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Poetry Analysis- "Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils"

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Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils

I suddenly thought of Brenda Hatfield, queen
of the 5th grade, Concord Elementary.
A very thin, shy girl, almost
as tall as Audrey Hepburn (famous actress in the 1950s),
but blond.

She wore a dress based upon the principle 
of the daffodil: puffed sleeves,
inflated bodice, profusion
of frills along the shoulder blades
and hemline.

A dress based upon the principle of girl
as flower; everything unfolding, spilling
outward and downward: ribbon, stole, 
corsage, sash.

It was the only thing I was ever
Elected. A very short king.
I wore a bow tie, and felt
Like a third-grader.

Even the scent of daffodils you left
reminds me. It was a spring night.
And escorting her down the runway 
was a losing battle, trying to march
down among the full, thick folds
of *crinoline, into the barrage of her 
father's flashbulbs, wading
the backwash of her mother's 
perfume: scared, smiling, 
tiny, down at the end
of that long, thin, Audrey Hepburn arm,
where I was king.
—Max Garland

* stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out.


Audrey Hepburn
2

The poem is written in what point of view?

2

Audrey Hepburn is an example of a(n) ____________ which is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, or thing.

2

This stanza is an example of ___________________ .
"She wore a dress based upon the principle 
of the daffodil: puffed sleeves,
inflated bodice, profusion
of frills along the shoulder blades
and hemline."


2

The following line is an example of what type of figurative language?
"A dress based upon the principle of girl
as flower,"

2

The following line is an example of what type of figurative language? 
"It was the only thing I was ever
Elected. A very short king."

2

What type of figurative language is used in the following lines?
"into the barrage of her 
father's flashbulbs,"

2

Tone is a(n) ____________ of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

2

What is the tone of this poem?