“Resumé” Resume is a poem written by the author Dorothy Parker. The poem is a free verse poem. The poem is in a way very morbid. The poem goes on to talk about the option of death. Seven out of eight lines mention the option of death. In line one the speaker says “razors pain you” though the poem list death the speaker also list the downside of the cause of death.”Resumé” is a dark but very real poem about death and suicide. Seeing that the poem is a positive message with the option of staying
While reading “resume” one can clearly see that the poem list many ways one could opt to stay alive. One can also see that author has a painful past. The speaker list different ways of death by suicide. The author also notes the downside of all the ways to kill oneself as she notes in the last line “You might as well live”. The poem reflects the up and downside of suicide. One doesn’t know that the poem is about death until reading that last line which give one the option of life instead of death