow of your arms between me and danger.
All the wishes of my mind know your name,
And the white desires of my heart
They are acquainted with you.
The cry of my body for completeness,
That is a cry to you.
My blood beats out your name to me,
unceasing, pitiless
Your name, your name.
by:Mary Carolyn Davies
There is a strong wall about me to protect me:
It is built of the words you have said to me.
There are swords about me to keep me safe:
They are the kisses of your lips.
Before me goes a shield to guard me from harm:
It is the shadow of your arms between me and danger.
All the wishes of my mind know your name,
And the white desires of my heart
They are acquainted with you.
The cry of my body for completeness,
That is a cry to you.
My blood beats out your name to me,
unceasing, pitiless
Your name, your name.
The poem discusses how she craves for him. she wants him in every way. her mind body and soul calls out for him. this poem is filled with metaphors for example "there are swords about me to keep me safe: they are the kisses of your lips." she states that his words are what protect her, his kisses are her swords, the shield to guide her from harm is his arms that protect her from danger, and her body is crying to him. "There are swords...they are the kisses..." this is an example of personification its saying that the shield is like kisses.