https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o Add your observations of the poem "Flashcards" here. Devices used? Tone? en-us 2021-02-08 19:56:27 UTC 2021-02-09 23:09:53 UTC hello@padlet.com ebusker04 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184016264 the speaker is overworked, as shown by the father's harsh tone and how the speaker works harder only to be given more work. The speaker is compared to a bee, sputtering in the heavy rain as she heads home. The bee in the heavy rain is compared to the speaker under the heavy burden of her father's demand for work, as seen by the use of the phrase "so i tucked my head" and the tulip trees "dragging". We would tell the speaker to not buckle under the pressure of her father, and tell the father to stop pressuring her.]]> 2021-02-09 18:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184016264 ebassett52 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184017546 The tone goes from pride and optimism to guilt and pressure, almost as if the girl feels out of control. ]]> 2021-02-09 18:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184017546 bgema32 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184022207 In the last stanza it says "I spun on a wheel" that is a metaphor. Perhaps the speaker feels as though they are a hamster spinning on a wheel through life. ]]> 2021-02-09 18:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184022207 candeberhan30 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184033034 The tone from prideful to overwhelming. She was proud of her abilities in the beginning describing herself as a wiz kid but as her father pushes her she feels overwhelmed and pressured and this is demonstrated by using language like drilled and hissed. ]]> 2021-02-09 18:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184033034 dgolden441 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184036415 The last line really focuses on the pressure that Dove is given. By stating that she's "only" ten years old, she shows how much unwanted pressure she is getting from her father.]]> 2021-02-09 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184036415 rlee511 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184040721 "bud on the teacher's geranium,
one clear bee sputtering at the wet pane"  and "The tulip trees always dragged after heavy rain
so I tucked my head as my boots slapped home." The poem's imagery shows a shift in tone. where school is safe and cheerful place and home is gloomy and uncomfortable because of her father over woking her]]> 2021-02-09 18:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184040721 scalfee08 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184042816 The poem highlights the academic pressure put on the daughter. When she refers to "spun on a wheel" or "I'm only ten" shows the overworked her situation. Dove uses this to evoke a feeling of sympathy or relation towards the girl. ]]> 2021-02-09 18:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1184042816 dgarza97 https://padlet.com/supadhyay/3b3pe8oyyhayv92o/wish/1185032268 The tone of the story takes a dip from pride and optimism to more pressure on the girl and takes a dark turn
 

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