The Warbler: The Narrator Of The Kagero Diary
The Warbler
The creator of any diary may say he or she is only recording day-to-day life; but in many cases, the writings have more than one purpose. In The Kagero Diary, the unnamed narrator begins her story differently than most diarists. Not only is she speaking to an audience she presumes would be listening, her outlook on the life she leads is quickly placed into a negative category. Occurring in the third part of her diary, a poem is written that I believe significantly portrays her inner thoughts. This poem uses the warbler’s cries as a representation of the diarist’s yearning for Kaneie’s visits.
In the section where the poem appears, the diarist is watching the burning of the festive New Year’s decorations. Before her poem, she seems
The creator of any diary may say he or she is only recording day-to-day life; but in many cases, the writings have more than one purpose. In The Kagero Diary, the unnamed narrator begins her story differently than most diarists. Not only is she speaking to an audience she presumes would be listening, her outlook on the life she leads is quickly placed into a negative category. Occurring in the third part of her diary, a poem is written that I believe significantly portrays her inner thoughts. This poem uses the warbler’s cries as a representation of the diarist’s yearning for Kaneie’s visits.
In the section where the poem appears, the diarist is watching the burning of the festive New Year’s decorations. Before her poem, she seems