In the poem, “For You” by Kim Addonizio, she uses situational irony and personification. Addonizio blends the two elements together to show how much she is in love with him. Adding her syntax and diction, Addonizio draws emphasis to what she is doing for love. To start, Addonizio gives a great descriptive of what she is doing for him. She says, “For you I undress down to the sheaths of my nerves.” Addonizio is telling her lover that, for only him, she will remove her outer layers of clothing and progress down to her nerves. The first two lines say, to him, that she is opening up herself for a moment of passion or some form of intimacy.
As mentioned above, Addonizio uses symbols in lines one and two, such as “sheaths of my nerves” and
As mentioned above, Addonizio uses symbols in lines one and two, such as “sheaths of my nerves” and