Machan utilizes indirect characterization to tell us about her poem's speaker. By eliminating use of capitalization and punctuation combined with the use of uneducated speaking Machan tells us that her character is from a lower social class, probably a maid or servant. Repetition of "me a princess" makes the reader believe that the speaker does not have foolish aspirations or even dreams. I think the poem has a sad tone because of this aspect. The fact that someone finds it absurd that they could move out of their current situation, that they don't have dreams. The speaker rejects the frog's invitation with a repulsed attitude. Her attitude towards him is expressed in connotative diction such as "sewer" and "pervert." All the details of the original Frog and Princess are included besides the fact that she chooses not to kiss the frog.Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hazel Tells LaVerne
"Hazel Tells LaVerne" by Katharyn Howd Machan
Machan utilizes indirect characterization to tell us about her poem's speaker. By eliminating use of capitalization and punctuation combined with the use of uneducated speaking Machan tells us that her character is from a lower social class, probably a maid or servant. Repetition of "me a princess" makes the reader believe that the speaker does not have foolish aspirations or even dreams. I think the poem has a sad tone because of this aspect. The fact that someone finds it absurd that they could move out of their current situation, that they don't have dreams. The speaker rejects the frog's invitation with a repulsed attitude. Her attitude towards him is expressed in connotative diction such as "sewer" and "pervert." All the details of the original Frog and Princess are included besides the fact that she chooses not to kiss the frog.
Machan utilizes indirect characterization to tell us about her poem's speaker. By eliminating use of capitalization and punctuation combined with the use of uneducated speaking Machan tells us that her character is from a lower social class, probably a maid or servant. Repetition of "me a princess" makes the reader believe that the speaker does not have foolish aspirations or even dreams. I think the poem has a sad tone because of this aspect. The fact that someone finds it absurd that they could move out of their current situation, that they don't have dreams. The speaker rejects the frog's invitation with a repulsed attitude. Her attitude towards him is expressed in connotative diction such as "sewer" and "pervert." All the details of the original Frog and Princess are included besides the fact that she chooses not to kiss the frog.
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