My House, It Cries What is revealed by the repetition of the
words, "Help, please help throughout the
poem?
This noisy house of mino
Complains so much of the time,
Out of bed, as my foot hits the ground
A croaking moan begins to sound
the loud volume of the speaker's music
"Help, please help loose floorboards say
But I must hurry to begin my work day
"Help, please help they still insist.
tater" I say, and yet they persist.
the speaker's nagging feeling of responsibility
the speaker's busy work schedule
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Then, in the kitchen a soggy surprise.
I look up at the ceiling and rub my eyes.
Drip drip drip. What is that sound?
A puddle of rain, like toars on the ground,
the mistaken order of the speaker's tasks
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