My House, It Cries What is revealed by the repetition of the
words, "Help, please help" throughout the
poem?
This noisy house of mine
Complains so much of the time
Out of bed, as my foot hits the ground
A creaking moan begins to sound.
the loud volume of the speaker's music
"Holp, please help," loose floorboards say
But I must hurry to begin my work day.
"Help please help," they still insist
"later "I say, and yet thoy porsist.
the speaker's nagging feeling of responsibility
Then, in the kitchen a soggy surprise.
Ilook up at the ceiling and rub my eyes.
Drip, drip drip. What is that sound?
A puddle of rain, like tears on the ground.
the speaker's busy work schedule
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the mistaken order of the speaker's tasks
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