The poem, “Patty’s Charcoal Drive-In” is about a young teenage girl reflecting on her first job in the summer, working as a waitress at a fast food drive-in restaurant before she is bound to college. This poem is set during the 1950’s, where this young girl is reminiscing the youth she has left before she is “bound” to the chains of life. The tone in this poem show the readers how young teenager really feels about her work life as well as being worried about the future.
From reading the first three lines, this poem gives the audience a visual picture of what the main character looks like as well as what time period this poem was based on. This can be clearly detected through the usage of words and phrases such as “...tight black shorts and
From reading the first three lines, this poem gives the audience a visual picture of what the main character looks like as well as what time period this poem was based on. This can be clearly detected through the usage of words and phrases such as “...tight black shorts and