The Guitarist Tunes Up Themes

Even though "The Guitarist Tunes Up" is about, well, a guitarist tuning up, there's that comparison to "a man with a loved woman." In fact, when you look for it, the theme of love runs throughout t...

Okay all you ladies out there, how do you feel about this poem? Is there anything about "The Guitarist Tunes Up" that has you feeling a little ticked off? How do you feel about being, figuratively...

"The Guitarist Tunes Up" is only eight lines long, but it manages to dive deep into the murky waters of male-female relationships and notions of masculinity in its short span. While some aspects of...

Poetry and music go together like, well, you get the picture. Sound and musicality are a big deal in poetry, so a poem about a musician and his instrument kind of makes sense. In "The Guitarist Tun...