Question

Write a note on the imagery of Derozio's
poem “The Orphan Girl​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Orphan Girl Summary

Henry Derozio’s “The Orphan Girl” recounts the plight of an infant girl who loses her father and later her mother and the uncertain fate of the orphan girl.

At the outset, the beauty of the girl is described and the death of her parents is informed. In the next stanza, the poet projects the unpredictable life of an orphan in a callous world.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\huge\mathbb\fcolorbox{pink}{lavenderblush}{✿Yøur-ᎪղՏωᎬя᭄}$

Explanation:

❍The poem, besides having a surface meaning also has a deep meaning. Yet this poem is written simple describing the life of an orphan girl after the death of her parents. She is desolate and the world scorns her until she is sheltered by some kind-hearted person.

↣The sound analysis of the poem not only refers to the rhyming scheme of the poem, but also to the emphasis that the poet tries to create through repetition of words, such as alteration, consonance, and assonance. The rhyming scheme of the poem “The Orphan Girl” is quite unique. The poem starts with a rhyming pattern of abab, describing the beauty of the young girl. The rhyming scheme then switches to BBCC and so on. The distinguishing first four verses of the poem emphasizes on the girl’s beauty that makes the readers empathize with the poor girl.

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