Kevin Halligan

By: Adrian, Brendon, Cindy, Finn, and Marwan

THE COCKROACH

UNVEILLED

SENSE

• “Skirting a ball of dust that road the floor”

• “Path between the

wainscot and the door”

• Emphasize the layer of dust that waxes the floor

• Reminds the reader about the dirty and disgusting area behind their own door giving the reader a clear sense of what it is

IMAGERY

• These words giant, pace, scratch and jog creates a image in the readers mind.

• “A path between the wainscot and the door” line 4.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• The whole poem is a metaphor about his life. It all reflects his life.• It could suggest his aging

TONE

The speaker’s tone was very calm as he was simply describing the cockroach's actions without much opinion.

•The negative conjectures he made Hinting that the speaker is quite gloomy or pessimistic.

•Victim of mild attack

•Payment for vicious crime

•Connotation of old age

STRUCTURE

• ABAB CDCD – Like a human heartbeat• EFGEGF- change in cockroach

actions

EMOTION

• “Victim of a wild attack”• “Rusty table leg” • These give the reader a sad and

upsetting atmosphere

INTENTION

• To compare humans to a

cockroach• How humans are like the

cockroach• Going through life

with out a purpose

afraid of everything

WHICH SLIDE DOESN’T HAVE A COCKROACH