Miss Gee - Reading Journal

Type A

• A comment on religion
• Ideas of irony
• 1st person - partial voice change to 3rd?
• Quatrain - regular metre
• Stanzas develop time in the poem (Similar to 'O what is that sound?')
• Blues tune sets the mood
• Repetition of certain words / phrases
• Clear ABCB structure
• Black comedy
• Objective and omniscient voice

Type B

• Jingle like, Auden wants the poem to be memorable
• Irony about religion and death
• Since she has a deep connection with god maybe this is why she doesn't mind what's done with her body after death
• Main themes; sex, religion, death/life