The Joy of Cooking- Elaine Magarrell (diction)

"I could also have braised it and served in sour sauce."

The diction of the poem is relevant to the subject of it. The majority of the words reflect the idea of cooking. The author successfully uses appropriate words that deal with cooking to present a familiarity with cooking. Also, the diction makes the speaker appear to be a seasoned cook because she knows the terms. The diction used to describe the tongue and heart are also multifaceted in that they reflect both the personality of the person and the cooking aspect. The idea that the tongue of her sister will probably grow back implies that she uses it alot. From this, we can gather that she is a talker. From the adjectives used to describe the heart of her brother we can infer that she views him as not very kind, almost cold hearted. She uses words such as firm and dry which I took to mean that he did not use it much. Also she mentions that it would barely serve to which makes me assume it is small. The connection I can make to this is that the Grinch's heart was very small when he did not care and when he became nice, it grew. I think that the author is implying that her brother does not care.