Comparing Poems 'And Work Late Tuesday Night'

Furthermore, the diction to the poems it is a first person and third person perspective. Both of the poems make you feel their struggle and what they’re going through. The words each author use is repetitive and they use it for a specific purpose. In “Work Late Tuesday Night” the women in the poem constantly keeps using “I”, “to”, and “too”. She uses these words in order to show an excessive reminder of being a working parent. She uses “I” to show that she’s in charge of what she’s doing and that she’s the only one who can control her own actions. She has to control what she’s doing because one wrong move can reflect upon her family and might make the situation worst. When she uses “to” as she must do something on her to do list. She is a mother who constantly needs
Parenting isn’t easy especially while working and having a spouse. She barley has time for herself or her husband. In “Confessions” the man in the poem use repetitive words of “the”, “he”, and “to be.” He is speaking third person because he feels distant from the person within him (Nazi). He uses the word “the” in order to present the Nazi within him. He wants to show respect when he presents “the Nazi within me” (Dobyns) He cant use Nazi within me because it doesn’t stand out as much as “the Nazi within me.” (Dobyns) When anyone uses the word “the” to present a person, (like honoring them) they’re showing how much of an impact that person is on society. Although he speaks third person when he says “he” its because he wants to distant himself from his inner demon. It also feels like he using “he” to blame; if he was to follow the Nazi within him as scapegoating from the real issues. When the Nazi within him uses “to be” he wants to be in control of the surroundings around him. He wants “to be boss” of murder, traffic, and even bananas. He wants control of everything even