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I need someone to interpret this poem for me, please?
could someone interpret this poem per line?
Semantics
by John E. Donovan
Call a woman a kitten, but never a cat;
You can call her a mouse, cannot call her a rat;
Call a woman a chicken, but never a hen;
Or you surely will not be her caller again.
You can call her a duck, cannot call her a goose;
You can call her a deer, but never a moose;
You can call her a lamb but never a sheep;
Economic she lives, but you can’t call her cheap.
You can say she’s a vision, can’t say she’s a sight;
And no woman’s skinny, she’s slender and slight.
If she should burn you up, say she sets you afire,
And you’ll always be welcome, you tricky old liar.
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does it have to be per line?
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The poem means that women are to be held in high regard. The man should treat them with respect. Notice she is referred to as a woman, not lady or any thing less. This denotes maturity. As far as each line goes think of what is different about each animal. A kitten is yong and playful. A cat is sly and tricky. A mouse is small and petite. A rat is huge and nasty. Look at each this way.
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It appears to suggest that you have to choose your words carefully. Be tactful. As the last line states, you need to let them hear what they want to hear. Compare each line and imagine the 2 objects, which looks better? Which of the 2 sounds more flattering. However the writer of the poem forgets one thing, Women can see this stuff coming a mile off!
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This poem means, that when you say things to w woman like ” you’re not skinny, you’re slender and slight”, it sounds better to the woman, and the more she will adore the man. It makes her fell a whole lot better, that calling her plain old skinny, which can be taken as a rude comment.
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It means women are sensitve and a man must choose his words correctly to make them happy.
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The poet advises men to respect women and speak to them carefully…I think…
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