stanza 1 Flashcards
“And who, when it comes to the crunch, can live with a heart of gold?”
RHETORICAL QUESTION
(scenctence structure)
takes on a very different meaning as it is no longer something to strive for but something to fear
also she is suggesting no human is perfect or could live with perfection
“that night i dreamt i bore his child, its perfect ore limbs, its little tongue like a precious latch, its amber eyes”
perfect and precious
ore and amber
IRONIC UNDERTONE & WORD CHOICE
(tone & language)
“perfect and precious”
this is how she would feel about the child as a human - not as a golden statue. she is going to have to keep her child in her dreams. she is describing her ‘golden’ child positively yet is lifeless.
connotations of ore and amber helps give the illusion of this golden child.
“its amber eyes holding their pupils like flies”
SIMILE
(imagery)
The image is turned startling haunting and disturbing as we picture the dead eyes of the child. the eyes are seen as a window to the soul as trapping life in death
”My dream milk burned in my breasts.”
ALITERATION OF HARSH SOUND
shows the pain she feels of the denied desire of her dream
“I woke to the streaming sun.”
ALITERATION OF SMOOTH SOUND
smooth flowing waking reality poignantly reminds us that each day she will awake to the world in which gold dominates every waking moment
