Thursday, October 6, 2011

Lonely Hearts- Wendy Cope (rhetorical question)

"Do you live in North London? Is it you?" PAGE 973-972

This poem uses rhetorical questions to conclude each stanza. The rhetorical questions are part of the adds placed in a newspaper. People are looking for other people. The questions are used to effectively show that the people are looking for a certain someone. They are asking the reader of the adds if he or she could be the one. This poem portrays the different kinds of relationships people are looking for. It shows that not everyone wants to be involved in the same kind of relationship. The different people are looking for a specific kind of person they think will complete their life. The types of people requested vary just as the people who wrote them. The different people range from a biker woman, a gay, a bisexual woman who is arty and young, a successful and straight Jewish man, and a slim non-smoker under 21.

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