Attachment and Unhealthy Communication in “The Facebook Sonnet”

Sherman Alexie uses end rhyme in his poem, “The Facebook Sonnet” to show society's attachment to social media platforms which promotes an unhealthy form of communication. “Why can’t we pretend” (Alexie line 5) and “Let’s exhume, resume, and extend” (Alexie line 7). By rhyming the words, “pretend” and “extend”, Alexie links the two terms to show how they support social media's unhealthy interconnectivity. The fictitious "high school" behaviours and conversations are being perpetuated by society. Social media enables people to get in touch with one another, however, when we present a false…