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QUICKDRAW
By Carol Ann Dufy
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Main themes and context
Shows a onesided account o! someone waitin" !or a #honecall !ro
lo$er%
Shows the #ositi$es and ne"ati$es
Written in &ree 'erse
&our stan(as o! !our lines
)n*am+ment at the end o! e$er stan(a
Semantic ,eld o! westerns and cow+oy ,lms
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I wear the two, the mobile and the landlinephones,like guns, slung from the pockets on myhips. I’m allalone. You ring, quickdraw, your voice a
pelletin my ear, and hear me groan.
Com#arison with awar -showdown.
)n*am+menantici#a
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You’ve wounded me.Next time, you speak after the tone. I twirl thephone,then squeee the trigger of my tongue, wide ofthe mark.
You choose your spot, then blast me
Shows the writer/s +eendama"ed +y the
relationshi#
0on"ue as a
Alliteration o! the -tsound shows hostilit
throu"h the harshnesthe sound
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through the heart.!nd this is love, high noon, calamity, hardliqourin the old "ast #hance saloon. I show themobile
to the sheri$% in my boot, another one’s
0he climax o! the relationshi#is the #honecall the #oets
waitin" !or
1ast chance !or therelationshi# to wor2
Disaster
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concealed. You text them both at once.I reel.&own on my knees, I fumble for thephone,read the silver bullets of your kiss. 'ake
this (and this ( and this ( and this ( andthis (
Won/t 2now the outcome untilthe con$ersation
Unresol$ed endin"
3xmoron Re#et
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Creation o! a stron" mood
Alliteration s#eeds u# the #ace o! the #oem
Increase in re!erences to war and $iolence throu"h the #oem
Com#arison +etween time #eriods