By Alfred Corn Hunter Wirt Wonderbread By Alfred Corn Hunter Wirt

Background information Wonderbread is a brand of bread. Wonderbread was originated in Taggart Baking Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. It Was made May, 21, 1921.

Biographical information Elmer Cline was charged for making the name. He made the name at a balloon race, he looked in the air at all the balloons and had a sense of wonder. That's when wonderbread was made. Wonder bread is sold in North America and Canada.

Dirge in the woods A wind sways the pines, And below Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead; They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race, As the clouds the clouds chase;          And we go, And we drop like the fruits of the tree,          Even we,          Even so.

Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, and never does it not look fresh, as though its insides weren’t moist or warm crust not the kind that spices a room with the plump aroma of toast. Found on the table; among shadows next to the kitchen phone; dispatched FedEx (without return address, though). Someone, possibly more than one person, loves me. Well then, who? Amazing that bread should be so weightless, down-light when handled, as a me dying to taste it takes a slice. Which lasts just long enough to reach my mouth, but then, at the first bite,   Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air ....    Oh. One more loaf of wonderbread, only a pun for bread, seductive visually, but you could starve. Get rid of it, throw it in the river— Beyond which, grain fields. Future food for the just and the unjust, those who love, and do not love.

Structure This poem has no rhyme scheme but is divided into 5 line stanzas, with a 2 line stanza at the end. This poem is a lyric.

Speaker The speaker of this poem is Alfred Corn. He is speaking about how wonderful wonderbread is. the speaker has a tragedy about this wonderbread.

Imagery In the 4th stanza he takes a bite of the wonderbread and says,” Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air” and “Seductive visually”. This gives an image that the bread looks very good and will fill his stomach. “But you could starve” said the speaker, meaning that its not going to last you.

Hyperbole Bread isn’t actually nothing but air. Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air .... Oh. One more loaf of wonderbread, only a pun for bread, seductive visually, but you could starve. Get rid of it, throw it in the river—

Alliterations Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, and never does it not look fresh, as though its insides weren’t moist or warm crust not the kind that spices a room with the plump aroma of toast.   Found on the table; among shadows next to the kitchen phone; dispatched FedEx (without return address, though). Someone, possibly more than one person, loves me. Well then, who? Amazing that bread should be so weightless, down-light when handled, as a me dying to taste it takes a slice. Which lasts just long enough to reach my mouth, but then, at the first bite,   Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air ....    Oh. One more loaf of wonderbread, only a pun for bread, seductive visually, but you could starve. Get rid of it, throw it in the river— Beyond which, grain fields. Future food for the just and the unjust, those who love, and do not love.

Mood Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, As you can see he really is pleased to have this bread. The mood is disappointment. Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, and never does it not look fresh, as though its insides weren’t moist or warm crust not the kind that spices a room with the plump aroma of toast.   Found on the table; among shadows next to the kitchen phone; dispatched FedEx (without return address, though). Someone, possibly more than one person, loves me. Well then, who? Amazing that bread should be so weightless, down-light when handled, as a me dying to taste it takes a slice. Which lasts just long enough to reach my mouth, but then, at the first bite,   Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air ....    Oh. One more loaf of wonderbread, only a pun for bread, seductive visually, but you could starve. Get rid of it, throw it in the river— Beyond which, grain fields. Future food for the just and the unjust, those who love, and do not love.

Point of view This poem is in 1st person point of view. It is Alfred Corn talking the whole time making it 1st person.

Foreshadowing Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, Amazing that bread should be so weightless, down-light when handled, as a me dying to taste it takes a slice. Which lasts just long enough to reach my mouth, but then, at the first bite,   Nothing! Nothing but air, thin air ....    Oh. One more loaf of wonderbread, only a pun for bread, seductive visually, but you could starve. Get rid of it, throw it in the river— Beyond which, grain fields. Future food for the just and the unjust, those who love, and do not love Loaf after loaf, in several sizes, and never does it not look fresh, as though its insides weren’t moist or warm crust not the kind that spices a room with the plump aroma of toast.   Found on the table; among shadows next to the kitchen phone; dispatched FedEx (without return address, though). Someone, possibly more than one person, loves me. Well then, who? This foreshadows that something is going to happen when he takes the first bite.

Literal meaning The literal meaning is that when he looked at the bread it looked very delicious then realized its not what he thought because it was nothing but air.

Figurative meaning The figurative meaning is that bread is air because that what he said. He said it was nothing but air when he took his first bite.

Authors Purpose The authors purpose of this poem is that wonder bread isn’t as good as it looks, he never said anything about the taste but you could starve he said.

THEME The theme of this is to never judge a book by its cover. He looked at the bread and thought wow that looks good, but it wasn’t.

Beyond which, grain fields. Future food for the just and the unjust, those who love, and do not love

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