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In the poem, ‘poem for my sister’, the narrator speaks in the older sister’s perspective as she watches her younger sister try on her high heeled shoes. The immediate of the possessive pronoun ‘my’ shows how the older sister automatically takes responsibility over her and feels the need to look after her and protect her. Between the older and younger sister there is a sense of longing where the older sister wishes for her younger sister to never grow up and never have to experience the horrors of the real world compared to the world the little sister knows. Furthermore, the speaker continues to reinforce the possessive nature she has over her sister by stating, “I should not like to see her in my shoes” showing how the older sister feels the need to protect the younger sister no matter what.
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One effective method Patten uses to present loss is through the use of language throughout the poem. Patten presents loss in “whiskey on the table” which could imply several things such as the fact that the man using alcohol may represent a sign of his grief and how he has to use alcohol to get over the loss of his friend. However, this could show that since the man is drunk, the ghost of his best friend may be a figment of his drunken imagination – a hallucination. Additionally, in the phrase “I raise a glass to him- 2 months dead now”, loss is presented by the use of juxtaposition, where traditionally you raise a glass in celebration, but it is then contrasted with the statement ‘2 months dead now’ which is a reason for mourning, not celebration. “I raise a glass to him” is a key representation since you often raise glasses with companions however his companion is dead so this therefore highlights the theme of loss.
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