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Episode 1. "The Facebook Sonnet" - Sherman Alexie(1966-) p328
“페이스북 소네트” - 셔먼 알렉시
Welcome to the endless high-school
Reunion. Welcome to past friends
And lovers, however kind or cruel.
Let’s undervalue and unmend
The present. Why can’t we pretend
Every stage of life is the same?
Let’s exhume, resume, and extend
Childhood. Let’s play all the games
That occupy the young. Let fame
And shame intertwine. Let one’s search
For God become public domain.
Let church.com become our church
Let’s sign up, sign in, and confess
Here at the altar of loneliness.
끝없는 고등학교 동창회에 오신 것을 환영해요.
지난 친구들과 사랑하는 사람들 환영해요.
우리가 좋은 사이든 아니든 간에
현재를 경시하거나 고치려 하지 말아요.
왜 우리는 삶의 모든 단계가 똑같은 척
할 수 없을까요?
어린 시절을 파헤치고 다시 시작하고 늘려요.
다 같이 이 게임을 해요.
그게 젊은이들을 지배해요.
명성과 수치가 뒤섞이게 해요.
신을 검색해서 공공 도메인으로 만들고,
Church.com이 우리의 교회가 되게 해요.
가입하고 들어가서 고백해요.
여기 이 외로움의 제단에서.
theme 1: Within Alexie's diction and tone, “The Facebook Sonnet” belittles the social media website by showing how society are either focused on their image or stuck in the past to even live in the present. Alexie's use of words and tone throughout the poem shows his feelings toward Facebook in a negative way.
theme 2: Alexie gives his cynical opinion of the website in the form of a sonnet analyzing how Facebook is extending the immaturity of youth by concerning its users with ways to make their lives appear fulfilling to the general public in contrast to how great or not they actually are. The poem describes twenty-first century culture in its most negative light by painting a picture of a self-centered society through Alexie’s use of satirical tone, rhyme scheme, assonance, and consonance.