An Analysis of the Poem Miss Rosie by Lucille Clifton

Cliftons use of repetition in the meter miss rosie displays the fibbers compassion for daughter Rosie, thus viewing he is the unaccompanied unmatchable whos been affected by her. By ingeminate the same phrase multiple times, emphasis is put on the accompaniment that no iodine besides the bank clerk is compassionate for Miss Rosie. For example, when the narrator states, when I watch you / wrapped up like garbage (1-2), when I watch you / in your old mans shoes (6-7), and when I watch you / you wet brown bag of a woman (12-13), Clifton indicates the narrator is the only one looking at Miss Rosie, because of her use of suspect pronouns, rather than plural.If the narrator is the only one paying any tending to Miss Rosie, he must be concerned for her in almost way, which further shows his compassion for her. This is a result of her affecting him and only him. another(prenominal) portrayal of this compassion for Miss Rosie is demonstrated in the following quote, I stand up / t hrough your destruction / I stand up (16-18). Once again, Clifton uses a singular pronoun to prove the narrator is the only one whos been affected by Miss Rosie.Since the narrator is the only one standing up against Miss Rosies destruction, he proves to be the only one who shows compassion for her due to being affected by her. repeating of these phrases helps to show how the narrator is the only one affected by Miss Rosie because they indicate no one besides the narrator is compassionate complete to do something about it.