2. By: Danika Analyzed by: Will and Anson

3. I'm bound in a black dress Laced with frill and feather

4. I walk through the ashen woods Through the mud and dirty weather

5. I inhale the aroma of charcoal and dust

6. And walk slowly towards the center

7. I look up into the sky, rain falls upon my cheek

8. I gaze upon the ground, do I dare enter?

9. I feel the blood pulse through me Even drag itself from my skin

10. Placing my mutilated foot in the water Should I let myself fall in?

11. I sink into this oblivion And let myself go weak

12. I'm surrounded by the darkest pleasure No way to scream out...impossible to speak

13. Feels like I'm being torn From the inside out

14. I feel my body cleansing I crawl, with no hesitation, nor doubt

15. Fingers through the mud Dragging myself from the shadow

16. My black dress turned to white My clothing set aglow

17. I stand for the last time Cold wind flows through my hair

18. Stare into the smothered sky And weep my last tears of despair

19. For once I feel so beautiful My skin so pale, so pure With such an attractive innocence An irresistible allure

20. My tears turn to beauty As I walk from what I've left behind

21. No longer swamped in fear and anxiety No longer am I confined

22. As I walk, I feel such freedom And with happiness, I am consumed

23. Now eternally lost in ecstasy My deepest desires can now be abloom

24.  The poem is about a girl who is judged by society and is fighting throughout her life trying to escape it. She eventually does escape this and feels free from the “chains” of society  The poem addresses a social and psychological phenomenon as it deals with the social insecurities of the girl and the intense emotions she feels

25.  A girl is the narrator of the poem and she is writing this poem as an inspiration of herself and who she strives to be  The setting revolves around her life and it is around the present day era  Poem is very abstract and contains many connotations  Connotations can include her dress itself  Diction creates the tone of the poem

26.  The poem is sad, but it changes to a happy kind of tone at the end (more relieving)  Words like “oblivion” and “darkest pleasure” set a dark tone  Words like “beauty” and “innocence” set a peaceful tone  The poem is a quatrain and is iambic tetrameter  The poem is more of a closed poem  It has an end rhyme and a rhyme scheme of ABCB

27.  “Ashen Woods” –Line 3 (Metaphor)  “Eternally lost in ecstasy” – Line 39 (Metaphor and Hyperbole)  “Feels like I’m being torn” – Line 17 (Simile)  “Smother sky” – Line 27, “Deepest Desires – Line 40 (Alliteration)  “Deepest Desires” – Line 40 (Assonance)  “My tears turn to beauty” – Line 33 (Hyperbole)  The title is a great fit. It represents how in the end of the poem the girl was “cleansed”

28.  The experiences that the author creates are felt tremendously by the reader  The reader becomes aware of the authors feelings that was put into it  The poem may recreate experiences of people who have suffered the way she has and conquered over it  The poem is like an emotional rollercoaster that changes through the thoughts of the reader

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