Question

How does this poem show satire, sarcasm, or irony to express his point

Answer 1

Five hours, (and who can do it less in?)
By haughty Celia spent in dressing;
The goddess from her chamber issues,
Arrayed in lace, brocades and tissues.
Strephon, who found the room was void,
And Betty otherwise employed,
Stole in, and took a strict survey,
Of all the litter as it lay;
. . . The basin takes whatever comes
The scrapings of her teeth and gums,
A nasty compound of all hues,
For here she spits, and here she spews.
But oh! it turned poor Strephon's bowels,
When he beheld and smelled the towels,
Begummed, bemattered, and beslimed
With dirt, and sweat, and earwax grimed.
No object Strephon's eye escapes,
Here petticoats in frowzy heaps;
Nor be the handkerchiefs forgot
All varnished o'er with snuff and snot.

Answer 2

@Vocaloid @Shadow

Answer 3

Called a goddess yet her dressing chamber is in disarray and she seems to be in distress. Quite human if you ask me, contrasting with ‘goddess.’

@Marziman May have some insight.

Answer 4

This is my answer. If you could check it and correct it, I would appreciate it.

Answer 5

There are many points that can be taken out of this poem. As one point, it could be said that Swift was just a man of bad character who ridiculed woman. How could a man walk into a woman’s dressing room when he was not allowed and observe such things that he shouldn’t of? Some may also think that Swift may have had the desire to help woman and had a desire to stand up for woman which is why he was in the dressing room. This poem portrays the point that everyone had a different role in this day in time. This point is expressed through satire. I personally believe that his point was to degrade women. Through this poem, he is portraying a woman as a “negative” figure. “The scrapings of her teeth and gums, A nasty compound of all hues, For here she spits, and here she spews.” This statement from the poem shows how “disgusting” a woman can be. It talks about how vile a woman’s habits can be and takes the female gender as being unworthy or even unimportant. I believe Swift used satire to criticize the woman gender and somehow degrade them through something as common has women in a dressing room. I also believe it is quite ironic that what the woman is doing in the dressing room is so vile and disgusting, but what about the narrator? He just walked into the dressing room of a woman when he was not allowed to. Is that wrong at all? Or is just the woman doing this and that wrong?

Answer 6

Added a little to this one

Answer 7

let me know what you think

Answer 8

knock knock anybody there :p

Answer 9

Who is Swift?

Answer 10

Jonathon Swift is the author of this poem

Answer 11

And the narrator i believe

Answer 12

"But oh! it turned poor Strephon's bowels,
When he beheld and smelled the towels,"

Strephon is the one in the room. Swift is just the narrator.

Answer 13

so maybe i should add the fact that strephon was the one in the room

Answer 14

There are many points that can be taken out of this poem. As one point, it could be said that Swift was just a man of bad character who ridiculed woman, who used a male figure to walk into a dressing room. How could a man walk into a woman’s dressing room when he was not allowed and observe such things that he shouldn’t of? Some may also think that Strephon may have had the desire to help woman and had a desire to stand up for woman which is why he was in the dressing room. This poem portrays the point that everyone had a different role in this day in time. This point is expressed through satire. I personally believe that his point was to degrade women. Through this poem, he is portraying a woman as a “negative” figure. “The scrapings of her teeth and gums, A nasty compound of all hues, For here she spits, and here she spews.” This statement from the poem shows how “disgusting” a woman can be. It talks about how vile a woman’s habits can be and takes the female gender as being unworthy or even unimportant. I believe as the author of the poem, Swift used satire to criticize the woman gender and somehow degrade them through something as common has women in a dressing room. I also believe it is quite ironic that what the woman is doing in the dressing room is so vile and disgusting, but what about the narrator? He just walked into the dressing room of a woman when he was not allowed to. Is that wrong at all? Or is just the woman doing this and that wrong?

Answer 15

How is this

Answer 16

"Some may also think that Swift may have had the desire to help woman and had a desire to stand up for woman which is why he was in the dressing room."

You allude to it earlier, and you clearly state here that you believe Swift was in the dressing room. They both were in a sense. Strephon and Swift.

Answer 17

Strephon directly, and Swift indirectly. Assuming that Swift is male, it would be odd, even if he is the narrator, to be describing events in a women's dressing room.

Answer 18

There are many points that can be taken out of this poem. As one point, it could be said that Swift as an author did not like women. After all his poem was of one that ridiculed woman, that utilized a male figure to walk into a dressing room and speak horribly about women. But, how could a man walk into a woman’s dressing room when he was not allowed and observe such things that he shouldn’t of? Some may also think while reading this poem that Strephon, being the person who experienced this situation in the poem, may have had the desire to help woman. That maybe he even had the desire to stand up for women which is why he was in the dressing room. This poem portrays the point that everyone had a different role in this day in time. This point is expressed through satire. I personally believe that his point was to degrade women. Through this poem, he is portraying a woman as a “negative” figure. “...The scrapings of her teeth and gums, A nasty compound of all hues, For here she spits, and here she spews...” This statement from the poem shows how “disgusting” a woman can be. It talks about how vile a woman’s habits can be and takes the female gender as being unworthy or even unimportant. I believe as the author of the poem, Swift used satire to criticize the woman gender and somehow degrade them through something as common has women in a dressing room. “...But oh! it turned poor Strephon's bowels, When he beheld and smelled the towels…” As the author, Swift is trying to show sympathy towards Strephon, the male figure in the poem because of what he has to deal with when it comes to the woman in the dressing room. It is actually quite ironic that what the woman is doing in the dressing room is so vile and disgusting, but what about the narrator? He just walked into the dressing room of a woman when he was not allowed to. Is that wrong at all? Or is just the woman doing this and that wrong?

Answer 19

I switched my writing a bit, how is it now

Answer 20

now i made it so that the author is just the narrator not the main character

Answer 21

Good.