By Brennan Nick
So I was in English class talking about the perspective a story can have: 1st person, 3rd-person limited omniscient, 3rd-person omniscient, and 3rd-person objective. We also learned that it’s possible to have a story take place in the 2nd person with pronouns such as “you” and “yours.” Then, I searched if there is such thing as 4th-person perspective, and I was not disappointed. According to Wikipedia, “The term fourth person is also sometimes used for the category of indefinite or generic referents, which work like one in English phrases such as ‘one should be prepared.’” So here’s my attempt at writing a quick poem in the fourth person.
When one takes a nap in the shade of the Banana Tree,
One must be sure the Parakeet bird won’t see.
For if he sees one asleep, he will come in from behind,
And the bird may steal from you and not at all mind.
One’s food and one’s drink he will take as inclined,
And return to his perch all sated and dined.
If one wishes to sleep beneath the Banana Tree,
One must be sure the Parakeet bird will not see.
Editor: Shelby Armor
And what happens with personification?
What are their “perspectives”?
eg.
I stood silent on the stage, my reds whites and blues dripping down the vertical pole.
They turned in unison to me and in steady chant sounded the familiar rote of loyalty,
stirring every expectant fiber of my being.
do we call it first personification narrative??
(…….this is fun…..)