tracy k smith joy Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
the roles of tracy and her mother are reversed
A
“you ask me to prepare you a simple meal of dumplings and kale”
2
Q
tracys mother played hospital
A
“nine years old…. playing hospital wit your sisters”
3
Q
rhetorical ending
A
“what do you believe in?”
4
Q
personification of her mothers body
A
“but the body is cautious”
5
Q
alliteration
A
“soon there will be a traffic of transparent tubes”
6
Q
her mothers innocence
A
“these will be my medicine….taking a handful of the raisins”
7
Q
contrast between the darkness
A
a dark chamber
8
Q
imagery of the dark room
A
“theyve made the room dark…with a quilt”
