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The title is talking about how a women named Mary was half-hanged because she survived a hanging.

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She is called half hanged Mary because she was hung but didn't die. The title sets the mood for the poem before it is even started because of the connotation of the word hanged.

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Wonders can always happen.

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Imagery: "I fell to the clover, breathed it in, and bared my teeth at them in a filthy grin"

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Diction:"I would like to say my hair turned white overnight, but it didn't. Instead it was my heart; bleached out like meat in water."

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Symbolism:"... And a sweet pear hidden in my body."

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The poem helps give a perspective to Mary who was innocently accused for being a witch. She was hanged for 12 hours which made her think about her sanity and life.

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The speaker's attitude varies between each hour and goes from hatred to sadness then crash lands at anger. Her sanity changes her attitude also considering she was being hanged for 12 hours.

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Shifts in tone occur when the time changes because each time it happens she experiences a different feeling which changes the tone for the reader.