The eerie mood is created initially because of the subject matter of the poem. The character of Death is introduced in the first stanza, and since the 'd' is capitalized, it's clear that Dickinson is personifying death into an actual person. Thinking about Death in this way, as someone who stops to pick you up and having to get into his carriage to take the ride away from life is creepy in itself. This eeriness is supported when she uses the line "The dews grew quivering and chill." The words quivering and chill help to strengthen the eeriness that the subject matter creates. She also refers to the setting sun, which again helps give the poem an overall spooky feeling.
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and
the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got
to know, the lady who threw me my first life line.
Which phrase from the passage most helps the reader to identify author Maya
Angelou’s viewpoint about Mrs. Flowers?
I sopped around the house
an old biscuit
dirty and inedible
threw me my first life line
The phrase from the
passage most helps the reader to identify author Maya Angelou’s viewpoint about
Mrs. Flowers is ‘threw me my first life line’.
<span>a sense of place for the reader
a hint of the rhythm of Igbo conversation
</span>two effects created by the use of Igbo language in the novel are the sense of place for the reader and a hint of the rhythm of Igbo conversation. Igbo is the principal language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria. The first book which contained some Igbo words was <span>History of the Mission of the Evangelical Brothers in the Caribbean.</span>
