CALL Literary Reaction Journal 2

Reaction to The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear

Ⅰ. Summary

The poem I chose to summarize and react is The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear. The type of this poem seems to be narrative poetry because it seems to tell a story which the owl and the pussy cat marry.

Ⅱ. Reaction

1. Character

・The Owl: He sang for the girlfriend with looking up to the stars above so I thought he was romantic.
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　　　★They love each other.
　
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・The Pussy Cat: She dicided marring to listen his sweet song so I thought she was pure.
・The Piggy: He gave the owl and the pussy cat a ring so I thought he was very kind.
・The Turkey: He gave them himself for dinner so I thought he was generous.

2. Personification

In this poem, they went to sea by using a boat, and there was the owl which was playing guiter and singing a song. Thease actions looked just like a human, so we can know that a personification was used in the poem.

3. Connotation

I  thought that the piggy had a ring was important character, because a ring is to play a role to join twe together on marring.

4. General Opinion

An auther expressed love story with animals not a human being, so I felt it was very pretty. However, a scene which they took a ring away from the piggy's nose is grotesque.