The Beautiful Sandwich
by Brad Ricca
She could always make
the most beautiful sandwich.
Laced swiss cheese: sliced
crossways, folded once.
Ham in rolls like sleeping bags.
Turkey piled like shirts.
Tarragon. Oregano. Pepper.
Herb dill mayonnaise the color of
skin. On top: the thin, wandering line of
mustard
like a contour on a map
in a thin, flat drawer.
Or a single, lost vein.
The poppyseeds hold on,
for now.
Placed on a plate like isolated
driftwood
or a large, solemn head.
The spilled chips in yellow piles
are like the strange coins
of tall, awkward islanders.
The thin dill pickle: their boat
slides into
the green-sour sea.
the most beautiful sandwich.
Laced swiss cheese: sliced
crossways, folded once.
Ham in rolls like sleeping bags.
Turkey piled like shirts.
Tarragon. Oregano. Pepper.
Herb dill mayonnaise the color of
skin. On top: the thin, wandering line of
mustard
like a contour on a map
in a thin, flat drawer.
Or a single, lost vein.
The poppyseeds hold on,
for now.
Placed on a plate like isolated
driftwood
or a large, solemn head.
The spilled chips in yellow piles
are like the strange coins
of tall, awkward islanders.
The thin dill pickle: their boat
slides into
the green-sour sea.
Explanation/Meaning
The speaker of this poem seems to be a man getting a sandwich from a woman. This guy really likes this sandwich. The poem is simply about a man who is describing a sandwich in depth that seems to be pretty good. This poem was probably written to express some emotion and deep feeling he had for his beloved sandwich.
Sounds
this poem does not seem do have anything that will fit in this category
Figurative Language
- Similes - In line five the poet compares the ham on his sandwich to sleeping bags using like or as
- Metaphor - In lines 21, 22 and 23 the poet directly compares the ingredients of his sandwich with an ocean
- Imagery - Almost the whole poem was imagery but in lines 8 and 9 when he describes his mustard imagery is more prominent
- Cliches - lines one and two have a cliche when they say "she could always make the most beautiful sandwich" because women often make sandwiches