Maxine Tynes’ poem “Reach out and Touch” Essay

With Maxine Tynes poem Reach aside and Touch, the title suggests that the poem literally is about a individual reach out and touching objects or people. Tynes suggests that the more mature generation should reach out and help others more often, and maybe touching someones heart should be all worth it.The first 6 positions of Tynes poem, describes how the curiosity of a child. Line number 6 to see if it comes off proves that the childs intentions were purely curiosity. The use of electric in line 3 was a very descriptive and vivid word to describe the poets bouncing curls. The reason used these specific worlds and quotes to tell us that we should learn the innocents of a child and reach out to learn about the people around you. Without the reaching out and touching(2 & 3) part, the child wouldnt have known that the persons curly hair was electrifying (great curls).From lines 7 to 11, the mother, fear of bothering the person sitting in front of them, slapped the childs hands away. With line 9 hush-up of your questions the poet is trying to make an analogy, as if slapping hands away (8) is what adults usually do. They dont compliments their children to meddle into other peoples business, and in order to do that, we must not reach out to others. What if reaching out in spot could cause the children pain, is usually what the parents are thinking about. But children are too nave to think that way. In line 11 why it doesnt come off proves this innocence.The remaining lines of the poem started out with poets attitude shifting towards sympathetic/empathetic, when they were playful and unaware of the characters to begin with. The shift starts on line 13 with the word but.. which indicated the child was upset from not able to cure their curiosity or the poet was trying to suggest was that the child was upset from not permit their caring personality acquaint through. ..in the fear that mother love wraps you in is when the poet uses personification to show us that t hough mother love helps us grow, reaching out amongst friends is also a good thing.The title Reach out and Touch has a meaning beyond the literal. It is about reaching out to those of indigence and touch their hearts. With such a shortpoem, Maxine Tynes was able to effectively illustrate the importance of reaching out and touching lives of other people. Whether it is a lovable wring or just a word of friendly advice, this type of reaching out could be the key to a better world. The message the poet was trying to portray was to tell readers that socialize with an open-heart, and you will be amazed how someones actions can touch your heart. By using subtle row of play, for example words like magic, warm, and okay, Maxine Tynes was able to portray just that.