Kristina

- Look at the imagery describing the stockings as Mrs. Sommers touches them. Think about the allusion here. Does this change your view of Mrs. Sommers.**
 * 3-24-09 "A Pair of Silk Stockings"

As Mrs. Sommer touches the pair of silk stockings she "encountered something very soothing, very pleasant to touch," " she smiled, just as if she had been asked to to inspect a tiara of diamonds with the ultimate view of purchasing it." (pg. 438) For Mrs. Sommers and the women in her time having finer things were desirable, and having silk stocking meant that one was of a higher class, who could afford the finer things. The author Kate Chopin compares the silk stockings to that of a tiara of diamonds. Looking at it from my point of view, those two things have a great range of significance and the amount that both are worth. So this shows how important the silk stockigs were. The author really points out the significance of the stockings and how it can change the attention of a woman.

I agree with you when you comment about how Chopin compares the stockings to a diamond tiara, thus identifying the significance of them. The stockings did indeed change the attention of Mrs. Sommers in that when she first acquired the fifteen dollars she was thinking of her children, but once she felt the silk her intentions with the money shifted.-- **__JF__**

- How is the fire excape a symbol that reveals something about Tom's personality?
 * 3-20-09 Glass Menagerie**

Tom goes to the fire escape to smoke and get away from his mother who drives him crazy. So in the case of a fire one would try to get away by using the fire escape. In Glass Menagerie Tom's mother is the fire and he just wants to get away from, and he does so by going to smoke on the fire escape. The irony is that he is actually lighting up a cigarrette (fire) on the fire escape trying to get some peace away from his mother (fire). Though even if Tom tries to get away his mother follows him to the fire escape anyway, talking, complaining, questioning, and annoying him. This shows that Tom is in search of a calm, peaceful life, but his mother, the fire, won't let him have that because she constantly nags him about everything, including his sister, Laura, whom she wants for a gentleman caller to call upon her. "An accidental poetic truth, for all of these huge buildings are always burning with the slow and implacable fires of human desperation." (Scene 1) Every human being is always in search of wanting somethings else besides what they do have, most try to escape into their own wanted world, that is why the lighted buildings are burning with desperation from humans. It is impossible to reduce the strenght or force of the human desperation. I think that his mother is not the only one who bothers him, there are other things in his life: things he wants to do, how he wants to be, and trying to find an alternative way. Maybe he is not happy with himself or his life because that is not how he wanted it to be and he feels like it is a waste, which is a result for the longing and desperation.
 * MW: Good analogy with his mother being the fire. Think about the term "implacable fires of human desperation." Is it his just his mother or other things in his life? Is he angry at himself? What is he afraid of in himself? I think Jason makes a good point about what type of life he is seeking. Mrs. S**

I disagree when you say that Tom is in search of a calm, peaceful life. In the play he is talking about how all of the people in the movies are having adventures while we just sit in the dark. I think he is longing for an adventurous life away from the household that he has been required to provide for throughout his lifetime. Jason Fosbenner **Good point, Jason Mrs. S**

 //I am not here today to read and help you understand this poem, so I am taking a little ////[|“poetic license”] //// with Langston Hughes’ poem. Mrs. S // //The time is today. Imagine a political rally where a candidate for office is speaking to an audience of diverse people. He begins with the four lines from the first stanza of the poem. // “Let America be America again.     Let it be the dream it used to be.    Let it be the pioneer on the plain   <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">Seeking a home where he himself is free.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Suddenly, voices from the audience interrupt the speaker and shout these words: //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">“America never was America to us.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-themecolor: accent2;">1. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">What group from the audience might be calling out these words? <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">The group that might be calling out these words would probably be African Americans and how they lived their lives in the beginning. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He continues his speech: //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">“Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">Let it be that great strong land of love <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">Where never politicians connive nor CEOs scheme <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">That any man be crushed by one above.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">Another voice comes from the audience: //<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">“It never was America to us.” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-themecolor: accent2;">1. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">What other group from the audience might be calling out these words? <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">The people might be of lower class that didn’t have much and were under everything that government was stating. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The politician finally asks the question: <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">“Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';">  <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">And who are you trying to crash my party and dull what I am saying?” <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">The people from the audience reply to his question in the remaining stanzas. <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times','serif';">Read the remaining stanzas of the poem.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">__Partners: Jared and Kristina__ **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

**__Partners: Kristina and Julia__**
 * **Statements** || **"I hear America Singing"** || **Evidence** || **Let America be America Again** || **Evidence** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem relates a personal experience. <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The daily lives of all the Americans || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">

|| <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Marriage, daily life || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Farming, working hard to survive, people suffering at the hands of others and society || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem relates common experiences. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem explicitly states the message of the poem again. || no || Reader must infer that Whitman is celebratin the diveristy of America and the joy and hope of American people || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">America || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem describes a variety of events, many of which could be happening at the same time. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Different sounds that are described || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || Slavery, poverty, immigration, red men pushed out of their land <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">

|| <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;">Whitman used the language "I" to represent the American people, and his language is the vernacular or everyday language of America || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi;">As a part of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes celebrated the langage and culture of his Black Heritage. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || America was never America to me || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poet uses elevated language. || Both Hughes and Whitman are noted for their non-conformity in the use of language
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem uses the language of the poem’s subjects. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In the parenthesis the people speak out || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem’s tone is optimistic and joyful. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">X || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">All the sounds make up America || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The poem’s tone begins in a pessimistic way but ends in a positive note. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Pessimistic || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"living like leeches on people's lives"
 * Poetic Devices || Repetition- catalog or list ||  || Repetition- Rhetorical question ||   ||   ||