This is purpose 2 of the analysis of Koriyama's "A Loaf of Poetry". Read a brief introduction of mine together with uncovering facts virtually the poet's life, the poem's construction (rhyme, meter, sounds, divisions, turning point), persona, together with the kickoff one-half of the verse form here:

Naoshi Koriyama - A Loaf of Poetry (Overview)

This purpose completes the analysis of the poem's content together with discusses the symbolism flora inwards it equally good equally the championship together with overall message.

Naoshi Koriyama - A Loaf of Poetry

Content

part 2

10 lines
this purpose describes the results of the operate lay inwards together with the final stages
this purpose also tin last subdivided into categories

the verbs used

puffs out
knead
shape
bake

the abstract qualities that move into the poem/recipe

inner force
round form
heart

no ingredients are necessary merely an instrument: the oven

links created inwards this purpose are

inner strength makes the dough puff out
the shape given is a circular one
the dough is baked inwards the oven of your heart

conclusion:

once worked well, the verse form has its ain inner strength which resides inwards the combination of experience together with inspiration (when the yeast is added to the dough together with worked good past times kneading together with pounding)
once more, the verse form is reworked (kneaded again) together with at this fourth dimension is given its finally shape
the shape chosen is round – why?

a verse form comes total circle, creating a perfect shape which encompasses all the emotions together with ideas the poet wants to include inwards it
a circle is the shape where the centre is placed at an equal distance to all points inwards a plane, creating a symmetry; poesy is also symmetrical together with places equal weight on all the concepts dealt with, all the verses together with stanzas included within, every unmarried give-and-take chosen
the Ancient Greeks considered circles to last the perfect shape which reflected the divine symmetry flora inwards nature: poesy for poets is also considered equally a reflection of life or self together with revered equally such

the finally phase of a verse form is connected alongside fire:

the take in is the musical instrument a verse form must transcend through to finally last forged
the oven, beingness connected to the heart, shows both a poet’s passion together with dearest for his or her work

Symbolism

bread (extended metaphor for a poem)

basic shape of sustenance

poetry is equally vital equally breadstuff is to our diet
it is unremarkably taken for granted (its importance is frequently overseen because it is a given fact for most that it is at that topographic point during each meal), nonetheless it is a necessary element

powerful symbol used peculiarly inwards Christianity to seal the communion betwixt God together with mankind (cf. the Last Supper)

bread inwards this feel denotes

spiritual food: that which provides spiritual satiation
the breadstuff of life: that which when consumed gives life (bodily together with spiritually)
generosity together with bounty: Christ’s feeding of the multitude (in 2 cases inwards the New Testament)

the feeding of the 5000: the miracle of the v loaves together with 2 fish close Bethsaida
the feeding of the 4000: alongside seven loaves together with a few fish

holy communion: Christ’s trunk is received past times the faithful, uniting that which is mortal to the immortal
sacrifice: Christ sacrificed himself for mankind, something which is remembered each fourth dimension breadstuff is offered at communion
unity together with fraternity: sharing of breadstuff during the Last Supper was also a gesture denoting familial ties amidst those present

ancient civilizations placed bully importance on bread:

the Ancient Greeks

offered breadstuff to the gods (during the rural Dionysia, festivals held inwards award of Dionysus, obeliaphoroi took purpose inwards the procession carrying baskets alongside long loaves of bread)
revered the goddess Demeter (goddess of agriculture, grain together with bread, fertility)
a reveal of festivals inwards award of Demeter were held throughout the year

during the Megalartia celebrated on the island of Delos, large loaves of breadstuff were carried inwards a procession
Megalartios was the cite given to a calendar month inwards the town of Halos inwards Thessaly

the Ancient Romans

bakers unionized together with were held inwards high esteem
a topographic point at the Senate was reserved for a representative of their guild
the procedure of bread-making is well-documented (cf. Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia; Cato’s On Agriculture, et al.) together with appears inwards frescoes / bas-reliefs
revered the goddess Ceres (goddess of grain and, past times extension, bread)

the Ancient Egyptians

bread was the symbol of all nutrient offerings to the gods & all that was good
their Book of the Dead (Book of Coming Forth past times Day) makes several references to bread as gifts given to the gods or received of them in i lawsuit the soul of the deceased has been cleansed

“the breadstuff of the gods … the breadstuff of the child”
“Let at that topographic point last given unto me vessels of milk, together with cakes, together with loaves of breadstuff …”
“I have got given breadstuff to the hungry human being …”

the goddess Isis was also known equally the Lady of Bread (one of the many epithets connecting her to agriculture & tying her to Demeter together with Ceres)
the god Osiris is connected to grain (the wheel of life together with death) together with joins the notion of immortality to bread:

“I am Osiris . . . I last together with grow equally Neper [“Corn” or “Grain”], whom the august gods convey forth that I may covert Geb [the earth], whether I last live or dead. I am barley, I am non destroyed.” (The Coffin Texts, collection of funeral incantations inscribed on coffins to assist steer the deceased inwards the afterlife)

inside Egyptian tombs, offering tables, upon which gifts were offered to the gods, were frequently laden alongside breadstuff loaves (many tables also displayed ornately carved breadstuff loaves on them)

the verse form shows the connecter betwixt the operate involved inwards baking & writing

you demand dough together with yeast similar yous demand experience together with operate to compass a poem
poetry requires shaping together with in i lawsuit that is done, the verse form rises to move what it is meant to move through its inner force
the focus of Koriyama’s verse form is inwards its finale:

poetry must last baked alongside love
a verse form is purpose of a poet’s heart

Title

is the house where the metaphor is presented to the reader then that the verse form makes sense
it links the procedure of writing a verse form to the procedure of baking bread
it is an intriguing together with thus effective title:

readers desire to meet how these 2 concepts are joined

it is a simple, straight-forward championship which explicitly states the key thought of the poem

this is inwards trouble alongside the verse form itself which is simplistic inwards shape together with wording (cf. overall structure)

Message

Koriyama most probable wanted to brand readers think virtually the operate that takes house behind the words they meet equally they read a poem
he focuses on

the dearest poets lay into their poems
the endeavor needed to create a verse form which requires rewrites, corrections, alterations, improvements
how a verse form is a purpose of the poet himself/herself because it is forged inwards his/her heart
the prerequisite skills needed to write a verse form which are experience together with inspiration
the basic sustenance that a verse form provides

as the verse form itself visually rises together with falls inwards the undulating lines that horizontally displace inwards together with out, readers experience that they besides could create such a ‘staple’ given time, inspiration, experience together with effort