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A 3 page analysis of the meaning of sacramental in “Sacramental Vision” by John Leax. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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very expressive poem that can ultimately be analyzed from many different perspectives. The following paper examines the meaning and significance of the word "sacramental" in Leax poem. Sacramental
In the opening lines of Leax poem the narrator states, "Sometimes in my dream/ He is still alive" (Leax 1-2). In these words the reader understands that whoever the narrator
is speaking of has died, perhaps long ago, perhaps only a short while ago. There is no real indication of who the deceased figure is and as such that aspect
can perhaps be highly analyzed, even after the poem is done being read. For most intents and purposes it seems to be a father figure in the poem, perhaps his
father, or perhaps even Jesus. With the next lines he indicates that in the dream they are standing at a fence and "Talking about the garden" when the man
says to "plant Kohlrabi" (Leax 4-5). The father figure then slices off a piece and offers it to the narrator and this is where the notion of sacrament comes in
as the narrator claims he "would eat again/ That sharp sacrament" (Leax 11-12). In so many ways the reader is made aware that this figure in the garden is perhaps
the narrators father, but there is also the sense that because the figure in the dream sliced off a wafer thin piece of the vegetable one can get the impression
that the narrator may be speaking of Jesus and that wafer may, in fact, be the offering one receives as a sacrament in the Catholic Church during Communion. As the
play continues the narrator awakes and realizes he is frail and living. He states, "The garden/ I must tend is dark/ With weeping, grown up/ In widows weeds" (Leax 18-21).
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