Born yesterday Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
What 2 ideas are within the poem?
A
- protecting her + encouraging her not to conform
- wishes her to be mundane + average (herself) so she’s not dissapointed in trying to stand out
2
Q
1 - ‘____ bud’
A
tightly-folded - metaphor = hasn’t been exposed to societal expectations + protected from it
3
Q
1 - ‘not the __ stuff’
A
usual - coloquial = defying unacheivable cliches
4
Q
1 - ‘__ girl’
A
lucky - coloquial = if you do fit all these expectations
5
Q
2 - ‘like other __’
A
women - parenthesis = be like other women
6
Q
2 - ‘not __, not good-looking, nothing uncustomary’
A
ugly - repeated negators = superficial desires - be average
7
Q
2 - ‘may you be __’
A
dull - value in being average
8
Q
2 - ‘if that is…__ is called’
A
happiness - syndetic listing/rhyming couplet = redefines her wishes of what is valuable - being dull
