"The Whipping," a poem by Robert Hayden, is about a young boy being abused by an older woman. Furthermore, the narrator of the poem is a nearby neighbor who is witnessing the action. ... Considering the poem's outline summary, the theme of "The Whipping" does deal with abuse, pain, and suffering. ... The most obvious literary device in the poem uses is imagery. ... The poem ends by saying the old woman "leans muttering" (21). ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This is evident in the 1997 poem "Moving," by Shahriar Shahriari. ... Secondly Shahriari uses tone in his poem to help amplify his own personal voice. ... Shahriari wrote this poem in 1997. ... It only intensifies Shahriar Shahriari's personal voice in the poem. ... All of these literary devices help to portray his personal immigrant voice throughout the poem. ...

• Word Count: 1494
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Summary The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. ... Hinton uses a poem by Robert Frost and weaves it throughout the plot of the book. ... I felt that the poem helped me to see sides of some characters that I had never seen before, and it made me think more about Hinton's reasons for molding certain characters the way she did. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ... On her last day on the work she let Robert touch her face, and then she wrote a poem about it. Much later showed it to the narrator when they began going out though he didn't like the poem (Shmoop Editorial Team). ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Summary "Cathedral" opens with the narrator telling the reader in a conversational tone that a blind friend of his wife's is coming to visit them. ... Summary The narrator, or storyteller, of Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" opens by saying, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night." ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School