March Madness

Today, I want to talk about the "hidden message" in poems. Yes, I'm aware Mr. Mullins told us that we shouldn't call it hidden because it should be easy to find. It could be my stupidity, but I feel like 90% of the purpose of a poem is hidden somewhere in a way. For example, the last poem I analyzed for homework was:
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Wasted by June Jordan

You should slice the lying tongue of your love
into a billion bits of bile you swallow
one bilious element at a time
while
scalding water trembles drop
by drop between
(you hope)
between your eyes because
you said you loved me
and you lied
you lied

All you wanted was to rid me of my pride
to ruin me for tenderness
you lied
to thrust me monstrous from the hurt
you fabricate
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Obviously, on the surface this poem is about rejection in some form or another. But under the surface there is so much to analyze (which is probably why we have to analyze it in English class for homework, but you know).

There is alliteration (billion bits of bile), repetition (you lied) and onomatopoeia (drop) used within this short poem. There can be so much interpreted from these and other rhetorical devices. I think the "hidden message" is what's given away after careful analysis as opposed to a superficial reading. It may not be exactly hidden, but it is definitely harder to find. These devices add effect but I think much of it is also left up to interpretation by the reader.

Also, if anyone was wondering why I titled this "March Madness" and then didn't talk about it, UK's loss has left me speechless and I couldn't talk about it. But if you were wondering, I have Miami winning it all!