Serenade by Zach Savich
The sentences are short and choppy throughout the piece at many moments. It keeps the reader reading along on the journey we are discovering. We get glimpses of Ann throughout the piece (a more depressing tale) mixed in with more lively experiences and circumstances to lighten the mood of the poem entirely. We have the comical instance of the "Elmer's glue" man along side the dying Ann character. The poem paints vibrant images begging with the "technicolor weather". We are also introduced to the trumpet player who brings life and alertness in contrast to the dying mildness of Ann. We have trees blossomed outside the hospital. This is another contrast between life and death. We also have a rave at the end of which the speaker is leaving right before the mother of Ann shows up with Ann bruised so we have more contradiction of mood.
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