The first quatrain introduces the girl being judged for the first time. In the first quatrain, the peers of the girl judge her physical appearance and her car. After the establishment that many others are judging her, it segways to her feeling more insecure. She begins to stop opening up to others. Many people think she’s weird because she’s not like everyone else. The girl is not respected by others.
In the second quatrain, it shows how she is tired of dealing with judgement. It talks about how peaceful her life would be if she ran away from her problems. She begins to think of ways to avoid the people who despise her. The girl in the poem is tired of being judged.
In the third quatrain and the couplet she becomes depressed which leads to …show more content…
In my poem I use personification to show how affected the girl is by others.
“They pour poison in her roots so she can’t grow” (line 9 Hollen).
I use personification to show the negativity of others obliterating her self-esteem. When I say they pour poison in her roots, it shows how their judgement shuts her down mentally. The use of personification in this poem helps the reader to understand how the girl is being brought down by her peers’ words. The personification in this poem is important because it shows the meaning behind the literal. Again, I use personification to represent an idea; how the girl closes herself to others. In the poem I use personification to demonstrate how the girl begins to become a wallflower.
“Now her secrets stay locked in a jar” (line 3 …show more content…
Throughout the poem she slowly becomes stuck in her head. Another one of the attitudes in the poem is the attitude of her peers. I think the attitude of the other people judging her is harsh. I think it’s harsh because they can tell that what they're saying is hurting her, but they never stop. The people criticizing her never think that maybe what their saying to her will end up making her depressed or suicidal. I also think the tone of this poem is mostly solemn. I think this poem is solemn because it’s a serious issue that repetitively occurs throughout the poem. The girl who slowly loses self-esteem because of others represents the serious and sad tone. This tone is especially represented well in this poem when the girl commits suicide because of others. It causes for the tone to be even more solemn because of the amount of sadness it quickly accumulates. This poem has important attitudes and
In the second quatrain, it shows how she is tired of dealing with judgement. It talks about how peaceful her life would be if she ran away from her problems. She begins to think of ways to avoid the people who despise her. The girl in the poem is tired of being judged.
In the third quatrain and the couplet she becomes depressed which leads to …show more content…
In my poem I use personification to show how affected the girl is by others.
“They pour poison in her roots so she can’t grow” (line 9 Hollen).
I use personification to show the negativity of others obliterating her self-esteem. When I say they pour poison in her roots, it shows how their judgement shuts her down mentally. The use of personification in this poem helps the reader to understand how the girl is being brought down by her peers’ words. The personification in this poem is important because it shows the meaning behind the literal. Again, I use personification to represent an idea; how the girl closes herself to others. In the poem I use personification to demonstrate how the girl begins to become a wallflower.
“Now her secrets stay locked in a jar” (line 3 …show more content…
Throughout the poem she slowly becomes stuck in her head. Another one of the attitudes in the poem is the attitude of her peers. I think the attitude of the other people judging her is harsh. I think it’s harsh because they can tell that what they're saying is hurting her, but they never stop. The people criticizing her never think that maybe what their saying to her will end up making her depressed or suicidal. I also think the tone of this poem is mostly solemn. I think this poem is solemn because it’s a serious issue that repetitively occurs throughout the poem. The girl who slowly loses self-esteem because of others represents the serious and sad tone. This tone is especially represented well in this poem when the girl commits suicide because of others. It causes for the tone to be even more solemn because of the amount of sadness it quickly accumulates. This poem has important attitudes and