“9 Things I Want/ed to be when I Grow Up” by Miles Hodges is an autobiographical, bildungsroman poem that reflects on adolescent dreams and the struggle of growing up and relinquishing said dreams with usage of (CHOSE GDI) allusion:I was actually playing ball until puberty made it very clear I would in fact never ever start point guard for the Knicks/4. Point Guard for the New York Knicks.: Hodges makes an allusion to his poem Alcatraz of Balloons where he mentions he once aspired to be a point guard for the new york knicks, but in the later work he mentions he abandoned the dream when he failed to grow an additonal few inches. This allusion strengthens the theme of
dramatics irony: 8. My father./9. The devil to my fathers fucked up plan
dramatics irony: 8. My father./9. The devil to my fathers fucked up plan