Typewronger

Typewronger
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
Pushing back the frontiers
And opening up fresh fields
Unheard of by Done or Bleak
Mine is a Swedish Maid
Called FACIT
Others are OLYMPIA or ARISTOCRAT
REMINGTON or OLIVETTI.
To be or not to be
That is the question
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
Why, this is L
Nor­my­outfit
Anyone can do it
You too can be a
Poet
See! Stars and Stripes
Cloaca (ASSHOLE) and + ­
Forty­four keys to success!
A bonus of +% for all future poets!!
LSD & $$$
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
All men are equal
Oh, how they pound away
At UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS
Without a stop.
FACIT cry I!!

The Typewriter Revolution written by D.J. Enright in 1920 shows one perspective on how the typewriter was received when it made its debut. The poem’s wit and applicability to the seemingly unstoppable downward spiral of our language is entertaining. It is a very

witty poem and many interpretations can be drawn for the meaning of this poem. In my opinion, Enright wrote this poem as a sort of joke about how we all abbreviate and the many meanings that can be derived from one thing. The more you look into this poem the more you see. It is an incredible work of art. Art is only as you perceive it. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words because so much meaning and beauty in different forms can be taken away from it, this poem has the same thing.
Interpretation and derivation of meaning comes from the individual. As a class, we could all come back with a different idea of the meaning because it is such an open ended poem. It reminds me of the way I drew meaning from this one song. The chorus goes
“Baby, it’s 3am and I must be lonely... Baby, I can't help but be scarred but the rains gonna wash away I believe it.” I used to draw meaning from the lyrics in a relationship sense of someone feeling alone at 3am but after I met Rob Thomas, the lead singer of the band I came to find out he was really talking about his mother and how he would sit in bed confused and crying at 7 years old while his mom was puking from chemo. Such a simple two line chorus can have so many interpretations in this expansive ordeal that is the english language that it blows me away when I try to derive meaning from a poem like this one that is made to have a cornucopia of meaning hiding, waiting to be found amongst the black ink from Enright’s Swedish Maid.

Typewronger
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
Pushing back the frontiers
And opening up fresh fields
Unheard of by Done or Bleak
Mine is a Swedish Maid
Called FACIT
Others are OLYMPIA or ARISTOCRAT
REMINGTON or OLIVETTI.
To be or not to be
That is the question
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
Why, this is L
Nor­my­outfit
Anyone can do it
You too can be a
Poet
See! Stars and Stripes
Cloaca (ASSHOLE) and + ­
Forty­four keys to success!
A bonus of +% for all future poets!!
LSD & $$$
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
All men are equal
Oh, how they pound away
At UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS
Without a stop.
FACIT cry I!!

The Typewriter Revolution written by D.J. Enright in 1920 shows one perspective on how the typewriter was received when it made its debut. The poem’s wit and applicability to the seemingly unstoppable downward spiral of our language is entertaining. It is a very

witty poem and many interpretations can be drawn for the meaning of this poem. In my opinion, Enright wrote this poem as a sort of joke about how we all abbreviate and the many meanings that can be derived from one thing. The more you look into this poem the more you see. It is an incredible work of art. Art is only as you perceive it. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words because so much meaning and beauty in different forms can be taken away from it, this poem has the same thing.
Interpretation and derivation of meaning comes from the individual. As a class, we could all come back with a different idea of the meaning because it is such an open ended poem. It reminds me of the way I drew meaning from this one song. The chorus goes
“Baby, it’s 3am and I must be lonely... Baby, I can't help but be scarred but the rains gonna wash away I believe it.” I used to draw meaning from the lyrics in a relationship sense of someone feeling alone at 3am but after I met Rob Thomas, the lead singer of the band I came to find out he was really talking about his mother and how he would sit in bed confused and crying at 7 years old while his mom was puking from chemo. Such a simple two line chorus can have so many interpretations in this expansive ordeal that is the english language that it blows me away when I try to derive meaning from a poem like this one that is made to have a cornucopia of meaning hiding, waiting to be found amongst the black ink from Enright’s Swedish Maid.

Typewronger
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
Pushing back the frontiers
And opening up fresh fields
Unheard of by Done or Bleak
Mine is a Swedish Maid
Called FACIT
Others are OLYMPIA or ARISTOCRAT
REMINGTON or OLIVETTI.
To be or not to be
That is the question
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
Why, this is L
Nor­my­outfit
Anyone can do it
You too can be a
Poet
See! Stars and Stripes
Cloaca (ASSHOLE) and + ­
Forty­four keys to success!
A bonus of +% for all future poets!!
LSD & $$$
The typewriter is creating
A revolution in poetry
All men are equal
Oh, how they pound away
At UNDERWORDS and ALLIWETTIS
Without a stop.
FACIT cry I!!

The Typewriter Revolution written by D.J. Enright in 1920 shows one perspective on how the typewriter was received when it made its debut. The poem’s wit and applicability to the seemingly unstoppable downward spiral of our language is entertaining. It is a very

witty poem and many interpretations can be drawn for the meaning of this poem. In my opinion, Enright wrote this poem as a sort of joke about how we all abbreviate and the many meanings that can be derived from one thing. The more you look into this poem the more you see. It is an incredible work of art. Art is only as you perceive it. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words because so much meaning and beauty in different forms can be taken away from it, this poem has the same thing.
Interpretation and derivation of meaning comes from the individual. As a class, we could all come back with a different idea of the meaning because it is such an open ended poem. It reminds me of the way I drew meaning from this one song. The chorus goes
“Baby, it’s 3am and I must be lonely... Baby, I can't help but be scarred but the rains gonna wash away I believe it.” I used to draw meaning from the lyrics in a relationship sense of someone feeling alone at 3am but after I met Rob Thomas, the lead singer of the band I came to find out he was really talking about his mother and how he would sit in bed confused and crying at 7 years old while his mom was puking from chemo. Such a simple two line chorus can have so many interpretations in this expansive ordeal that is the english language that it blows me away when I try to derive meaning from a poem like this one that is made to have a cornucopia of meaning hiding, waiting to be found amongst the black ink from Enright’s Swedish Maid.