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Analyzing Fat is Not Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

The subject of this poem is about fairy tales. This poem includes many names of famous fairy tales transformed into ugly names. Jane Yolen shows through the poem that she's bored of the same kinds of fairy tales and wants a new kind. There is not isn't a fairy tale that has an ugly setting or main character (princess or a prince) yet, so she wants a fairy tale that has happiness instead of beauty and it hasn't has not been built up yet. Firstly, Jane Yolen does not doesnt concentrate on using figurative language; the only figurative used is simile and she used it to describe how fat the Beauty from Beauty and the Beast is. She described this by writing, fingers plump as sausage. What Jane Yolen uses is words that help describe the poem. She changes the name of famous fairy tales into ugly names. This shows that she doesn't does not like the fairy tales that are already created. In the third stanza, she showed the reader about the fairy tale she wanted to see. The fairy tale doesn't does not need beauty but happiness. She turned sleeping beauty into "Sleeping Tubby" and Snow White into "Snow Weight" and many more stories have been changed like this. In the last stanza, she wrote, "Where everything round is good: the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess." This shows that she does not doesn't like stories that are too complicated and everything is not isn't happy. Jane Yolen uses effective words to describe what this poem really means how people could change an understanding about fairy tales and reality. Secondly, the mood of the poem is hatred. Jane Yolen doesn't does not like fairy tales at all, so she changed the story names into ugly names. She also indicates on the last stanza that she would like to change the stories to make it a happier place. That shows that not only the mood is hatred, but also encouragement at the end. As described before, Jane Yolen turned the story names into ugly names. The first and the second stanza of the poem are all the names of the famous stories turned into weird and ugly names. In the second stanza, Jane Yolen wrote, "Bounty and the Beast, where the beauty has pillowed breast, and finger plumped as sausage." That shows that she doesnt care if the princess and the price looks bad, she just want a story that has happiness and less confusing conflicts. Towards the end the poem, she also wrote, "Where everything round is good: the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess." This shows that she is trying to encourage the author of the fairy tale to create a different story from other fairy tales. Jane Yolen uses words to describe how she feels. It shows a great deal of her expressions towards the fairy tale and makes the reader understand the deeper meaning of how she feels towards the poem. Thirdly, Jane Yolen structured the poem this way so that people can understand the names clearly. The name are confusing so she separated them so we can see clearly see the names of the story. She also wanted us to enjoy the rhythm of the poem. She also started each stanza by using the same sentence every time which makes the poem flows and get to the point of what she really means. She started each stanza with Im thinking of a fairy tale. Jane Yolen put each names in a separate line so that the reader can clearly read the names and understand that it has been changed to an uglier name for example, "Cinder Elephant, Sleeping tubby, Snow weight." Jane Yolen structured the poem this way so the reader can understand the deeper meaning of the poem clearly and also enjoy the features of the poem. Lastly, The poem Fat Is Not Fairy Tale, even though Jane Yolen doesn't use a great deal of figurative, she can still make the reader enjoy the poem by using many other features such as using words to describe how she feels and having a deeper meaning of the poem. Jane Yolen makes us understand the poem and her feeling towards the poem by using many features like choosing words that are more effective than others and creating the rhythm of the poem. In conclusion Fat Is Not Fairy Tale is a very good example of poem that doesn't need figurative language to help support the deeper meaning of the poem and the mood of the poem. Bibliography: Fat Is Not Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

Comment [JH1]: Avoid contractions! You also need to have a thesis statement here May, that discusses why the form, poetic devices and mood make the poem effective! Comment [JH2]: Avoid contractions

Comment [JH3]: Why do you think she does n like the common fairy tales from todays society?

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Comment [JH4]: Why does she think this sho happen?>

Comment [JH5]: Good transitions!

Comment [JH6]: Ok but what is the deeper meaning of the poem do you think> Formatted: Font: Highlight

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