DIRECTIONS: Read the poem below. Then, answer the questions. Short Orders A hot flat splat of flapjack batter sputters and sizzles on the grill. Everybody’s shouting at me. Everybody’s wanting something. But I can’t take my eyes and ears off that crackling flapjack. 5 I’m stuck in wonder and awe as batter bubbles form and harden And the sweet scent of sugar begins to scorch. Everybody’s shouting louder. Everybody’s telling me to— But the only orders I hear come from that pancake. 10 “Watch my edges go from crisp to burnt to ashen, Just as your days will incinerate here.” It’s my first day on the job And also my last. 1. What three onomatopoetic words appear in this poem? Splat, sputter, sizzles, scorch, crisp 2. How do the word choices in lines 2–3 and lines 7–8 affect the rhythm of the poem? It provides a sense of urgency 3. What type of diction is mainly used in lines 1–10? Give three examples of words that reflect the diction you describe. 4. Which word in lines 11–13 reflects a different type of diction? Explain. 5. Describe the poet’s voice as it is developed in this poem. Can someone help with questions 3, 4, and 5?

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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during my first experiment, a kind of enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me to the horror of my employment . . my eyes were shut to the horror of my proceedings (230).

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in the poem young by anne sexton and in the poem hanging fire by audre lorde, they both talk about being alone in their childhood. in young it talks about how she lived in a big house with 4 garages and how she layed in the grass at night. in hanging fire it talks about how she didnt like her body how she was scared she was going to die and her mom would be in the room with the door closed and she talks about how she had to learn to dance for the next party and how her room was too small. she also talks about (hanging fire) how she was alone and abanded and how people never toke her side and see how she truly feels about the world around her. in both poems they talk about when they were younger. both poems explain the side of a happy alone rich girls life in young and in hanging fire it talks about a girls who is poor and doesnt like her body..