The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word anger, a noun physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. Then defines anger, a verb
to distress, trouble, vex, hurt, wound. In Linda Pastan's poem "Anger" the word anger takes the action of a noun. The word anger stands out for two reasons, the author chooses it for the title, and the only sentence with anger gives the poem meaning. In the beginning of the poem the word "it" gets used many times and we don't know what "it" refers to until she actually states the word "anger," then we realize the "it" referred to earlier means anger.
She only uses the word "anger" once, "You whose anger is a pet dog" (pg717, line12). She chooses to finally use the word "anger" here to show the reader that the person she refers to and her ways of dealing with anger differ. The magnitude of her anger causes her to remain secretive, though she wants to tell him she knows it will only make things worse. The serious thing......

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Title: Anger By Linda Pastan
Approximate Word Count: 640
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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