Dana Gioria Money Poem - 931 Words

Dana Gioia was once a business executive before become a writer, poet, and critic. He is much recognize, acclaimed, and awarded. President George W. Bush named him Chairman of the National Endowment for Arts in 2003. Money is a poem that is included in Dana Gioia’s book†The God’s of Winter.† This poem talks about something that everyone is very familiar with in their own way, money. No matter who you are, you know what money is and what money can do or cannot do for you. Dana Gioia illustrates in continuous metaphors that money can be earned, saved, shared, wasted, abused, and used, and that spending money is the prime objective of mankind. Dana Gioia starts off with a quote from Wallace Stevens that reads Money is a kind of†¦show more content†¦First off, he uses personification referring to money being able to talk, giving it human qualities. Money is something that travels from person to person and there is no way to keep track of where money is going or where it is coming from. It is a metaphor because money is something that is dirty and you would not be willing to put it in your mouth. However, people put money where their mouth is when they want to prove a point. Money has this certain sense of power. People know that you are very sure about a point you want to be made when you start to involve money. The poetic devices help to accomplish the purpose of relating money to different objects using metaphors to compare it with objects you may be familiar with, personification by giving money human qualities, visual imageries and paradoxes to show you the power that money possesses. Every single person has a certain kind of relationship with money whether it is because the y have plenty of it and like the rewards of having money. Or someone hates money because they do not have a lot of it and feels this hold them back from doing the things they want to do or obtaining items they want. This poem talks about every aspect of money. This poem tells about some good qualities and some bad qualities that money holds. I really enjoyed reading and figuring out the meaning of this poem, money can be used to help your needs and in some occasions hurt