StillBorn Flashcards
Summary
- In this poem, the narrator is describing her pregnancy in metaphorical language, exploring an ambivalence about it.
She first announces herself as a “riddle in nine syllables” (the poem is also nine lines long). She then describes herself as an elephant, similar to a huge house. She is also like a watermelon, walking along on two small legs, though she praises both the “red fruit” of her belly and the “fine timbers” of her legs. She then compares herself to a loaf of bread, its yeast rising big and full, and a coin purse stuffed with newly-minted money.
- She views herself as simply a “means,” a carrier for a child. She is merely a “stage,” a hardworking “cow in calf.” She believes she looks as though she has eaten a large bag of green apples. Ultimately, since there is nothing she can do about her pregnancy, she sees herself as having boarded a train which she cannot leave.
First Analysis
Second Analysis
Third Analysis
Final Analysis
Introduction Analysis
Content Analysis
Thesis
Definition of Diction
Sample Annotation
Tone and Sound Devices
Irony and Figurative Language
External Analysis
Additional Info
Different Perspective
External Context Information
Extra Info
Second External Context
From a different perspective
