The speaker's verbal artistry is a compelling drama that envisions no shame, showing how can a man fill a woman's heart with empty promises and concepts and still walk proudly "through the iron gates of life" (line 44). ... Considering the two variables used for comparison are not of the same category makes them rationally incomparable. ... The blazon, a verbal array of the woman's physical qualities, does not aid the speaker, but only insults the lady's intelligence. ... Inaugurating thoughts of death being near, allusions of everlasting companionship and utilization of yo...

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By the time of her death, she seemed to have accomplished this, with all of her children having successful careers and even managing to convince their father of the happy family' illusion. ... Girls were not of much interest to him until he met Ruth Spivey -the country cook'. ... Jenny's love life was not unlike a rollercoaster; the constant change of partners trying to keep up with her rapidly-adjusting view on love. ... Pearl was too proud to reveal her feelings of abandonment and failure; yet the effects of her broken-down marriage were evident in the treatment of her child...

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