Essay About Poet Of Remember And Old Woman

Remember and Crabbit Old Woman
Remember and Crabbit Old Woman
Remember and Crabbit old woman both portray a sense of persuasion to the reader as they both try and give out a clear and insisting message. They are both written in a first person perspectives which clears boundaries to make the poem more personal and affectionate. Remember is about a person who is dying and is pleading for remembrance. Crabbit old woman is about an old woman who is pleading for a fair judgment of who she really is and that she is not just an old woman but some one with a heart and feelings. Both the poems portray a sense of desperation and persuasion. Persuasion is insisted in Remember as the speaker is persuading that person to remember her/him without grieving. The poet of Remember uses a lot of persuasion and instructions as though the speaker is in charge here. In Crabbit old woman persuasion is portrayed through out all the poem. The poet uses simple language and rhetorical questions to create a great effect. Rhetorical questions are used in the poem in a sense that the speaker is putting the blame on the nurses. Is that what your thinking, is that what you see? and What do you see nurses, what do you see?.