To a mouse Poetry explication

1. To a mousePoetry explication Jamojah Lester Wesley Haynes

2. What is the literal sense of the poem? a.

3. What is the literal sense of the poem? B- The poem addresses the mistreatment of mice by humans because of their feelings of superiority.

4. What is the diction of the poem? • The narrator speaks in the Scottish vernacular of his time. • The grammar usage in this poem gives a homey, simple feeling. • Many of the words used in the poem have abstract connotations. • The etymology like the foreign vernacular adds to the over all mood of the poem.

5. What are the tone and mood of the poem? • This poem creates a mood if pity for the mouse and its sad sad existence. • I believe it is characterized by its sad mood. • NO irony was detected in this poem! • I have no emotions but if I did I would be sad…

6. What is the rhetorical situation implied by the poem? • The poem is told in the point of view of a human speaking about/to mice ,and talking about his everyday life. • The poem is in first person and we(the reader) are overhearing the speaker.

7. Does the poem use figurative language? • No Similes are used in this poem. • The poem has few metaphors. • Small hints of personification • There are many types of figurative speech including hyperbole and idiom’s.

8. What kind of imagery does the poem use? • The poem creates a sense that the reader is seeing the world in the eyes of a mouse. • I see coarse green grass, I taste cheese in my mouth, I smell cheese in my nose, I touch the cold wet ground. • The poem does also contain symbolism, some of the narrator experiences portrays an abstract view of human superiority.

9. How does sound contribute to the effect of the poem? • The poem does have Scottish rhyming. • The poem does also have repetition. • I believe the effect of these devises is cacophony.

10. How is the poem structured? • I does not have a standard for like a sonnet. • It is characterizes by stanzas • The Rhyme pattern in the poem is free speech!

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