In the last three stanzas, what motivated you to turn the speaker’s attention to him/herself?
I think that turning the attention to the speaker was an effort at ridiculousness. In doing this it just discredits the style of this type of poetry and makes it laughable. By bringing the attention to the speaker Collins is further discrediting this style of writing that he is trying to put down.
Do you have something against metaphor or simply the over-the-top or ludicrous metaphor?
I don not believe that Billy Collins has anything against metaphors as a hole, but that he has something against this style of using metaphors. Collins is targeting this one ideal for metaphors, comparing a beloved to something otherwise random. This style is something that when truly analyzed does not have much meaning when it comes down to the picture of metaphors and I think that is what Collins is saying.
Do you always read poems critically; if so why?
I think that Billy Collins, as a poet, would read most poetry rather critically, both so that he may find errors and so that he can find ideas. I think in reading anything critically you don’t only find things you don’t like but also things you wouldn’t change and you can learn from what you think is good as well as get an idea because of someone else’s ideas. However I think it must also be important to find mistakes so that when writing your own pieces you do not make the same mistakes.
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