What Is The Mood Of The Poem It's Funny By Juliet Levin

In the poem “It’s Funny,” by Juliet Levin (poetrysoup.com) the narrator is struggling with betrayal from the people he/she cares about. The point of view is first person, I say this because the word “we” is used a lot throughout it, the tone is hurt, I think this because he/she cries and hurts about things that they don’t benefit from. Juliet Levin uses symbolism in this text to represent forgiveness and how it can make us weak in times of hardships.
The first, example of symbolism in this poem is in stanza one it’s, “We’d take a bullet for the person standing behind the trigger,”. It means that we’d sacrifice anything for those we love and, that there are certain people in our lives who we care about no matter what stupid things they do, the message is affected by this because it shows that we care for and forgive certain people in life. This helped me realize that even if you are mad at someone they probably have an explanation for whatever it is you’re mad at them about.
This means that we care about those who ignore us and ignore the ones who care for us and, at some point in life you will care about someone who does not feel the same way about you, the meaning and theme were affected because it shows that even those you care about can betray or, leave you. This has helped me realize that if someone leaves your life, they probably never intended to stay in the first place.
The third, and final, example of symbolism is in stanza five it’s, “How we’d lose ourselves for someone who is forever lost,”. I think this means that we’d change who we are for someone we miss but, we know it won’t help, the message and theme were impacted by this because, it shows that someone they care about left them. It makes me realize that there are people we will miss in life and, it’s going to be hard but, you can get through