Belt Auction

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This is poem called Auction by Leona Gom Rain. Machinery and furniture and all my past in naked rows across the yard. the house, garage, and barns emptied,plundered doorways ripped apart. strangers pawing through boxes of dishes and books, prodding the chesterfield with dirty boots and muttering junk. my mother brave and alone and uncrying for the husband just buried and the auctioneeer crying,sold for one dollar the day of the sale there was rain but nothing washed away then or since 1.what significance might the title have?? 2.would a paraphrase of difficult lines help?? 3.what is the situation or context of the poem?? 4.what is the subject (topic) of the poem?? 5.who is speaking (type of person)?? 6.what is the speaker's tone (attitude toward the subject)?? 7.what parts does the writer emphasize: the experience, the scene, the character(s)?? 8.what images stand out in your mind?? 9.which line(s) best reflects the key idea of the poem?why? 10.briefly summarize the theme or the purpose of the poem. these are my answers: The tone is sad, gloomy, depressing, and unhappy Selling precious thing for money Unforgettable bad memory The worst thing in life is to give up what you love and memory from. The father is died and they have to sell everything they have because they need money An auction where they are selling things from father’s death The worst thing in life is to give up your memories The writer emphasizes the mood, the weather, the scene. The mother, brave, along and uncrying for the husband just buried and the auctioneer crying, sold for one dollar. Mother trying not to cry but bursting into tears after items are sold. Losing someone you love, especially a parent can turn your life upside down. How we deal with death is different. Some submit to tears, others remain strong. The subject the selling of ones memories to try and move on with her life when she lost her beloved husband. The speaker is saying u cannot take away ones life memories with the selling of her things, the tone sounds strong and sad at the same time, and true full. The writer is speaking about how brave this woman is in all this change that is happening to her, and how ones days rain cannot get rid of the life she lived...which lives in her own mind forever. Nothing washed away....reflects how one days rain cannot remove anything in us we are more than just things we are love, we are our memories. The poem called Auction by Leona Gom is set under a sad, gloomy, depressing, and unhappy tone. The context of the poem seems to be one of an unforgettable bad memory selling precious things for money. The poem seems to surround itself with the idea that the worst thing in life is to give up what you love and the memory from it. It seems that the father is died and the family had to sell everything they have because they needed the money and support. So they auction belongings of their father as the mother tries not to cry but burst into tears after items are sold. The mother, brave, alone, and upset of the deceased of her love and the auctioneer crying, sold for one dollar set the gloomy nature and the writer emphasizes the mood, the weather, the scene. Losing someone you love-especially a parent-can turn your life upside down. How we each deal with death is different-some shed tears while others remain strong through the days. The speaker is saying that you cannot take away one’s life memories with the selling of possession, the tone sounds strong and sad at the same time, and true full. The writer is speaking about how brave this woman is in all this change that is happening to her, and how ones days rain cannot get rid of the life she lived...which lives in her own mind forever. Nothing washed away....reflects how one days rain cannot remove anything in us we are more than just things we are love, we are our memories.

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2. its good i think it needs no corrections -----------------------bye!!!!