Monday, August 19, 2019
Anger by Linda Pastan Essay -- essays research papers
à à à à à The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word anger, a noun physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. Then defines anger, a verb to distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. In Linda Pastanââ¬â¢s poem ââ¬Å"Angerâ⬠the word anger takes the action of a noun. The word anger stands out for two reasons, the author chooses it for the title, and the only sentence with anger gives the poem meaning. In the beginning of the poem the word ââ¬Å"itâ⬠gets used many times and we donââ¬â¢t know what ââ¬Å"itâ⬠refers to until she actually states the word ââ¬Å"anger,â⬠then we realize the ââ¬Å"itâ⬠referred to earlier means anger. à à à à à She only uses the word ââ¬Å"angerâ⬠once, ââ¬Å"You whose anger is a pet dogâ⬠(pg717, line12). She chooses to finally use the word ââ¬Å"angerâ⬠here to show the reader that the person she refers to and her ways of dealing with anger differ. The magnitude of her anger causes her to remain secretive, though she wants to tell him she knows it will only make things worse. The serious thing about her anger remains that we donââ¬â¢t know what causes these feelings. We only know what she states, ââ¬Å"But mine is a rabid thing, sharpening its teeth on my very bones, and I will never let it go.â⬠(pg717, lines14-16) This is important for two reasons, first, it is the point at which we see how the author views her anger and to what subjective nature it is relevant. Second, we come to know that her anger is also an adversary of hers, because som...
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