An Ode to Jay Gatsby

He lives in a mansion
Across the bay from the green
Never daring to cross the space in between

He walks in the shadows
Behind the mask of his guise
Only visible to T.J.’s wandering eyes

Extravagant parties
That raged all through the year
Hoping by chance that she would appear

He hears her low whisper
“I love you” in thin air
But he turns in the pool and no one is there

He walks down the shore
Trying to repeat the past
Unfortunately Daisy was driving too fast

When he reached out his arms
She turned out the light
To retreat back to her money and clear out of sight




In the beginning of the poem "An Ode to Jay Gatsby" it starts off referring to how Gatsby sits in his mansion night by night just waiting for his love Daisy to find him. but Gatsby can not reach Daisy, so for now he stares "Across the bay from the green" the green being Daisies dock. The main subject of this poem is is directed towards Gatsby's love for daisy and how he waits to see his long lost love wonder over to him and fall in love with him again. The poem goes on to tell about the rest of the book. In the poem when the poet says "unfortunately daisy was driving to fast refers to how he was so enamored with her that he covered for her from when she ran over myrtle with the car. but in the end she left Gatsby for the one she thinks she loves.