A Miserable Attempt

Found Poem

He came back from France,

when Tom and Daisy

Were

still on their wedding trip.

He made a miserable

but irresistible

journey to Louisville.

He used his last army pay.

He stayed there a week.

He walked the streets

where Their footsteps

Had 

clicked together

through the November

night.

He revisited the out-of-way places

to which They had driven in Her

White car.

Used just one quote from page 152.

"He came back from France when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip, and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville on the last of his army pay. He stayed there a week, walking the streets where their footsteps had clicked together through the November night and revisiting the out-of-the-way places to which they had driven in her white car."

I only altered a few things in this poem. I made sure I singled out "He" as much as possible because I wanted to single out Gatsby and show that he is making the effort throughout the story to find and get Daisy back. I put a period after "army pay" because, again, I wanted to start a new sentence and have "He" stand out. Also, I capitilized words like Their, They, and Were. Mainly, I capitilized Were to stress the fact that Daisy and Tom were still on their wedding trip, but Gatsby still made an attempt to go to Louisville. I tried having a few things rhyme, like miserable and irresistible, and together with November. I chose this quote because it helps stress the fact that Gatsby tries geting Daisy back this whole time. He keeps throwing parties just to see her, he went to look for her while she was gone on her honey moon with her husband...he just never gave up. Near the end, I made sure to single out "White car" because another big image in this whole story is cars, and this was the best way to focus on another topic of this story while having in mind the fact that Gatsby keeps chasing after Daisy.