"Hazel Tells LaVerne"
Katharyn Howd Machan
Everyone has to love a fairytale, right? This poem being a spin off of the story "The Frog Prince" allowed for me to connect more with the poem. This poem has absolutely no punctuation and no capitalization. In most cases that would allow for much confusion when reading. However, each line is basically its own thought. The usage of colloquial language helps to describe the character of the speaker. The speaker is a servant or maid who cannot believe that it would ever be possible for her to be a princess. She says, "me a princess". She was in utter disbelief at the whole situation and she acted how most would probably act in that situation by hitting the frog and screaming. She accepts who she is, and though anyone would want to be a princess, she was incapable of even thinking that the option of her being a princess is even slightly possible, which I think would be the case of most people.
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