Parody! Listen to the Force

Listen to the Force

Chosen the path
i have
the darkside
cannot win

cutting
off my hand lets me
mature
into man

Skywalker
is my name i am
so sweet
and so cool

Star Wars is the theme in my parody of William Carlos Williams’s poem “This is Just to Say” I chose to imitate the form of his poem while changing the overall theme. My poem is a tribute to Williams. It shows the usefulness of Williams form in conveying messages. This form is perfect for everything from the mundane to the heroic. William’s poem successfully tells a story of a person eating plums from a refrigerator. My poem successfully tells the story of a maturing Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars series. Like Williams poem my poem also shows the character flaw of the speaker. In Williams we get the sense of insincerity, which makes us question wether or not the speaker is actually sorry. In mine we get the sense that the speaker is full of himself and is overconfident.
Because I wanted to demonstrate the effectiveness of William’s form I followed his form faithfully. Like Williams poem, my poem contains 3 stanzas. Each of these stanzas contain 4 lines and match William’s use of syllables per line. His 5,4,2,3,3 ,2,5,2,3, 3,5,2,3 style. Williams form is a very effective form to deliver any kind of message.