A Complete Turnaround

Sharon Old's poem, "The Victims," deals with an underlying theme of abuse. Old's illustrates this theme through the tone of the poem, which is achieved by imagistic language, rhyme and rhythm. In this poem the speaker is illustrated through two points of view, first as a child then as an adult reflecting back on a troublesome childhood experience. As the speaker's point of view changes so does the use of poetic devices.
The poem opens with the speaker remembering the behaviors of an abusive father when she was a child. The tone at this point was one of disgust, hatred, spite, and taking joy in her father's failures. This was due to the fact that she was taught to feel this way by her mother. As a child she was not aware of this. It was not until adulthood that she realized her feeling of resentment towards her father were evoked by her mother. The speaker, herself, was not the victim of her father's abusive behavior nonetheless she still hated......

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Title: A Complete Turnaround
Approximate Word Count: 1185
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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