ot wet pillows, a poem by Josh Cullen invites readers to believe that nobody cares about issues faced by many young people. Cullen highlights the difficulties of relationship between youth and teacher, which often represents youth as isolated and misunderstood. Poetic techniques such as poetic form and tone, imagery, sound devices combined with careful language choices are used to shape this representation of youth.
Form and tone are used to portray the issues faced by many young people. Hot wet pillows is a free verse poem, with irregular rhythm. Cullen's choice of irregular rhythm mimics everyday speech. In the early lines of the poem, Josh is described as misunderstood, then is described as angry, upset and isolated. In the lines,
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The use of rhyme and rhythm contributes to the confrontation between young people and adults, which often masks a young person’s cry for help.
Language choices are used to represent youth as alone. In the poem, Cullen employs repetition to emphasize youth as lonely.
The words, “No-one knows; no-one knows” suggests that youth are left alone to deal with their problems. His choice of words such as, “alone” which stands all by itself in the line of poetry, which promotes the loneliness of the word and of the person. Language choices such as repetition and careful word choice, help explain the difficulties that youth commonly feel.
Hot wet pillows, A poem by Josh Cullen invites readers to believe that nobody cares about issues faced by many young people. The use irregular rhythm in the poem, emphasizes the cry for help in every day speech. Imagery is used to emphasize the commonly misunderstood and isolated youth. The use of rhyme and rhythm contributes to the confrontation between young people and adults, which often masks a young person’s cry for help. Language choices such as repetition and careful word choice, help explain the difficulties that youth commonly