Analysis Of Bread By Margaret Atwood

The different groups of people within the poem represent the different stages of life. At the beginning of the poem it talks about a young boy and his dog and swimmers. Several lines down it talks about “young lovers” and then families.

d. Through his use of imagery devices throughout the poem, the author’s main message that

The third verse begins with the following lines: “As sure as night is dark and day is light, I keep you on my mind both day and night” (Cash). In most circumstances, nighttime is dark, and daytime is light. So the first

(E) The motif of the entire novel revolves around fire. Fire is used as a literal object as well as a

D. The chosen interpretation rests on how the narrator’s character is analyzed through her hidden thoughts.

It shows us that he is having a mental breakdown. His mind is not comprehending the current situation, but instead is making up something that is not real.

c. This book was definitely hard to read in some areas. The author made it difficult to read

C. “God! What evil wind blew in this pest? Get over, stand in the passage! Nudge my table will you? Egyptian whips are sweet to what you’ll come to here, you nosing rat making your pitch to everyone! These men have bread to throw away on you because it is not theirs.” (Homer

In the first stanza, the writer uses many techniques to convey the feeling of loss, when he says,

a. Is there some section that clearly lets the reader know what subject the composition is about and what the writer’s purpose is? If so, where does this section begin and end? In this section, can you find an answer to the central question that the text has been written in response to, or can you find an indication of the text’s central argument?

b) Pick another brief quote from this scene that supports your discussion of the theme and its relation to the aspect that you are writing about.

4. ?After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with as unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm, and before he knew what he was doing he asked her to stay there with him. He had often though since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter...?

The quotation is in fact, incorporated into the author’s sentences, as the author gave a little bit of background information, before introducing the quotation.

5. The falling action of the poem is when the speaker does not die and decides that since the

For a in the first stanza, she used the word air and chair. For b in the first stanza, she used own and blown. In the second quatrain for a, she uses the words own and blown. In the second quatrain, for b she uses motion and open. She doesn't have to use the same words in the abab pattern.