When I Lay My Burden Down Analysis
Written Response
“When I Lay My Burden Down” includes many vivid images, for example, “ We would go to the well and wash in the ice-cold, clear water, grease our legs with the equally cold, stiff Vaseline, then tiptoe into the house.” You’re able to imagine how they had to scrub their legs in order to get rid of the dirt and how they could have reacted because the water and the vaseline is ice cold. You can also see the vivid imagery when the author wrote “The dirt of the girls’ cotton dresses continued on their legs, feet, arms, and faces to make them all of a piece. Their greasy uncolored hair hung down, uncombed, with a grim finality.” You’re able to see and understand how dirty and messy the girls were because the dirt was up there legs,
“When I Lay My Burden Down” includes many vivid images, for example, “ We would go to the well and wash in the ice-cold, clear water, grease our legs with the equally cold, stiff Vaseline, then tiptoe into the house.” You’re able to imagine how they had to scrub their legs in order to get rid of the dirt and how they could have reacted because the water and the vaseline is ice cold. You can also see the vivid imagery when the author wrote “The dirt of the girls’ cotton dresses continued on their legs, feet, arms, and faces to make them all of a piece. Their greasy uncolored hair hung down, uncombed, with a grim finality.” You’re able to see and understand how dirty and messy the girls were because the dirt was up there legs,