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Why is the poem “Transparent man” relevant in the modern day?
The poem explicates the outcomes of chemotherapy which “makes my hair fail out”; thus, it depicts the actualities that cancer patients must contend with. At some point, Leukaemia cannot be kept under control and it devastates the body’s imperviousness. This poem is applicable to cancer patients whose situations have not amended even after submitting to chemotherapy sessions.
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What is the similarity between “Lot’s Wife” and “Saul and David”?
The poems are religious allusions. These poems a centered on Biblical stories pulled from the Old Testament. Accordingly, a reader can construe that Anthony Hecht elicits his poetic impetus from the Bible.
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How similar are the speakers in “Lot’s Wife” and “The Transparent Man”?
The speakers in both poems are retrospective. In “Lot’s wife”, the speaker recollects about childhood years. Comparatively, in “The Transparent Man”, the speaker ponders about a doll (The Transparent man-which her friend received) she encountered when she was a girl. Also, both speakers captivated by unembellished, natural elements such as the spider’s labyrinth (“Lot’s Wife”) and ‘sea-weed intricacy’ (“The Transparent Man”).
Anthony Hecht: Selected Poems Essay Questions
by Anthony Hecht
Essay Questions
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