the blue / of a guitar case
-- Speaker (Lines 4-5)

Importance: This line uses enjambment to create layers of meaning beneath a simple image. The preceding reference to a sun sets the “blue” up as an expression of the sky; then, the following line upends this expectation. There is a sense of ironic contrast here as the sky is something open and limitless, while the guitar case is something small and contained, which descends into darkness once the speaker finishes their session.

or hack, if I could, my axe / into firewood.
-- Speaker (Lines 9-10)

Importance: This line uses near rhyme in “hack” and “axe”, which share vowel sounds and similar consonants. The word “axe” is a colloquial metaphor for the speaker’s guitar, with the term being applied to numerous musical instruments. The irony of this moment is that the speaker is dreaming of using a more literal axe to “hack” their guitar, or axe, into firewood. This suggests...