ENGL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oxymoron, French Revolution, Hearse
27 Oct 2015
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Tone: qualities of language speaker uses and intended effect. Understanding tone helps us understand the theme. Tone tells us speakers attitude towards theme (528) Adrienne rich poem (531) tone critique of marriage, domesticity, oppressive. Poem 1: barbie doll by marge piercy (1973) Tone: sarcasm and irony (opposite implied in last line) Overall effect and title of poem barbie (1973), soon after barbie introduced symbol of social construction of feminism. Theme: the tyrannizing effect of the feminine ideal. Tone: dark, gloomy, marks - people are miserable here. Ending: marriage hearse, oxymoron marriage institution, critique of double standard that men could be sexually active and contract a disease, passed on to newborn children. Poem 3: [stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone] w. h auden (ca 1936) Chapter 10: language, choice, word & order (548) Poetry not baggy, everything needs to be precise. Poem 4: at the san francisco airport by yvor winters (1954)
