Eating Poetry Themes

The kind of happiness we see in "Eating Poetry" is not exactly the kind we see on Sesame Street. So although the speaker "romps with joy," we also recognize that he's doing so in the "bookish dark....

Reality and point of view are pretty important in "Eating Poetry." Cramming poems into his mouth is a totally delightful experience for the speaker. (We'll take his word for it.) But for the librar...

It's kind of like Transformers, but without the robot cars, the mega-explosions, and Megan Fox. That's disappointing, we know, but the idea of transformation is just as important in "Eating Poetry....