An Analysis of Rumis Poem Unmarked Boxes Essays - 688 Words

An Analysis of Unmarked Boxes In the poem, Unmarked Boxes, writer Jalà ¢l al-Din Mohammad Rumi uses metaphors and sound techniques to share wisdom with his readers about accepting one’s inability to change fate and about the interconnectedness of the world. Rumi begins with a sentence comprised of two, short –but striking- words: â€Å"Don’t grieve† (1). By saying this, he warns his readers not to attempt to change that which is unchangeable. He also tells his readers to not worry about this, implying that all things happen for a reason. Rumi writes, â€Å"Anything you lose comes round/ in another form† (1-2). He then uses various literary techniques, all having to do with nature, to reiterate his point. In line two, Rumi writes about â€Å"mother’s†¦show more content†¦He chooses to have these particular phrases stand out in order to help show his belief that â€Å"God’s joy† is everywhere, that through Him, everything is connected. Rumi uses re petition again in lines seven through nine, starting each line with the word: â€Å"Now.† Rumi writes, â€Å"Now it looks like a plate of rice and fish,/ Now a cliff covered with vines,/ Now a horse being saddled† (7-9). His use of repetition calls attention to these lines. By writing these lines with similar structure, Rumi displays that they are all the same and interconnected. In this poem, Rumi also uses imagery and personification. He writes: â€Å"It hides within these† (10). By personifying â€Å"It† –which is referring to â€Å"God’s love†- Rumi paints a picture in his reader’s minds. He then writes: â€Å"Part of the self leaves the body when we sleep/and changes shape† (12-13). This, while ambiguous, allows the reader to picture this image how they chose to see it. He continues to use imagery as a tool to capture the reader. He writes, â€Å"’Last night/ I was a cypress tree, a small bed of tulips,/ a field of grapevines† (12-14). This paints a clear and vivid picture in the reader’s mind. Continuing, he writes, â€Å"Then the phantasm goes away./ You’re back in the room† (14-15). In this, lines twelve through fifteen, he once again explains that everything is connected, both through â€Å"God’s love† and through nature. Then, interjected into the poem, Rumi