Suburban Sonnet

Question 1

Contradicting the motherhood joy

Answer 1

“two children chatter, then scream and fight” - juxtaposition, auditory imagery

title and form of sonnet juxtposes contents

Question 2

Sacrifice of women

Answer 2

“Where a mouse lies dead”
“and wraps [the mouse] in paper”
“crusted milk” - connotative of aging

symbolism

Question 3

Patriarchal society

Answer 3

“Once she played/ for Rubenstein, who yawned” - caesura and enjambment

“She practises a fugue, though it can matter/ to no one now if she plays well or not” - enjambment

indifference to careers

Question 4

Chaos

Answer 4

As she rushes to the stove/
too late, a wave of nausea overpowers/ subject and counter-subject