Chocolates | The Meanings of Binaries
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following essay, the author discusses binaries and their
meanings in “Chocolates.”
“Chocolates” is a poem about meeting places; the point where the individual sees himself as a part of the community and where the foreign and exotic appear in the common, elevating the ordinary to the extraordinary. The poem uses opposites, or binaries, to explore how perceived extremes are found within one another. Louis Simpson has explored style binaries, journeying from the structure of traditional English verse to a new kind of nonmetrical verse that captures a distinct quality of being American. Simpson uses this nonmetrical verse to polish common scenes to an extraordinary...
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