Sound and sense p 44-45 and p 48-49

Pathedy of Manners

4. The tone of the speaker’s language seems to change in line 17 where it says, “I saw her yesterday at forty-three,” Before this line, the speaker was criticizing the woman and once he said he met her yesterday, the language looks more controlled.

Cross

1. The author of the poem lived when the segregation of African-American was happening. He showed respect to white man but he treated black man with demeaning words. But he feels little bit of remorse in his action when he is about to die. The title, ‘cross’ means two lines intersecting perpendicularly and it also means a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution. The connotation of cross would mean the African-Americans and White men being treated differently. On the one hand it would mean people’s view on the author because he treated blacks with disrespect and he seems worried once he is about to die.