Singing birds - “Adventure at Midnight”
Muriel Rukeyser observes, “the beggar sits/ desperate at exclusive waterfronts-see how the feasted boat leaves port/covered with singing birds.” The singing birds are figurative of exploratory carnivals which ensue among the ‘exuberant travellers.” The midnight milieu enthuses the enthusiastic travelers.
Adventure - “Adventure at Midnight”
The adventure at midnight comprises of songs, cruises and dances. The adventurous individuals are not deterred by the ‘persevering winter’ for their intent is to maximally exploit the festivity throughout the night. There is no adverse correlation between winter and adventure.
Orange and Grape - “Ballad of Orange and Grape”
The ballad exemplifies impenetrable misperceptions: “a man keeps pouring grape into ORANGE/and orange into the one marked GRAPE,/pouring orange into GRAPE and grape into ORANGE forever.” The capitalization of orange and grape infers that misperceptions are permeating .The man misguides the customers on the contents using swapped labels. The labels are parallel to binary oppositions that provoke inconsistent discernments.
