Adolescence-II by Rita Dove
Introduction
Thesis Statement: Rita Dove's Adolescence-II describes the transition from a young girl to an adolescent by use of dark imagery and diction to develop the speakers fear and ambiguity.
1. Imagery
The Imagery of the poem shows darkness pain and confusion
* Ex: "Venetian blinds slice up the moon"
* Ex: " The tiles quiver in pale strips"
* Ex: Night rest like a ball of fur on my tongue"
2. Structure
There isn't a clear structure in the poem. This adds to the confusion the speaker feels.
3. Similie/Metaphor
* "Eyes as round as dinner plates"
* "Glittering like pools of ink under the moonlight"
* The three seal men, are an illusion of the speakers mind.
Conclusion
Dove uses several literay techniques to illustrate the confusion and desperation of the speaker as she experiences adolescence.
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Good job Alexis! I also did Adolescence-II and thats pretty much what I got out of it too. There was a feeling of darkness and confusion from the narrator. I think this poem was an allusion to maybe something that happened to the writer during her childhood. She started off real anxious and nervous in the beginning and by the time she encountered the 3 men, she felt confused and lost "at the edge of darkness" and clutching onto "ragged holes". To me, it meant that she was hurt in some type of way and now she's left to deal with the pain. Once again, well done!
I can totally see eveythign you are saying. I wrote about this poem also, but i totally did not include facts about the structure of the poem, and did not speak about the similes used, because /I did not really know how to describe them or define them, but now that I htink about it, they can be proved to emphasize the hallucinations that the speaker is experiencing. What id you guys think was the cause of the hallucinaiton? i thought that it was due to drugs or alcohol, because adolescence is a time of experimentation, and drugs and alcohol are sometimes part of that.
I purposely choose one of the three passages I didn't do to get a good understanding of it, like if I was to grade it. I see room for improvement as personally, I would work in some understanding with the text into your quotes, you get one or two more points their, but the evidence you show, wow, amazing, theres show much too absorb. two thumbs up
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