Both use couplets for their rhyme scheme and structure.
Both use figurative language to express hope that the subject will be rewarded in heaven for good deeds.
Bradstreet’s topic is love and marriage, while Wheatley’s topic is King George III.
Bradstreet uses more nature imagery than Wheatley, which connects to the poem’s topic.
Answer:
The examples of irony that saki uses to create satire are:
* Bertha is sad that she will not be tempted.
* Pigs are more important than flowers.
Explanation:
First of all, it is important to state the meaning of irony and satire, irony is to express something meaning to say another thing, or when the events happen contrary to what they are expected to be, while satire is the use of comedy to make fun of the flaws of others, this excerpt uses irony by showing that Bertha was expecting to be tempted to take some beautiful flowers while ironically there were no flowers at all, and the garden does not have flowers for the second irony which is selecting pigs over flowers in a garden, thing that not many people would do.
Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts. The essence escapes but its aura remains. To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist. When I said aloud, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done . . .” tears of love filled my eyes at my selflessness.
