21st Century Literature

Sonnets About Serial Killers

(Excerpt)
by S.P. Somtow

Prepered by: Mary Jane F. Ramos

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About Author

He is best known as an award-winning

novalist and a composer of operas.
He was born in Bangkok, grew up in
Europe and was educated at Eton and
Cambridge, His first career was in
music in 1970's, he acquired a
S.P. Somtow reputation as a revolutionary composer,
the first combine Thai and Western
instruments in radical new sonorities.
Somtow has recently been awarded the
2017 Europe Culture Achievement
Award.
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HOW IS DEATH BEING DESCRIBED IN THE POEM? EXPLAIN

YOUR ANSWER?
You won't experience any more pain or suffering when you die, according to this
poem. For me, death is like the wind; it never leaves my side. For some people, death
is the solution to all of their suffering in this problematic and unpleasant world.

TO WHICH THE AUTHOR COMPARES DEATH? DO YOU THINK IT

IS GOOD COMPARISON?
Death is compared to a stern by S.P. Somtow. For me, it is not a fair comparison
because it is unacceptable in some people. In certain cultures, such as Egypt, death is
a part of the natural cycle of life.They also believe in reincarnation, therefore you will
live and you will die.
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DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE SONNET IS ABOUT SERIAL

KILLERS? WHO DO YOU THINK IS SPEAKING IN THE POEM?
Yes, its all about a serial killer. While im reading the story, i slowly get the story of
poem what is all about it is about the killer who tell a story from how she/he feel or
fantasize the thing she/he do. I think the speaking in this poem is the killer.

WHILE READING THE SONNET, WHAT SCENARIO DO YOU IMAGINE? WHAT

WORDS/DESCRIPTION IN THE TEXT LEAD YOU TO DO THAT IDEA?
As I read this poem, I try to put myself on the crime scene. I imagine that I'm the one
being murdered by the killer. I sense that the story is catching my emotions.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LAST TWO

LINES (COUPLET) OF THE SONNET? DO YOU THINK IT IS A
GOOD WAY OF ENDING IT?
Yes, it is. For me, that is a good way to finish such a story because, in my opinion,
"TRUE LOVE DOES NOT DECAY" applies to both the author and the killer. It will live
there till the day you pass away and continue to exist forever in your heart.

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