Another way the trope is conveyed is in the last part of the poem where it states, "Born-Bridalled-Shrouded- In a Day- Tri Victory Is this-the way?... By saying ""Born-Bridalled-Shrouded- In a Day-" she is showing that the three significant parts of a woman's short life on earth are to be born, to wed, and to die. ... Although this definition is convincing and probable, when analyzing its tone, allusion, and trope, one could come up with multiple interpretations and meanings. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I feel that Emily was a prisoner of everyone else's expectations of her; her father put her upon a pedestal above everyone else and when he died she was left alone on that pedestal, as the center of everyone's criticism, an outcast in her community shrouded in the veil of a superficial prestige and wealth that really wasn't there anymore. ... This story really made me reconsider my definition of respect and how it can be a bad thing as well as good....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I feel that Emily was a prisoner of everyone else's expectations of her; her father put her upon a pedestal above everyone else and when he died she was left alone on that pedestal, as the center of everyone's criticism, an outcast in her community shrouded in the veil of a superficial prestige and wealth that really wasn't there anymore. ... This story really made me reconsider my definition of respect and how it can be a bad thing as well as good. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate