Reading Response Week 6

This is in response to “Brief reflection on accuracy” by Miroslav Holub. To start off Holub’s background in science shows in this piece due to the structure that is reminiscent of writing scientific papers. The link is as follows: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181458#poem. In this piece he shows the contrast between the nature of animals and the nature of humans. As well as the way we as humans view accuracy. The part that intrigued me most in this piece was the final stanza in which the clockmaker is speaking. He tells of the chronometer that the soldier is using to tell him time. I’m not sure if it was Holub’s intention, but for me this stanza shows man’s need to create accuracy since it is not ingrained in us as it is in animals. Being a biology major myself I have studied for years about the way animals maintain accuracy in nature; I’ve studied how animals are simply born with the skills of accuracy and precision that we long for. However we as humans must create our idea of accuracy, and even this accuracy can be manipulated by us. In a future poem I want to use his style of incorporating scientific principles with the Germanic language found in poetry.