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    The poem "The Juggler" by Richard Wilbur describes a juggler tossing five balls in the air. Underneath this surface description, the poem suggests that over time, an individual's life can become repetitive and boring unless stirred by some event. It notes how the balls bounce less with each toss, representing the dulling of life through routine. However, the juggler reinvigorates the balls through the act of juggling, showing how one's life need not be repetitive. The poem implies the writer believes individuals can find new possibilities to prevent boredom and that their own willpower allows them to live an exciting life until death.

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    The poem "The Juggler" by Richard Wilbur describes a juggler tossing five balls in the air. Underneath this surface description, the poem suggests that over time, an individual's life can become repetitive and boring unless stirred by some event. It notes how the balls bounce less with each toss, representing the dulling of life through routine. However, the juggler reinvigorates the balls through the act of juggling, showing how one's life need not be repetitive. The poem implies the writer believes individuals can find new possibilities to prevent boredom and that their own willpower allows them to live an exciting life until death.

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    The poem "The Juggler" by Richard Wilbur describes a juggler tossing five balls in the air. Underneath this surface description, the poem suggests that over time, an individual's life can become repetitive and boring unless stirred by some event. It notes how the balls bounce less with each toss, representing the dulling of life through routine. However, the juggler reinvigorates the balls through the act of juggling, showing how one's life need not be repetitive. The poem implies the writer believes individuals can find new possibilities to prevent boredom and that their own willpower allows them to live an exciting life until death.

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    The poem "The Juggler" by Richard Wilbur describes a juggler tossing five balls in the air. Underneath this surface description, the poem suggests that over time, an individual's life can become repetitive and boring unless stirred by some event. It notes how the balls bounce less with each toss, representing the dulling of life through routine. However, the juggler reinvigorates the balls through the act of juggling, showing how one's life need not be repetitive. The poem implies the writer believes individuals can find new possibilities to prevent boredom and that their own willpower allows them to live an exciting life until death.

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    Nathan Amaguer

    3/10/2023

    Pritchard 6

    Juggler TW

    You have read and annotated RIchard Wilbur’s poem, written in 1949. Write an essay in which

    you analyze how the speaker describes the juggler and what that description reveals about the

    speaker. You may wish to consider poetic elements such as imagery, figurative language, and

    tone.

    The Juggler, a poem by Richard Wilbur, describes a Juggler who on the surface takes 5 balls and

    juggles them, while underneath it talks about how the life of an individual may become repetitive

    and boring, and that it takes a large event to stir up a person's life. Within the poem, it comments

    about the stillness of the balls, how they bounce less and less, showing how over time, an

    individual's life becomes less exciting over time. While the poem on the surface does not show

    much, underneath, it contains many messages. In relation to the author, and what this says about

    Wilbur, is that Wilbur believes that one's life does not need to be repetitive and boring, and that

    one should enjoy life.

    In the beginning of the poem, Wilbur speaks on how a ball will bounce less and less over time,

    after each further bounce, and how it “resents its resilience.” Wilbur states this to show how as

    an individual's life gets older, their every day becomes more and more repetitive, and more

    boring. Wilbur comments on this to contrast between this section, how the balls are becoming

    more and more lifeless, and the rest of the poem, where the balls are in motion and moving. This
    would reveal to the writer that they may believe their life or the lives of those around them have

    become boring and repetitive.

    Secondly, as the poem progressive, and the juggler finally picks up and throws the balls, the

    meaning of the poem is revealed. The juggler, picking up these balls, approaching lifelessness

    and stillness, reinvigorates them through his act of juggling, showing how the balls can be more

    than they were to begin with, and they can be exciting and full of life. This section reveals to the

    writer that they believe one's life can be easily reinvigorated by an outside source, and that one

    only needs to see the possibilities to prevent repetition in one's life.

    Finally, as the poem ends, the writer speaks on how the juggler, after becoming tired, may

    willingly choose to set down the balls themselves. This represents how an individual shows

    willpower throughout their entire life and how even to death, one can choose their own actions

    that do not need to be boring and repetitive. This shows the writer that they believe their

    willpower will allow them to live an exciting life even until death, and when they reach death's

    door, they themselves will willingly open it.

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