"in just" by ee comings analyze the poem’s literary elements (parts of the poem and figures of speech) and use this analysis to interpret the meaning of the poem. what is the poem saying? what does the author (or speaker) use to demonstrate the message of the poem? cite textual evidence in your analysis.

In Just Poem.

‘In Just’ is a very pleasing poem which is set at the spring time, when everything around is just beautiful and growing.

The poet uses a line ‘when the world is’ at the beginning of every new stanza thus using Anaphora figure of speech where a same phrase is being repeated at the beginning of verses. The poem depicts how by seeing the balloonman the kids starts jumping in excitement.

The poet have also made use of Imagery. The words ‘mud luscious’, ‘puddle wonderful’ are used to describe the world. He puts forward how the world changes into something alluring during the spring. Every tiny detail in the poem depicts the park and its beauty during the spring time.

the answer f probably

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel