ꕥ punishment
anger + frustration
dehumanising the woman
‘halter at the nape of her neck’
halter is a rope used on animals normally
dehumanises her which makes the punishment seem more cruel and
ruthless
shows how the speaker thinks this punishment is unfair for a human
being to go through
‘the wind on her naked front’
highlights how humiliating her punishment was and therefore shows the
injustice in this event
compares her nipples to ‘amber beads’ + her ribs to ‘frail rigging’ and says
she is a ‘barked sapling’
metaphors shows how her punishment made her vulnerable and weak
aggressive alliteration
reflects the speakers’ frustration at the harsh punishment inflicted on the
woman
‘the halter at the nape of her neck, the wind on her naked front’
‘like a stubble of black corn, her blindfold a soiled bandage’
starts each line of stanza 5 by listing one of the ways she was punished ‘her
shaved head’ ‘her blindfold’ ‘her noose’
presents the magnitude of the pain and humiliation the experienced
used enjambent between 2 words ‘drowned body’
ꕥ punishment 1
anger + frustration
dehumanising the woman
‘halter at the nape of her neck’
halter is a rope used on animals normally
dehumanises her which makes the punishment seem more cruel and
ruthless
shows how the speaker thinks this punishment is unfair for a human
being to go through
‘the wind on her naked front’
highlights how humiliating her punishment was and therefore shows the
injustice in this event
compares her nipples to ‘amber beads’ + her ribs to ‘frail rigging’ and says
she is a ‘barked sapling’
metaphors shows how her punishment made her vulnerable and weak
aggressive alliteration
reflects the speakers’ frustration at the harsh punishment inflicted on the
woman
‘the halter at the nape of her neck, the wind on her naked front’
‘like a stubble of black corn, her blindfold a soiled bandage’
starts each line of stanza 5 by listing one of the ways she was punished ‘her
shaved head’ ‘her blindfold’ ‘her noose’
presents the magnitude of the pain and humiliation the experienced
used enjambent between 2 words ‘drowned body’
ꕥ punishment 1
