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The point of view is first person. The speaker is very angry in the beginning of this poem at society because of the domestic role they are stuck in, but then changes to a more optimistic tone by the end. This is shown by using words like "rage" and "sufferings" in the beginning, but using "hope" and the end

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The speaker is in a dark mood, and I know this because they specifically state it and thy cimpare thier mood to their sunglasses.

The speaker's anger is made more clear in this stanza. I know this because sugar is usually associated with happiness, and sweetness, and the speaker makes a point to say that they have left the sugar out of the pie. Also, the act of baking is considered very domestic, so this could hint to the source of her anger.

The speaker has identified that this is a common feeling, since her mother learned it from hers.

The speaker identifies that this is an issue that goes into the far past by saying "and so on". The speaker also makes an allusion to the Greek language, in which Plato divided the soul into three parts:  reason, thymos (the hunger for recognition), and eros (desire). This could mean that the speakers anger is impacting all three of these, by wanting recognition, desiring a diffrent life, and not seeing any reason for why women have to do thse jobs.

By referncing the Germans and their language that has a reputation for sounding angry, the speaker could be sayin that she needs a more intense language  to descrive how they feel. The speaker supports this thought with the next line, saying that knowing more words could help them verbalize their thoughts.

The speaker could be saying that they push down their negative thpughts, because they talk about describing their private sufferings and distant perception. By putting space between thoughts and yourself, you can ignore what's there.

The speaker  could be "grounding" themselves in this tanza, which is a common tequnique used to soothe people who are having panic attacks. Grounding involves brining oneself back to reality, by senses and thoughts, and includes things such as touching, seeing, and making lists in your head. The speaker makes a list of all the cities they've known, then watches an ant. This could be in effort to calm thmself down.

The speker is questioning how a person should feel with their role in society, and if what they feel is normal. I know this based on the questions asked.

The speaker is continuing to ground themself in this stnza, by listening to the train and by focusing on what they know is real, unlike the uncertainty they are facing with thir role in society. WIn, light, fire, and time are all contants in life.

The speaker has calmed down and is hopeful because they have stopped grounding themself and are now thinking about the future. The train symbolizes bigger, better places, leading to freedom.

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I am wearing dark glasses inside the house
To match my dark mood.

I have left all the sugar out of the pie.
My rage is a kind of domestic rage.

I learned it from my mother
Who learned it from her mother before her

And so on.
Surely the Greeks had a word for this.

Now surely the Germans do.
The more words a person knows

To describe her private sufferings
The more distantly she can perceive them.

I repeat the names of all the cities I’ve known
And watch an ant drag its crooked shadow home.

What does it mean to love the life we’ve been given?
To act well the part that’s been cast for us?

Wind. Light. Fire. Time.
A train whistles through the far hills.

One day I plan to be riding it.

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Repetition: The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Sometimes, especially with longer
phrases that contain a different key word each time, this is called parallelism. It has been a central part of poetry in many cultures. Many of the Psalms use this device as one of their unifying elements.

In stanza 3, the speaker uses the word mother twice, even though they could have left it out and made another sentence that made sense. The repetition of the word mother not only highlights the word "mother", since this poem is about being suck in a domestic role, but also creates an image in the readers mind of a vicious cycle, like a wheel turning.

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Rhetorical Question: A question solely for effect, which does not require an answer. By the implication the
answer is obvious, it is a means of achieving an emphasis stronger than a direct statement.

The speaker asks two rhetorical questions in this poem in stanza 8. These questions create a mood of desperation, as if the speaker is shouting these into a void to see if anyone is there. It also shows how the speaker feels within themselves, as this could be internal dialogue.

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Allusion: A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological
situation or character.

In stanza 5, the speaker makes an allusion to the German language, stating that they must have a word for what they are feeling. The German language is known for being very guttural and angry-sounding. This shows that the speaker feels they need a harsher language to verbalize their thoughts.

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The speaker states that she is wearing dark glasses in the house, and that the dark glasses match her dark mood.

The speaker states that they have left all of the sugar out of the pie, and that her actions are a kind of domestic rage

The speaker states that she learned it from her mother, who learned if from her mother.

The speaker addresses the recurring pattern of the mothers learning it from each other, and that the Greeks had a word for thgis pattern.

The speaker is guessing that now the Germans have a word for this pattern. They also are beginnimg a statement inferring something will happen when a person has a larger vocabulary.

The speaker finishes her inference before and says that the larger vocabulary a person has to understand their private issues, the further they can push it away from themselves.

The speaker is remembering the names of all the cities they've know, and watching an ant walk.

The speaker states some core elements of the world, and hears a train.

The speaker hopes to be riding the train one day.

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Domestic- relating to the running of a home or to family relations
The Greeks- Much of the English language stems for the Greek
Philosopher Plato divided the soul into three parts: reason, thymos (the hunger for recognition), and eros (desire)
Germans- German is knows for being a very angry-sounding language, for the guttural sounds it includes. Also, negative stereotypes and past history causes society to think German are angry people.

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Born: 1972 in Montreal, Canada
- Lives in Chicago and teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago
-She has won the Canadian Literary Award for poetry is 1998
Source:
“Suzanne Buffam.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, 2017, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/suzanne-buffam.