Analysis
James Dickey’s poem, Cherrylog Road, is a first-person narration of the persona recounting his teenage love. The poem has the persona as the main character. Other characters in the poem include the persona’s teenage lover, Doris Holbrook, and Doris’ Father. The persona recalls the secret meetings they had with his teenage lover, Doris Holbrook, meetings which were done at a junkyard along Cherrylog Road. The setting of the poem (Cherrylog Road) is expressly accorded attention in the poem, and the persona identifies Cherrylog Road at the start of the poem. The junkyard and the wrecked cars that are used as a meeting point also appears predominantly in the poem. While the wrecked cars put an image on the persona’s mind, his lover Doris carries with her home, parts of wrecked cars each time to explain her absence. James Dickey’s poem can be described as an easy poem because of the straightforward language used by the authors. Apart from that, the author uses a lot of figurative speech in the poem. One such figurative language is the simile of comparing his posture while sitting in a wrecked car to that of a car racing driver. The author uses a metaphor in the poem, referring to the junkyard as “parking lot of the dead” (Dickey). Another style that features so much gon the poem is imagery. The narration and the setting of the poem portray the actual environment hosting the characters.
Informal Outline
Characters
Narrator
Doris Holbrook
Doris’ Father
Setting
Cherrylog Road
Junkyard with Wrecked cars
Styles
The poem is a first narration
Use of straightforward language/ Easy Poem
Figurative language
Simile
Metaphors
Imagery
References
Dickey, J. Cherrylog Road.
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