Questions for Billy Collins

1. In the last three stanzas, what motivated you to turn the speakers attention to him/herself? (BreenBrain)
I feel this was done to show how ridiculous it can sound sometimes to compare oneself to inanimate objects and how the original author failed to truly show their admiration to the one the poems' about because they put themselves in the poem along side them. Maybe the poem should have just been about the one they admire and not about them.

2. Do you truly believe you were doing the original author a favor in this rewrite? (Raise Your Voice)
I think he felt by showing how ridiculously he could make the poem just by going off the first two lines, he could perhaps enlighten the poet in someway. However, I feel it was most done for comic effect.

3. Why do you believe the original poem failed?
 Perhaps they failed due to their poor usage of words. This can be seen in the video as Billy Collins pokes fun at their word choice used by the original author.