\u201ckiss. I\u2019ve got more hunger than my body can hold.<\/p>\n
Bloated with want, I\u2019m the man who waits\u201d<\/p>\n
-Jones (16)<\/p>\n
In Last Call<\/em> Jones highlights his longing and burning desire to be intimate, which serves as a contrast to the dark imagery within the poem; this seems representative of his simultaneous need to conceal himself from the judgmental eyes of society, where the night is the only time he can freely indulge in this intimacy. In this particular stanza, Jones begins by including the word \u201ckiss\u201d followed by a period, where the intentional use of the period provides more emphasis to the word \u201ckiss\u201d, which coincides with Jones\u2019 yearning for physical intimacy. The usage of the word \u201chunger\u201d soon after can be used to further characterize Jones\u2019 desire. Hunger has this animalistic and raw connotation, and usually is utilized in connection to food, so in this context, the word reinforces Jones\u2019 passion and wish to give in to this temptation. In the next line, \u201cBloated with want\u201d provides a strong sense of imagery and may allude to the physical representation of Jones\u2019 desire through an erection. Furthermore, Jones\u2019 bloated body demonstrates a physical response and manifestation of his thoughts. The first line and first half of the second line emphasize Jones\u2019 need to succumb to this physical encounter; however, this idea is sharply contrasted with Jones\u2019 description of himself as a \u201cman who waits\u201d where his experienced desire is juxtaposed against the act of waiting. The personification of \u201cmoon to drown\u201d in the following stanza in the poem evokes an image of the moon being enveloped by the darkness of the night. This imagery speaks to Jones\u2019 need to hide his acts of intimacy from society which serve as a physical representation of his status as a gay man, which is not something he is unfortunately permitted to freely and openly share with the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201ckiss. I\u2019ve got more hunger than my body can hold. Bloated with want, I\u2019m the man who waits\u201d -Jones (16) In Last Call Jones highlights his longing and burning desire to be intimate, which serves as a contrast to the dark imagery within the poem; this seems representative of his simultaneous need to conceal himself … Continue reading Analysis of Last Call<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344620],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}