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Specific textual examples of what youve observed when reading at this levelcited in MLA format. (You may use numbers or bullets here to take notes)

- I have to thank God Im a woman,/For in these ordered days a woman only/Is free to be very hungry, very lonely (1-3). - And of my silence I have much pain/But of these pangs I have great gain; (2425) - If my sex would let me speak,/I would be very lazy and most weak; (29-30)

- But the true male never yet walked/Who liked to listen when his mate talked (15-16). - It is sad for Feminism, but still clear/That man, more often than women, is pioneer (4-5). - Now, for our sins, it is my bitter fate/That such a man wills soon to be my mate, (9-10).

- If my sex would let me speak,/I would be very lazy and most weak; (28-29) - I have to thank God Im a woman/For in these ordered days a woman only/Is free to be very hungry, very lonely (3639). - If I would confide a new thought,/First to a man must it be brought (6-7).

- I must be silent, if I would be loved (20). - I should speak only, and the things I spoke/Would fill the air awhile, and clear like smoke (30-31). - That man, more often than woman, is pioneer (5).

Demonstrate the development of complexity of thought at each level by writing a descriptive response to what youve written in the row above. (Analyze your thought patterns when observing the examples youve listed abovethese may also be in notetaking form)

Wickham uses an AABB rhyming pattern. She also employs oxymoronic statements describing the narrators viewpoints towards her gender. Her diction is relatively simple and easy to understand, clear and concise. She uses repetition to emphasize certain points in her poem, as well as stanza repetition seen in the first and last stanzas.

Wickhams diction conveys a caustic, scathing tone towards her gender, as well wistfulness towards wishes not possible in the world she lives in, such as having a man who listens and respects her opinions. Her uses of oxymoronic statements employ irony and humor to condemn the restrictions placed in women.

The AABB rhyming pattern provides cohesiveness and linking of ideas through the entire poem. Wickhams ideas are paired due to this, using the first line as a general question and the second as the answer. Her repetition of the first and last stanzas emphasizes her condemnation of the restrictions on women placed by society.

Wickhams poem is a feminist statement. She expresses the hopelessness of independent thinking for women and rights giving them equality with men. She condemns the weakness women have against society and how women cant express their own opinions freely.

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