ANALYSIS OF THE TIME IN THE POEM

 

 

In this work, is obvious that the space is not important, because To create this proto-Twitter array, participants, students  in Dominican College, at the Sao Paulo Biennial and at the New York UniversityInteractive Telecommunications Program,  were asked to "think about someone you might be in love with, are in love with or are no longer in love with. Write a *short* sentence addressed to that person." For this, the work doesn’t have any sense with respect to space, since our verses are said by different persons in different places. These place we can meet them thanks to the website to the author (http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/you/index.html ), but if we try to read her novel, this, doesn’t talk about the space and for this reason, we let’s go to imagine, a space and with some clues, let’s go to try imagine this.

 

But, nevertheless is important indicate the time that use the author. During the poem, we can see the different sentences that people says and as was to be expected they use sentences both in present and past and also interrogative forms  or conditionals.

 

This forms of tenses we can read in present: you!, I like you like that, Please wear that pink shirt, thanks for the time, thank you for the parmesan cheese, I see your eyes at night in dreams, I like you, Do I like you?, I am sitting by the phone waiting for your ring, .etc...; in past tense the following sentences: did you ever name your cat?,  Did you make it back to Paris?, etc…; conditionals, as for example: Would you like to come and see my etchings? or future tenses as  I'll never forget the words you said when you walked into my kitchen and saw the dirty dishes piled beside the sink. This analysis as for English language, while for other languages, she uses the present for the Spanish: Gracias por tenerme tanta paciencia; for the Portuguese she also the present: eu amo a arte and the others languages she continues using the present: Done Done Suki-ni Natchaune, ok, voc\ venceu milk shake. wanna sail on my LIBERA VITA! ACONTECEU...CARINHO, SONHO....TESAO...; Que me desculpe a ousadia de um bem querer.So' te esque Xerei quando o sol apagar, MISUOYNEHWEKAMUOYDNUOSRELPPODEHTEVOLI,  etc…; the contributors of this work don’t use a specific time, but they to refer the time when they talk: Where the HELL did you go?, Texas where are you?, Where are you?, You forgot my birthday (refer to the day when he/she was his/her birthday), At first I liked your University of California Marching Band Centenial Recording, but as time went on, I was surprised that you played it so often, Your face on Sundays on Cal Football highlights, Did you make it back to Paris?, Last night, your car was in my driveway, etc…

 

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