07-10-2012, 05:16 PM
@addy
The intention is for it to be sarcastic, as I imagine the voice to be a person from that time era making a sarcastic sales pitch to "us" about what the future will be like if we carry on in the way we are. I think maybe sarcasm is just quite difficult to express in literature? I'm not sure how to make it sound more sarcastic. The poem is definitely meant to be heavy
The intention is for it to be sarcastic, as I imagine the voice to be a person from that time era making a sarcastic sales pitch to "us" about what the future will be like if we carry on in the way we are. I think maybe sarcasm is just quite difficult to express in literature? I'm not sure how to make it sound more sarcastic. The poem is definitely meant to be heavy