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Analysis of Irina Cabral's Poem 'The Day Lady Died' - Time Techniques and Alterations, Assignments of English Literature

An analysis of irina cabral's poem 'the day lady died'. The discussion covers the use of chronological and anachronistic time in the first four stanzas and the instance of frequency alteration throughout the poem. Group 110, english studies, irina cabral.

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  • How does the plot change in the last stanza of the poem in terms of time?
  • What time techniques are used in the first four stanzas of Irina Cabral's poem 'The Day Lady Died'?
  • What is the instance of frequency alteration in Irina Cabral's poem 'The Day Lady Died'?

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Irina Cabral
English Studies, Group 110
The Day Lady Died
In this poem, it is described the ordinary routine and movements of a poet living in New
York City. Throughout the text, we identify that the first four stanzas are narrated in
chrological time. Continuing with that, we can see this because the time is passing and
the poet narrate his movements in a lineal time. Apart of that, in the last stanza the plot
of the story takes another patch and it started to be narrated in an anachrony way. In the
fifth stanza the poet place himself in the past, he had a flashback in which he
remembered a time when his dearest friend was alive.
On the contratry, we can also identify an instance of frequency alteration through the
poem,

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Irina Cabral English Studies, Group 110 The Day Lady Died In this poem, it is described the ordinary routine and movements of a poet living in New York City. Throughout the text, we identify that the first four stanzas are narrated in chrological time. Continuing with that, we can see this because the time is passing and the poet narrate his movements in a lineal time. Apart of that, in the last stanza the plot of the story takes another patch and it started to be narrated in an anachrony way. In the fifth stanza the poet place himself in the past, he had a flashback in which he remembered a time when his dearest friend was alive. On the contratry, we can also identify an instance of frequency alteration through the poem,