Thursday, September 29, 2011

"Hazel Tells LaVerne" by Katharyn Howd Machan

"an how i can be a princess
me a princess"



This poem was an allusion to the fairy tale, The Princess and the Frog. However, in this version, the speaker does not accept the Frog's invitation. Instead, she flushes the Frog down the toilet. To me, that speaks of how often something good and we simply flush it away. We have to be able to distinguish the "Frogs" from "the little green perverts." I thought the way the poem was written was really interesting, but I honestly didn't really understand what the point of it was.

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