The negative connotation in "Harrison Bergeron" depicts how the author feels about the world they live in.

The word paunch means big belly and that means that the mayor is greedy and contributes to his personality.

seven o 'clock!" This shows that the house is programmed to repeat the time in case someone misses it.

Followed the Piper for their lives.

From street to street he piped, advancing,

And step for step, they followed, dancing,

Until they came to the river Weser

Wherein all plunged and perished"

This connects to meaning because everything rhymes except the last line which makes it more serious.

And even spoiled the women's chats,

By drowning their speaking

With shrieking and squeaking

Followed the Piper for their lives.

From street to street he piped, advancing,

And step for step, they followed, dancing,

Until they came to the river Weser

Wherein all plunged and perished"

This connects to meaning because everything rhymes except the last line which makes it more serious.

This is an hyperbole because it exaggerates just how Harrison tore off his weights.

followed the pied piper for their lives.

from street to street he piped,advancing,

and step for step, they followed,

dancing,

until they came to the river Weser wherein all plunged and perished''

this connects to meaning because everything rhymes except the last line which makes it more serious.

They fought the dogs, and killed the cats,

And bit the babies in the cradles,

And ate the cheeses out of the vats,

And licked the soup from the cook's own

ladles,

Split open the kegs of salted sprats,2

Made nests inside men's Sunday hats,

And even spoiled the women's chats,

By drowning their speaking

With shrieking and squeaking

In fifty different sharps and flats.

This connects to meaning because it has an on going rhyme scheme even though it's complaining about how the rats are really bad.

This quote means that whatever George was thinking was abandoned when his radio ear piece went off.

Smiling first a little smile,

As if he knew what magic slept

In his quiet pipe the while;

Then, like a musical adept,"

This is an hyperbole because it exaggerates just how Harrison tore off his weights.

In "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" the author repeats the "b" sound in the words "bit" and "babies"

In "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" the author repeats the "b" sound in the words "bit" and "babies"