English holiday assignment in essay format

1a) What are the persona's feelings described in the first three stanzas of this poem? Explain how the poet described these feelings through the use of alliteration, metaphor and pun.

The persona felt frustrated and exhausted, hoping that his class would end soon. The phrase “When will the bell ring, and end this weariness?” suggests that the persona was impatient to wait any longer for he was extremely tired.

The writer used pun in some of the terms such as “quarry” to suggest that the persona is either angry with her students or is very knowldgeble. He also used “sick” to show that the persona is tried of teaching the class instead of being ill. The writer used “will” too, is not used in this case to tell us of the action of doing something but the determination to do something.

The poet described the persona’s class as “pack of unruly hounds” to show that the students are rowdy and not paying attention to her lesson. He also used “tugged the leash” to show that the persona was “pulling” and preventing her class students to escape from the classroom. The poet also used “last dear fuel of life to heap on my soul” to show that the teacher was extremely tired and anger with her students attitude and probably the ending of her teaching carrer.

For alliteration, the first word of the phrases is repeated, “Of the books…, Of several insults…, Of slovenly work.” The alliteration was stressed out to show the persona’s weariness of having to teach the class. The second alliteration, “Is the good…, What good to…” was used to show that the teacher was angry over the matter that her teaching was useless and the students are of no use.

1b. How is the tone of anger in this poem illustrated?

The tone of the poem was illustrated through “When will the bell ring, and end this weariness” shows that the teacher was angry with the students and hope for the bell of the last lesson of the day to ring so that she could stop.

The poet used another phrase “ No longer now can I endure the brunt” shows that that the teacher is pressured and complaining about her work.

Lastly, the phrase “ What on earth is the good of it all” meant that the teacher was complaining that the students failed to learn anything from her even after teaching them.