A Swelling of the Ground –
Has someone bee recently buried and death has come to collect their soul?
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- Dec 2017
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Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.
Death is a looming presence and it reminds me how Markus Zusak portrayed death in The Book Theif.
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How public – like a Frog –
It seems unusual to call a frog public. Frog is capitalized, maybe "Frog" is a nickname for somebody
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I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
I think the Dickinson is talking to her inner conscious. She literally had no friends and do this is a reflection of her inner turmoil.
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How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
She accepts the fact that she is a nobody and most likely identifies as such. I say, as long as you can accept who you are, there is nothing wrong with you. She is right, there are downsides to being a somebody.
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As he defeated – dying – On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!
Dying an honorable death?
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Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.
that the person who best understands the meaning of success is the person who fails.
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And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here -
She doesn't think that she's in heaven
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And then I heard them lift a Box
Is the box a coffin? Going with the theme of a funeral, what lays in the box?
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Sense
Unusual capitalization. What does it mean to the author?
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A Service, like a Drum
simile
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- Sep 2017
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Was not that enough?" he demanded fiercely.
Mr. White is the voice of reason and represents the angel on the shoulder. Mrs. White represents greed and ignorance. She is obviously dealing with grief and a bit of guilt.
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frivolous
not having any serious purpose or value.
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A trifle
the dessert?
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Sounds like the Arabian Nights
Allusion to the book "One thousand and one Nights"
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"I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That's how I got the paw."
Foreshadowing: Aluding to the theme of greed blinds inhibitions. If someone dies because of the paw, what stupid person would go and buy the thing?
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"It wasn't fair," Tessie said.
Up until this point the mood has done a complete 180. Nervousness of the characters builds suspense. We can sort of expect that the falling action and what follows isn't going to mirror the exposition and sunny disposition of the tiny village.
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Now, I'll read the names--heads of families first--and the men come up and take a paper out of the box.
Subtle, yet not subtle inequality social standards can suggest time setting. Man is seen as head of the household and is accurate representation of the mid 1900's.
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lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program
Gives "The Lottery" a positive connotation by associating it with children and family activities.
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They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner,
After reading the passage twice, heavy foreshadowing is implied. But it isn't until you know the ending that you understand why that detail was added into the sentence.
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Carousel
Theme: Relationships can sometimes feel like a never-ending ride. You might feel like you can't leave because you're "in love" but love shouldn't make you feel like you're stuck
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But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Repetition: She doesn't want to be there but has to because she feels that she has no choice.
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cotton candy heart
Metaphor: big and sweet heart
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carousel
Connotation: I associate carousels with childhood. Melanie might be saying that this relationship is young, childish, or even that her significant other is very immature
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Chasing after you is like a fairy tale
Simile: comparing "love" to a fairy tale. However in this situation, she feels like she isn't in love. . . yet. It is more lust than love.
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Round and round like horse on a carouselWe go
Carousel= symbol for the relationship; repetitive
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Places, places, get in your placesThrow on your dress and put on your doll faces.Everyone thinks that we're perfectPlease don't let them look through the curtains.
Theme: We are only able to see what others want us to see. In a society that values image over integrity, Melanie says that we never see the entire picture.
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it
referring to the dissatisfaction of life
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rhythm
rhythm is a metaphor for the repetitiveness of daily life. Rhythms within songs are usually repetitive and follow the same beat/ note pattern
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Trapped in our white picket fenceLike ornaments
Metaphor: Saying that the American standard of a "white picket fence"= (family, suburban lifestyle) is just for show and isn't the true meaning of what it is to actually live your life. You should live life to your standards not to the standards of others.
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