5L on Speech Balloon by English MSS

s21v29 — 2025-09-16 01:58:04 UTC

The phrase “Over the moon” is so repetitive to the point it sounds a little annoying, and starting to lose meaning.

2025-09-16 01:58:32 UTC

Why does the title is ‘speech balloon’ but the whole poem doesn’t mention any of these words, but only repeats the phrase ‘over the moon’?

s21v29 — 2025-09-16 01:58:51 UTC

Why was this phrase so commonly used?

2025-09-16 01:58:54 UTC

i think this poem gives off quite a sad vibe? especially in the last five stanzas.

2025-09-16 01:59:13 UTC

The last lines of the first five stanzas all repeat with "over the moon", to give the reader the same brainwashed feeling as the persona.

2025-09-16 01:59:23 UTC

theres a lot of examples of ppl who experience happiness

2025-09-16 01:59:52 UTC

What’s the meaning behind of repeating the phrase ‘over the moon’? How is it related to the title?

2025-09-16 01:59:55 UTC

is this poem about happiness or sadness ... or both??

s23u40 — 2025-09-16 01:59:59 UTC

The lines are so even but the races are so diverse.

The title ‘speech balloon’ is never mentioned but the phrase ‘over the moon’ is constantly repeated. Ballon is often linked with parties, joy and fun so maybe that’s why every stanza is positive and the mood is always optimistic.

2025-09-16 02:00:04 UTC

what does over the moon have to do with a speech bubble? perhaps what’s in the speech bubble is the phrase “over the moon”?

2025-09-16 02:00:40 UTC

would like to know more about the backstory of this poem.

2025-09-16 02:00:41 UTC

"over the over the over the moon."

s21v29 — 2025-09-16 02:00:53 UTC

The poem mentioned Malaysia twice, is there some kind of significance behind it?

2025-09-16 02:00:57 UTC

"over the over the over the moon."

s23u40 — 2025-09-16 02:01:03 UTC

Why is the title speech balloon

What is so special about the phrase ‘over the moon’

2025-09-16 02:01:11 UTC

I think this poem tells me more about imtiaz darker herself (like her background etc) instead of generally how she feels at the moment or for the period of time like the other 2 poems

2025-09-16 02:01:12 UTC

"over the over the over the moon."

2025-09-16 02:01:20 UTC

I think there’s a lot of repetition which lowkey sounds a bit boring to me? But the poem might sound happy as it keeps repeating this phrase (‘over the moon’)

SophieDoggie — 2025-09-16 02:01:50 UTC

I find it funny how the poem used over the moon a lot which makes it memorable and it just repeats in the reader’s mind like what happened with the speaker herself, so a whole bunch of the people who read this would be over the moon just like she said.

2025-09-16 02:02:28 UTC

The speaker's tone seems annoyed and critical despite many people being "over the moon", is this poem ironic?

2025-09-16 02:02:33 UTC

I think the poet isn't trying to convey a sense of happiness with the examples of 'happy' people but rather illustrating that they might not actually be happy.

2025-09-16 02:02:47 UTC

theres a lot of geographical mentions/ places mentioned, e.g Malaysia, Liverpool etc. whats the significance behind this?

2025-09-16 02:03:00 UTC

Why is there a sudden change of tone after the examples of happy people?

s21j08 — 2025-09-16 02:03:03 UTC

I don’t really understand the title because speech balloon isn’t the phrase we see the most its “ over the moon”, it might have a deeper meaning but since this is my first time reading it, i don’t quite understand the meaning behind it yet.

2025-09-16 02:03:13 UTC

What kind of show was she watching when she encountered the phrase over the moon and why’d it get stuck in her head

2025-09-16 02:03:29 UTC

I think the optimistic examples are sort of what could have been? Because later on it states “you won’t come across then any time soon”

2025-09-16 02:03:38 UTC

Why does the poet mention Malaysia?

SophieDoggie — 2025-09-16 02:03:47 UTC

would the phrase no longer make sense when it is repeated for too many times so in the end no one is actually over the moon

s21j08 — 2025-09-16 02:04:51 UTC

Why does the supposed “ happy” poem seem a bit off at the end? Like there’s a hidden truth

SophieDoggie — 2025-09-16 02:05:04 UTC

What made the poet write about those few examples of over the moon (why malaysia and why football)

2025-09-16 02:06:35 UTC

Does balloon in speech balloon, which is often in the air, associated with the phrase over the moon?

s21j08 — 2025-09-16 02:06:38 UTC

The phrase definitely stuck to my head ( why wouldn’t it) because its repeated 2887387948 billion times, it was a bit fun and lighthearted at first but now it just got a bit boring or repetitive as i read it for the first time ever