https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7 log in with Google, quotation in the heading, analysis in the body, avoid duplicates, one post per person (name included). Identify a figure of speech from Sound and Sense and how that particular literary device informs meaning. en-us 2016-12-09 18:59:56 UTC 2025-10-05 13:52:59 UTC hello@padlet.com btran2017 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921501 Similes are a comparison between two objects. These are useful because it is easier to understand a situation when it is compared to another.]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921501 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921507 Similies is used to compare two things to create an image]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921507 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921526 Allusion allow for the meaning of the poem to ]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921526 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921532 Allusions in this poem allow for a deeper meaning and connotations to arise out of the Helenon Troy story]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921532 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921537 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. ]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921537 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921541 Similes and allusions expose the façade that people might have of Helen]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921541 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921543 The first person perspective lends a personal aspect to the poem and it helps reveal how the author is defiant of society's expectations.]]> 2016-12-09 22:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921543 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921567 Allusion is used add deeper meaning to the poem. And imagery "a chainsaw masacre" . Paradox ]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921567 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921577 Allusions connect the narrator to Helen of Troy ]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921577 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921582 The poet utilizes metaphors in the poem to compare the narrator to an inanimate object in order to show how she is objectified. ]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921582 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921592 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.

]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921592 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921593 2016-12-09 22:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921593 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921602 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.]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921602 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921609 Allusion is used to refer to Helen of Troy from Greek mythology. ]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921609 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921610 "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.]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921610 edowner2019 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921630 "I sell men back their worst suspicions: that everything's for sale and piecemeal."]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921630 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921642 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.]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921642 mwood20161 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921646 MANY]]> 2016-12-09 22:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921646 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921798 2016-12-09 22:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921798 aabon20191_1 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921801 Image is used to convey ]]> 2016-12-09 22:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921801 aabon20191_1 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921885 Similes]]> 2016-12-09 22:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921885 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921925 Sex]]> 2016-12-09 22:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142921925 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922023 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]]> 2016-12-09 22:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922023 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922030 "Naked as a meat sandwich "]]> 2016-12-09 22:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922030 gwride2016 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922107 2016-12-09 22:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922107 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922127 Sally forth mine brothers]]> 2016-12-09 22:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922127 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922235 Has foratu]]> 2016-12-09 22:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/142922235 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/306170252 2018-11-20 01:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/306170252 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/306170254 2018-11-20 01:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/306170254 s201082908 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/395902730 2019-10-10 00:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/395902730 https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/1110129717 2021-01-21 14:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joakley7/2iy0iekadwl7/wish/1110129717