Hazel tells la verne poem analysis rubric

                While reading all the poems and short stories in this unit, I have been asking myself what components of each work stand out to me; however, when reading “Hazel Tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Howd Machan, I couldn’t help but think that the entire poem stood out to me in comparison to all the other pieces in this unit.

Hazel tells la verne poem analysis rubric

While all the other poems have a somewhat forlorn or serious theme, Machan tackles the very difficult task in “Hazel Tells LaVerne” of effectively conveying a very serious message while simultaneously entertaining the reader by saturating the poem with humor and voice.

In response to the second critical thinking question regarding “Hazel Tells Laverne,” I would have to remark that the poem’s humor stems from Machan’s diction and lack of punctuation. The speaker in the poem is consistently grammatically incorrect, using words an