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In Henry Reed’s “The Naming of Parts” the author divides his poem by creating two different voices which distinctly lay out the separation of the military mind from that of a young soldier. ... While the drill sergeant character is discussing the parts of a weapon, Reed’s recruit is redirecting his attention to the gardens of nature which are, by way of the redirection, shown to be separate from the military institution. ...
“Naming of Parts” begins by showing the standard progression of a military training cycle. ... By the end of the first stanza though, the drill sergeant says: and “today we have the naming of parts” which pulls the soldiers’ mind back into reality. ... The lists of gun parts sounded off by the military task-master are a stark description of a beautyless organization while the puns made on the task-masters statements draw even more attention to the flatness and impiety of the organization. ... “Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards for today we have naming of parts.”
The last stanza also has the task-master naming the last parts, the last being the “point of balance which in our case we have not got. ... Then in the second stanza the drill sergeant specifically begins naming the guns parts.
Approximate Word count = 1280
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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