Did I miss anything? †Tom Wayman Essay

1. a) Every stanza in this rime starts with 1-word sentence fragment rather than a complete sentence. A sentence fragment is more effective because it represents the tone of the poem. With only one word used, the poet stresses that nothing or everything was missed without having to explain what exactly in the same sentence. This way one word explains and answers the question what was missed.b) This poem has very little punctuation capital letters and line breaks indicating the end of a though, but no punctuation at the end of the sentences. This use of punctuation affects the meaning of the poem because it doesnt finish the poets idea and leaves the reader with thoughts, ideas and guesses of what else might be said, or might have happened.2. a)Stanza Literal paraphrase of the school text The ironic subtext what is really meant1 We couldnt do anything when you werent here, so we just sat at our desks and did nothing. Do you really think youre so important the whole world stops and twiddles its thumbs when youre not here?2 I gave an exam worth 40 per cent and reading on which theres a quiz today worth 50 per cent of the term mark. heap you understand how much you miss when youre not in class?3 Nothing in this cross is valuable or meaningful and the activities done are pointless and wont outlet to you or to me. Do you really think that missing the class means that nothing new and valuable was taught and that the exercises were assigned without a purpose?4 Shortly after(prenominal) the beginning of the class an angel appeared and told us what one should do in order to reach perfect wisdom. It was the last day of classes before everybody separates and goes to enumerate the good news to all people. Do you think that some kind of being will become and tell you exactlywhat you should do to be smart enough and at least pass this course?5 When you are not in class nothing significant can happen. Can you cypher that just because you werent present and nothi ng occurred?6 The schoolroom is a small planet of valet and everything in the classroom exists to make you question yourself and wonder. This opportunity doesnt exist only in the classroom but it is one place. Do you think that with your absence you stop the world go around?b) The teacher deliberately uses verbal irony to show the student that what is going on in the class doesnt change because he/she was absent. The student missed not only to be present in the class, but what was taught and what happened or didnt happen, as well.Someone can rely on verbal irony in situations when he/she wants to offend someone, because that someone has done something wrong towards the person.3. Some stanzas in this poem are indented opus others are not because the poet wants to differentiate whether everything or nothing was missed since the sentence fragments repeat one after another. The literally techniques used in the non-indented paragraphs are hyperbole, irony, repetition and understatemen t, while in the indented paragraphs the literally techniques are symbolism, satire, blowup and repetition as well.4. The kinds of images used repeatedly in stanzas one, two, and three are all connected with the classroom and what can be learned there. However, the images used in stanzas four and six are linked with the world and the person existing in it. The significance of this change in the type of imagery is that it represents what visually happens in a classroom and what really goes on in the classroom as part of the universe and one place where opportunities take place.