Week 5 Assignment
Read “The Word Plum.”In a well-developed essay,answer the following questions. What is the effect of the repetitions of the alliteration and assonance throughout the poem? How does it contribute to the poem’s meaning? Which sounds in the poem are like the sounds one makes when eating a plum? Discuss the title. Explain whether you think this poem is more about the wordplum or about the plum itself. Can the two be separatedin the poem?
The Word Plum
by Helen Chasin
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Week 5 Assignment
Read “The Word Plum.”In a well-developed essay,answer the following questions. What is the effect of the repetitions of the alliter
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The word plum is delicious
pout and push, luxury of
self-love, and savoring murmur
full in the mouth and falling
like fruit
taut skin
pierced, bitten, provoked into
juice, and tart flesh
question
and reply, lip and tongue
of pleasure.