https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4 Respond with a well-constructed response to the following prompt en-us 2017-10-09 12:43:27 UTC 2017-10-19 12:53:27 UTC hello@padlet.com mhooks2 https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195197622 Using textual evidence to support your response, explain how Sylvia Plath uses poetic devices to emphasize the major theme of her poem "Metaphors." (Be specific)

Also, explain what the author's main theme of the poem is and respond with how you know]]> 2017-10-09 12:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195197622 gracierabon https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233461 In the poem "Metaphors," the author use literary devices to get her message across. The theme of the poem is that pregnancy comes with unfavorable qualities. The author states, "This loaf's big with its yeasty rising." This quote shows that the author uses a metaphor to compare yeast rising and her being pregnant. This also shows how being pregnant comes with her gaining a lot of weight and many unfavorable qualities. ]]> 2017-10-09 14:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233461 baileyparsons1 https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233645 The main theme of the poem "Metaphors" is the the process of pregnancy is long and makes her feel fat but the end result is great. You can tell she feels she is fat because of her use of words such as elephant, "fat purse," and "ponderous house." In this story she also uses a lot of symbolism and imagery like "A melon strolling on two tendrils," this shows she feels like something huge walking on to small legs. She also uses format by using the number nine several times which shows that it is long and there is nine months in pregnancy. ]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233645 nicholasclemons https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233649 In the poem, Sylvia Path uses many literary devices to describe her pregnancy. In the poem, she says "A melon strolling on two tendrils." Sylvia means she feels like a big fat fruit being supported by two legs. However, she uses this to show imagery to the readers on how she feels while she is pregnant. In the poem, the theme conveyed is pregnancy makes you feel big and fat. While it is a happy ending the road to the ending is very difficult. Finally, Sylvia uses the format a format of nine syllables and nine syllables to support the nine months it takes to have a baby during pregnancy.]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233649 tindallhugginshunter https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233663 In the poem the theme is pregnancy makes you fat and fell as if ways you are not. She uses many words that mean large to describe how big pregnancy has made her. For example she says "An elephant,a ponderous house." This describes pregnancy comes with a lot changes. She also says, "A cow in calf." This quote tells the reader she is pregnant and she fells as if she is a cow. The metaphors she uses show being regnant comes with a lot of bodily changes.]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233663 janiyalivingston https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233746 In the poem "Metaphors", Sylvia Path uses many literary devices to show the process of pregnancy. The theme of this poem is the process of pregnancy makes you feel big or large. Sylvia Path uses metaphors, connotations, form etc. Each line has 9 syllables, there are 9 lines and 9 months in a pregnancy. "A melon strolling on two tendrils"  represents how she feels fat or large in size. "I'm a riddle in nine syllables" this connotation shows nine, representing nine months and how she feels "puzzled" about being pregnant.]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233746 carrollkenney https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233768 The theme of the poem is that pregnancy makes you fat. I know this because she is describing how she is fat using poetic devices. She uses poetic devices to emphasize the major theme by describing how she is fat. She uses connotation to say that she is a "fat purse". She doesn't really mean she is a fat purse but she is saying that she is fat because of pregnancy.]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233768 carleighstroud https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233807 The major theme of her poem is she is pregnant, and the way she feels about it is she is fat now. She does use a lot of metaphors to describe how she feels about being pregnant. She relates herself to "a melon strolling" which means she feels fat when walking.  She describes herself to many large things such as "cow", "melon", and "fat". Each line has sine syllables, there are nine lines, and there are nine letters in the title. She does this because it stands for being pregnant for nine months. ]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233807 jordanelliott1 https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233845 In the poem "Metaphors", Sylvia Path uses many literary devices such as connotation and metaphors to convey her theme. The overall theme of this poem is that pregnancy comes with many effects and emotions. The author constantly states things about being fat, which is an effect of pregnancy. For example, she says "an elephant, a ponderous house." This quote shows that she is describing herself to other large things.]]> 2017-10-09 14:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195233845 christianjordan https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195234537 The theme of the poem "Metaphors" By: Sylvia Plath is basically about how during her pregnancy. She feels fat and like she was excited at first now she just wants to get it over with. She uses a variety of devices that deals with her size. She uses devices like personification and metaphors to describe her outlook on how she feels about herself. So basically in all throughout the poem she talks about her being fat and kind of like insecure about herself.]]> 2017-10-09 14:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195234537 calebdavis1 https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195234811 In the poem Sylvia Plath use many literary devices. The most notable is Personification . in the story shes says "this fat purse". this is personification because a purse cannot be physically fat.  The main idea is pregnancy she talks about it alot ]]> 2017-10-09 14:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/195234811 https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/198625534 In the poem "Metaphors", Sylvia Path uses literary devices to show pregnancy. The theme is how pregnancy makes a woman feel who's going through it. She use things like "a elephant in a ponderous house." Which shows how pregnancy changes a woman and makes them feel big. She also uses the number 9 in every way she can because that"s the number of months it takes for a woman to give birth. But she mostly tells about how insecure pregnancy is for women.]]> 2017-10-19 12:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mhooks2/qvkak4t0vem4/wish/198625534