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he poet utilizes metaphors in the poem to compare the na

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 Helen acknowledges her raw, animalistic sexuality, comparing herself to meat. This is also an allusion to the common saying, "dumb as a bag of meat," which refers to how she's not a complex individual, just simple and useless.

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 Helen acknowledges her raw, animalistic sexuality, comparing herself to meat. This is also an allusion to the common saying, "dumb as a bag of meat," which refers to how she's not a complex individual, just simple and useless.

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Sally forth mine brothers

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"Naked as a meat sandwich "

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"Look--my feet don’t hit the marble! Like breath or a balloon, I’m rising..."

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"Look--my feet don’t hit the marble! Like breath or a balloon, I’m rising..."

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The narrator comments that she herself is not grounded, but rather she is divine-- and is still rising. Using a simile, comparing herself to a balloon, she defies the expectancy of falling or of being confined to some social preconception, the same way a balloon or breath cannot be confined. Catherine

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Sex

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Similes

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Image is used to convey

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Chenna - "Reduce me to components as in a clock factory or abattoir."

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Chenna - "Reduce me to components as in a clock factory or abattoir."

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Simile - Helen acknowledges her raw, animalistic sexuality, comparing herself to meat. This is also an allusion to the common saying, "dumb as a bag of meat," which refers to how she's not a complex individual, just simple and useless.

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"I sell men back their worst suspicions: that everything's for sale and piecemeal."

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"Like preach, I sell vision"
She uses a simile to compare her profession to that of a preacher and illustrate that she sells something that is nebulous and without form.

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Allusion is used to refer to Helen of Troy from Greek mythology.

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Erandi - "but I come from the province of the gods"

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Erandi - "but I come from the province of the gods"

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Allusion is incorporated into the poem to compare the speaker to Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus, and the most beautiful woman in the world, and portray herself as a "goddess", even as the world objectifies her.

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This explicit use of a simile demonstrates the author's feeling regarding her occupation as a stripper. She express her freedom and uninhibition in the face of societal norms encouraging empowerment. The simile also refers to themes of sex and desire to express oneself. -Ahmad M.

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The poet utilizes metaphors in the poem to compare the narrator to an inanimate object in order to show how she is objectified.

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Allusions connect the narrator to Helen of Troy

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Allusion is used add deeper meaning to the poem. And imagery "a chainsaw masacre" . Paradox

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The first person perspective lends a personal aspect to the poem and it helps reveal how the author is defiant of society's expectations.

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Similes and allusions expose the façade that people might have of Helen

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Similes allow for the several comparisons between Helen and meat. This reveals the objectification of women and alludes to Helen of Troy who herself was promised to men as an object of immense beauty.

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Allusions allow for a deeper meaning and c

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Allusions allow for a deeper meaning and c

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Allusions in this poem allow for a deeper meaning and connotations to arise out of the Helenon Troy story

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Allusion allow for the meaning of the poem to

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Similies is used to compare two things to create an image

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Ben - "Like breath or a balloon, I'm rising."

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Ben - "Like breath or a balloon, I'm rising."

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Similes are a comparison between two objects. These are useful because it is easier to understand a situation when it is compared to another.