Question

Can someone help me with indirect and direct characterization in this poem?

Answer 1

I WENT to the dances at Chandlerville,
And played snap-out at Winchester.
One time we changed partners,
Driving home in the moonlight of middle June,
And then I found Davis.
We were married and lived together for seventy years,
Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children,
Eight of whom we lost
Ere I had reached the age of sixty.
I spun,
I wove,
I kept the house,
I nursed the sick,
I made the garden, and for holiday
Rambled over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed--
Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys.
At ninety--six I had lived enough, that is all,
And passed to a sweet repose.
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you--
It takes life to love Life.

Answer 2

Describe one of the main characters. Then, provide at least two examples of indirect and at least two examples of direct characterization from the story to support your description.
Identify the setting and point of view of the story. Analyze the role each of these choices plays in influencing the development of the main character you choose.
Describe how the story’s plot events influence the main character’s development.
Conclude by briefly restarting the impression that the main character creates for the reader and evaluating which story element (setting, point of view, or plot) has the greatest influence in creating that impression